Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the 18th century the castle was beginning to fall into disrepair , and in the 19th century it changed hands several times . |
| 2 | In the fourth quarter last year Informix had a 25% pre-tax profit and in the recently completed first quarter it posted 23% , White said . |
| 3 | In its first year it provided training opportunities for more than 4,500 people and invested in a wide range of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 4 | It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ … |
| 5 | For many women in coal communities it provided the only wage labour available to them , and for the first time it provided wages for the work they 'd always done . |
| 6 | For the first time it includes children 's wear and one of the best known names in British fashion — Hardy Amies , now living in the Cotswolds and still designer to the Queen . |
| 7 | Next day it became bus service 12 , now shared with the blue buses of Fylde Borough . |
| 8 | Last week it launched version 4 of the XPG portability guide and laid out some of its plans for the future . |
| 9 | Last week it despatched entry forms for the Scottish Marketing Awards to its members , encouraging them to show how they had got to the top of the class . |
| 10 | Last year it advanced £5 million a day to customers . |
| 11 | In July last year it purchased Trico Submersible systems , whose manufacturing facility in Oklahoma has been renamed ESP Products . |
| 12 | Late last year it released version 3 of WinFax Pro , which improved on an already good package . |
| 13 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |
| 14 | Last year it gave £64,800 , one-third of the group 's local authority aid . |
| 15 | In America the company owns the Sterling chain and in October last year it bought Kay Jewellers for $425m . |
| 16 | Safeway was the first big store to sell organically farmed meat , and in June last year it introduced lamb to the range . |