Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It represents one of man 's great architectural feats and was technically a major step forward . |
| 2 | As the news of Monkey Mia spread , it became one of Australia 's leading tourist attractions and was included on the itinerary of tour buses . |
| 3 | It sold millions of copies and in 1966 won a special Hugo Award as the best science-fiction series ever . |
| 4 | Originally making only acoustic guitars , the facility 's scope was broadened in 1983 to take in electrics , and today it produces most of Yamaha 's guitar range . |
| 5 | Crumbling masonry means it needs millions of pounds of building work to make sure it is safe . |
| 6 | This is savannah ; and it covers much of Africa , India , and Australia . |
| 7 | Everything he draws , she sees as it unfolds thousands of miles away in Hampstead . |
| 8 | It has little of Edinburgh 's fund management , Bristol 's big insurance business or Birmingham 's corporate banking . |
| 9 | It has hundreds of drawings , engravings and photographs . |
| 10 | First published in 1962 and now in its 4th edition ( 1980 ) , this fulfils a role as a reference text rather better than a student text , in that it has hundreds of references but no problems . |
| 11 | The company now intends shipping production code for the first time this week , saying it has hundreds of orders . |
| 12 | It intends shipping production code for the first time this week , saying it has hundreds of orders . |
| 13 | It has thousands of entries on all the aspects of the worldwide game . |
| 14 | By now it contains hundreds of names from all over the world . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it contains much of value and of topical interest , and an extensive bibliography . |
| 16 | Although Kemp 's is a silly book , it contains enough of Wells 's lively turns of phrase — even when used against him — to make it readable . |
| 17 | ‘ Old people bringing something out of the attic they 've never cared for , and then seeing it fetch thousands of pounds at auction . |
| 18 | It extracts thousands of gallons of water from the river . |
| 19 | Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland all enjoy a species of regional government but it savours more of deconcentration than of devolution . |
| 20 | It attracted hundreds of people who were looking for something a little bit different to eat this Christmas . |
| 21 | The golf course is no problem because you 're getting it done free of charge . |
| 22 | ‘ It happens hundreds of times a day in this city and mostly they get away . |
| 23 | It seemed typical of Ianthe , the slightly school-mistressy touch of growing the bulb in water so that its white Medusa-like roots were visible . |
| 24 | It seemed typical of Wickrithe , to produce a fog on the only day this week it had n't rained . |
| 25 | It seemed full of sunlight , and it had an air of peace , confidence and happiness . |
| 26 | Wearying though the journey had been at the time — even humiliating in respect of his being drawn in a litter — in retrospect it seemed full of excitement , a time when one knew not what would happen next or what lay around the next corner . |
| 27 | It observes one of Wilde 's principles of literature in responding to the importance of not being ‘ serious ’ . |
| 28 | It costs thousands of pounds to draw up the documentation . |
| 29 | It costs thousands of pounds ( a recent acquisition of a mainframe computer by a polytechnic cost £300 , OOO ) and it needs dedicated professional staff to operate and maintain it . |
| 30 | Blenheim Palace has the kind of gardens to intimidate most keen amateurs but it welcomed hundreds of enthusiasts to its first autumn flower show , opened by palace owner the Duke of Marlborough . |