Example sentences of "it [verb] [num] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It owned two bus stations in Southampton . |
| 2 | It crosses two mountain ranges , 561 rivers , 124 km of permafrost and more than 1000 km of West Siberian bog and marsh on its journey through five time zones to Western Europe . |
| 3 | In recent weeks it sold one Ford franchise for £8m and bought another for £6m . |
| 4 | It made one manufacturing company re-order its priorities substantially . |
| 5 | As before , it is the Standard that we turn to and , as a measure of its interest , it devoted 10 column inches to the event in the issue before the opening , and a further 24 inches in the week afterwards ! |
| 6 | It has six granite columns with Corinthian capitals that are twelve point five metres in height . |
| 7 | It has one Chief Constable , two Deputy Chief Constables , two Senior Assistant Chief Constables , nine Assistant Chief Constables , 44 Chief Superintendents , 122 Superintendents , 161 Chief Inspectors , 483 Inspectors , 1385 sergeants and 8928 constables . |
| 8 | It has one woman character , and she is there qua mother . |
| 9 | The Bosch Cordless Screwdriver ( electric ) is easy to use ; it has two screwdriver bits ( flat blade and cross top ) and is rechargeable , so can be wall-mounted in its charging unit . |
| 10 | Now it has two security guards . |
| 11 | It has two patch pockets and is darted at the front to give a neat silhouette . |
| 12 | Like other simple sugars , glucose is soluble in water ( which is why it is easily digestible ) because it has five hydroxyl groups ( see Appendix 1 ) which have a strong attraction for water molecules , and also because the glucose molecules are physically small enough to shuffle around fairly freely in a liquid , provided there are not too many of them . |
| 13 | It has four wheel drive as standard and a new turbocharged engine that is said to meet all current EC emission standards . |
| 14 | It has 50 production units worldwide , representation in more than 100 countries , an annual turnover of more than £780 million , and 17,000 employees . |
| 15 | It has 50 production units worldwide , representation in more than 100 countries , an annual turnover of more than £780 million , and 17,000 employees . |
| 16 | The NPP is building television in its own states , while it has three state radios and three daily newspapers . |
| 17 | The land belongs to the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) , which could have hundreds of thousands of sites , the National Park Service , which identified 2,400 hazardous mines , and the Forest Service , which estimated it has 25,000 mine sites . |
| 18 | A. griegi differs from all three because it has 2 tentacle scales on each pore , by the shape of the oral papillae and the shape of the arm spines . |
| 19 | Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc says it plans 1993 capital spending of $650m , a rise of $220m from a year ago , in anticipation of double-digit growth in the world semiconductor market this year , including 25 pct in the US market ; it expects the Japanese semiconductor market to grow at 5% this year , with the Japanese economy beginning ‘ slow recovery ’ in the second half ; it said it has shipped more than 100,000 of its new SuperSparcs in a year , and expects to release several client-server products this year ; commenting on first quarter figures ( page seven ) , it added that software revenues for the first quarter were lower than expected , leading to a small loss in its information technology business ; it continues to see strong demand for notebook computers and printers . |
| 20 | Boatswain ’ , no doubt knew how to entertain an audience , just as the Shatford Players had done : ‘ … after it was entangled in the net , it received seventeen musket balls from the Greyhound Cutter ’ ( Gosh ! ) ; ‘ … it was dragged to the shore by seven horses … ’ |
| 21 | The latter is of particular significance , since it allows two way communication : input and output through an LCD screen , using a special pen . |
| 22 | Instead , it ranks 82 North West schools solely in order of size . |
| 23 | In 1908 however when Mr. Vernon S. Lovell presented his trophy it comprised two pewter quart pots and two George III candlesticks to be played for in a bogey handicap competition . |
| 24 | It envisages 595 train journeys each year — more than 800 journeys in all . |
| 25 | It says 75 application development toolkits are available now — with 175 more expected by year-end — 50 applications already shipping — with 450 more ( 32-bit packages ) due by year-end — with 1,500 more under development . |
| 26 | It says 75 application development toolkits are available for Windows NT now — with 175 more expected by year-end — 50 applications already shipping — with 450 more ( 32-bit packages ) due by the end of the year — with 1,500 more under development . |
| 27 | The disadvantages , however , are that it would be much more expensive to construct , requiring the construction of several bridges , and the fact that while it straddles two council areas , there will be no possibility of support from Ards Borough Council as their Tourist Officer has an agreement with Down District Council not to support a tourist railway in the Ards area as there is already one under way in the Down District area at Downpatrick . |
| 28 | The Group — it includes three spawn production companies , Sylvan , Somycel and Hauser — will distribute all spawns and casing agents from the new depot . |
| 29 | He also reminded the Association that the registration procedure would take time and invited it to nominate three north country shipowners to visit the London head office of the union , inspect all books and documents relating to membership and funds in order to satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide organisation . |
| 30 | It delivers 211 brake horsepower . |