Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Philips Semiconductor has new input/output processors which it claims , can boost the performance of Motorola Inc 680X0 and Intel Corp iAPX-86 microprocessors by up to ten times for peripheral handling in parallel networks — it 's due next month . |
2 | A visit to the fortified town of Naarden ( 2 hour round trip ) is a must with it 's unique 17th century fort and historic buildings . |
3 | It 's alright first couple of nights , but then you get a bit bored |
4 | In short , it is good second division stuff , probably worth a Nobel prize , but not in the premier league . |
5 | It is due next month , just as her actor husband Alexander Hanson , 33 , starts rehearsals for the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Aspects of Love . |
6 | Oh it was blue last year was n't it ? |
7 | It was encouraging last year , that when some Cycladic antiquities were being sold at Sotheby 's , the Greek government made a protest and had some impact on that sale . |
8 | She said it was br it was , I did n't think it was but it wa it was really good fun and also I was going out with Carl at the time and so , you know , in our big like little group big little group , our big group , that was a bit of a erm contradiction , erm in our big group and erm we knew masses of people and there were lots of there and there were lots of Felixstowe people there and it was just a really good laugh and erm Right Said Fred were there and some other sort of ravey group , ca n't remember what now and then , no some techno group , and then erm so we all thought oh let's go for this , let's go , la this time last year we thought oh well let's go over to this one for a joke , you know , for old time 's sake let's just go along and have a joke and we went and it was full of erm like they were all about fourteen , I suppose when we went we were all fourteen too but last year well most of my friends are sort of you know sixteen erm we went and it was n't , it was n't , it was n't full at all and the place is huge and it says , it says on the thing , you know , two thousand people go and there must have been about four hundred at the most and it was really , and I , also I ha I was ill that day and it was really shit so if they said it was brilliant last year it probably was n't the stockings because it was , nobody I met said it was , and also yeah the stockings and the feathers were put on the same day and there 's competition between the two companies does stocking and I 've forgotten what feathers is , there 's competition and so lots of people went to the feathers instead and the feathers had like too many people and the stockings had too lit too few . |
9 | It was unclear last night how many East Berliners planned to stay in the West , where facilities are increasingly being overstretched . |
10 | It was unclear last night who was to blame for the deluge — the 28-year-old prince himself or a forgetful aide . |
11 | Politically , it was essential last summer to distance the government from what had clearly been a shabby episode . |
12 | You know , it was sometime last year and I ca n't remember if it 's early or late . |
13 | It was alright last season ! |
14 | It was interesting first time out , but after a couple of them I realised it was n't my cup of tea . ’ |
15 | ‘ It was bad last night , ’ the officer said . |
16 | A second after Perdita fell asleep , it seemed Luke was banging on the door telling her to get up and to wear a sweater as it was cold first thing . |
17 | It was green last time you I asked you . |
18 | It was unanimous last time and it looks like going the same way this time , especially after Joe Punter saw the new design in the press . |