Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It failed to explode only because of a faulty detonator . |
| 2 | Bad news is that Robert Bosch GmbH said it planned to cut more than 1,000 jobs in its telecommunications division to take it to just over 37,000 ; 3,700 jobs went in 1992 . |
| 3 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 4 | So far , it has received more than 2,000 complaints . |
| 5 | Touche Ross says that it has received more than 200 enquiries , including three ‘ serious ’ bids from the UK plus others from Japan , Hong Kong , Taiwan and the US . |
| 6 | This year a conditioner was added and it has cut more than 325ha ( 800 acres ) . |
| 7 | Morpho supplies fingerprint identification systems worldwide and says it has converted more than 12m fingerprint records . |
| 8 | Over the next year it has to save more than a million pounds to avoid being chargecapped : |
| 9 | The ladder is broken ; it has rusted through because I left it out in the rain . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's still in the blueprint stage , but it has gone further than just being a twinkle in the eye , ’ said finance man Duncan Whyte . |
| 11 | Since March 1986 , it has created more than 5 million sq ft of floor space in such areas . |
| 12 | We have also followed his preparations for the world title bout with Karpov , some of us , it must be confessed , with a certain amount of incredulity , since , however much these world championship matches are now dependent on stamina rather than brilliance , it has struck more than a few people that a chess player is not a footballer , in particular a fifty-year-old self-exiled Russian Grandmaster is not a footballer , and that to think that by training like one he will become as fit is not only an illusion , it is a dangerous illusion . |
| 13 | It was topical , entertaining and ephemeral — so ephemeral that it has survived long after Krenek 's excruciatingly boring serious works are forgotten . |
| 14 | The wing fracture is a bad one , and he 'll have to be certain it has healed properly before the bird is released . |
| 15 | In Wales alone , it has cost more than £100 million to set up and administer . |
| 16 | Is it because all the people who have lived here have left little bits of themselves behind , so that it has become more than just a shelter against the wind and the rain ? |
| 17 | Though it also has been scarred by the decline of the region 's economy and property markets — it lost $48.5m last year , mainly because of bad property loans — it has suffered less than Bank of Boston . |
| 18 | Either it was created in its present form , or it has endured forever as it is today . |
| 19 | For the past 100 years it has ejected more than 1,000 tonnes of chlorine into the atmosphere every day . |
| 20 | Ford says it has provided more than half of the Motability-registered cars currently used under contract hire agreements . |
| 21 | Lotus Development Corp says it has sold more than 125,000 units worldwide of its new dynamic spreadsheet , Improv for Windows , in the first month since it became available in retail outlets : Improve is being offered at $100 until May 31 . |
| 22 | The company told the news agency that it has sold more than 200,000 of the 95LX model and will continue to sell both models — but ‘ We expect the 100LX to be even more popular and open up a whole new market . ’ |
| 23 | The company claims that since first shipment in June 1991 , it has sold more than 500 development and 100,000 run-time licences , primarily to large corporate customers . |
| 24 | I think one of the justifiable criticisms of Radio 3 — though not of my predecessor — is that it has come across as being too much about itself . |
| 25 | Although it has picked up since , between 1984–85 and 1987–88 this slumped from 17 per cent to just 14.25 per cent . |
| 26 | It has left more than 130,000 houses and businesses without power . |
| 27 | It sees no problem with adding the Alpha architecture to the MIPS Computer Systems Inc and Intel Corp-based systems it currently offers , a trail that DEC is already blazing in any case , but it has to figure out whether and how it will be able to address the window of opportunity it reckons the industry is now creating with the latest round of hardware and software announcements , and of course , how deep it would have to dig into its back pocket . |
| 28 | On other occasions committees have been generally in support of government action but have urged that it be undertaken more vigorously : the Defence Committee has been critical of the Ministry of Defence when it has spent less than the sums provided in the annual estimates . |
| 29 | During this time it has donated more than £600,000 to over 2500 local groups , helping the disabled , under fives , elderly and youth groups with a wide range of special projects , or improving their facilities . |
| 30 | According to doctors Mills and Faunce of the University of Newcastle in New South Wales , melatonin tricks the body into thinking it has slept more than it has , has mild pain-killing qualities , and slows brainwave activity , thus ‘ enhancing meditative practices ’ . |