Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 's it called the , they bought this pig medicine pig retained there trotters and every thing and then it goes any more of the erm dialysis put it , make a pig rock and roll . |
| 2 | It covers some 400 of the biggest bank takeovers between 1922 and 1988 . |
| 3 | Newer specimens feature Richard Goode 's Sukhoi Su-26MX G-ORBY , where although the registration has been overtaken by events it has much more of a ring to it than G-YELT , for example ! |
| 4 | ‘ It defends some hundreds of jobs and it 's a good example of how European action can produce results . |
| 5 | ‘ It defends some hundreds of jobs , and it 's a good example of how European action can produce results . |
| 6 | One is the open cluster M11 , nicknamed the ‘ Wild Duck ’ because telescopically it has been likened to ducks in flight , and certainly it is fan-shaped ; it contains several hundreds of stars . |
| 7 | The distance of the cluster is believed to be over 9000 light-years ; it contains several thousands of stars , and it can not be less than 30 light-years in diameter . |
| 8 | " An experience is rhythmic if it contains any one of these components . |
| 9 | It was called mustard gas and was used at Ypres in 1917 , when it caused many thousands of casualties . |
| 10 | It costs many hundreds of thousands to mount a challenge like this . |
| 11 | It seems little short of incredible now that such a talent should not have been any source of income for half a century after she left art school , but heartening that the lack of any fiscal reward and only intermittent recognition from her peers made no impact on her creative energies . |
| 12 | In 1911 it required that one-third of all boarding-out committees should consist of women , for their assumed superior sensitivity to children 's needs , and that relieving officers should no longer supervise boarded-out children , thus removing such children from direct stigmatizing contact with the official administration of the Poor Law . |
| 13 | An organisation once the size of a Station now resided in one small corner of the airfield at Wyton but it maintained the excellent tradition that saw it produce many thousands of aircrew . |
| 14 | Given the rugged nature of the area , I was shocked , indeed horrified , to find that although it contained several hundred of Prince Charlie 's caves , it only boasted three Munros . |
| 15 | It took all three of them to lift him out of the reeking waterlogged shelter through an opening just big enough for one of them at a time . |
| 16 | There is a haunting beauty about Caernarfon today , and it welcomes many thousands of visitors from many countries each year . |
| 17 | That sounds humane enough in theory , and no doubt it saved many hundreds of families from starvation during the years of the French wars ; but it positively encouraged employers to keep wages at rock-bottom levels , while anyone who wanted to do an honest day 's work for an honest day 's pay was subject , instead , to the ignominy of accepting supplementary alms in order to live . |
| 18 | ‘ Poetry begins , I dare say , with a savage beating a drum in a jungle , and it retains that essential of percussion and rhythm ; hyperbolically one might say that the poet is older than other human beings … |
| 19 | WHILE your article about how little revenue from charity Christmas cards reached the charities concerned was accurate for certain card retailers , it tarred many hundreds of volunteers with the same brush , to the detriment of the wonderful charities they support . |