Example sentences of "it [verb] [num] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying next to it is a Wand of Fear which extracts a special cost for use : if a spellcaster picks it up , it drains one point of T permanently from that spellcaster and is then attuned to him , and will function normally . |
| 2 | It is no surprise to discover its presence , since it must surely belong to a very early stage in the mental development of the human species ; indeed insofar as it represents one aspect of the principle of treating like as like , it can be seen as common perceptual property for all sentient organisms . |
| 3 | It displays forty-eight coats of arms , in three lines of sixteen . |
| 4 | Professional Footballers ' Association spokesman Brendan Batson said : ‘ Paul spoke to us following his injury , but because it involves two members of our association we have to adopt a neutral position . |
| 5 | This process is particularly interesting because it involves two types of irreversible physicochemical changes ( problems in a general subject area that has recently seen the award of the Nobel Prize for physics to Pierre-Gilles de Gennes ) . |
| 6 | It averages 3,000 hours of sunshine each year ; in fact more than the Costa Brava , Mallorca and the French Riviera . |
| 7 | Zenith also said it sold 500,000 shares of newly issued common to institutional investors for whom Crabbe Huson Co of Portland , Oregon serves as investment advisor . |
| 8 | Underwritten by the Economic Insurance Company , it offers two levels of cover — gold card or silver — and three hospital bands — ranging from most private hospitals in the UK , including London , at Band A , to NHS provincial teaching and general hospitals , and lower cost private hospitals , at Band C. |
| 9 | Furthermore , it gave valuable information about the Permian sequence ; in particular it penetrated 370 ft of Upper Permian salt , and the 1800 ft of lavas and tuffs believed to be Lower Permian . |
| 10 | It involved 14 groups of facial muscles and it releases chemicals to the brain that help combat depression . |
| 11 | Both state that it involved 300 denarii of spikenard — the equivalent of perhaps £5,000 today . |
| 12 | It reported 1992 revenues of $29m . |
| 13 | It moved three quarters of a mile downwind where it managed to hold station under its own power . |
| 14 | DIM P%-1 is a special case ; it reserves zero bytes of memory . |
| 15 | It needs two teaspoons of salt to every 2½ gallons . |
| 16 | It needs two teaspoons of salt to every 2½ gallons . |
| 17 | It covers 237,216 acres of mountains , lakes , and river valleys , providing varied wildlife habitats . |
| 18 | Above all , it highlights two aspects of the curriculum . |
| 19 | It has eight pages of interesting reading . |
| 20 | But if X + Y is an organic unity then the fact that it has 100 degrees of value may be because it has 90 degrees of value as a whole while Y has none . |
| 21 | cos it has two bands of rib |
| 22 | It has two levels of crash recovery and flexible control of selective file transfers . |
| 23 | It has fifty acres of park and woodlands , with a trout stream — surrounding a fifteenth century castle , ’ he added casually . |
| 24 | It has four rows of four columns and piers , each with different capitals , representing biblical scenes with human figures , monsters , demons and a type of Corinthian design . |
| 25 | It has sixteen acres of pasture and an acre of most attractive and interesting gardens laid out on three levels — the top layer has very fine views across a valley over miles of rolling farmland , and amongst its beautiful trees it boasts a ‘ Parrotia Persica Pendula ’ , twenty feet high and ninety feet round . |
| 26 | It has ten acres of land and a pretty garden of roses and rhododendrons . |
| 27 | A grand Victorian building , it has three acres of garden with a pond and hard tennis court . |
| 28 | It has three modes of operation controlled by its pins 1 and 19 . |
| 29 | It has 20 arches of 60-foot span . |
| 30 | It has 28 kilometres of cellars in which the equivalent of 90 million bottles are stored , and which are visited by more than 150,000 people a year . |