Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research also suggests it discourages some people from re-offending . |
| 2 | That is why , on the costing basis , we are right to say that it represents another 10p in the pound on basic income tax . |
| 3 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
| 4 | It needs that £8bn interest-free loan . |
| 5 | One feature alone redeems the book , namely that it illustrates many works which have rarely been reproduced since the original publication of the albums by Redon , though we could also have hoped that the quality of the reproductions were a little better . |
| 6 | A tiger with extra-sharp teeth can kill prey more efficiently than a normal tiger ; hence it has more offspring ; hence it passes on , vertically , more copies of the gene that makes sharp teeth . |
| 7 | Its great attraction is that , because it was organised in conjunction with the Tretyakov gallery in Moscow and the Russian museum in St Petersburg , it contains many works never before seen in the West , some from far-flung areas of the CIS . |
| 8 | It visits some people never . |
| 9 | It uses all media , and most media depend on it financially . |
| 10 | It kills more people than any other type of cancer and 90% of these deaths are caused by smoking . |
| 11 | And then , what they were wanting to get across , Hang on then , the reason why it 's put there is that most people are , are now acutely conscious of , of having too much fat , too much milk , too much this , that and the other , and it , and it grabs some people and it 's a legitimate way in . |
| 12 | Although PRO wo n't confirm that it paid some $600,000 for the suite ( UX No 406 ) , the decision to plump for 88open 's testing technology was thought to be purely financial : ‘ we could n't afford to spend that kind of money developing our own alternative , so we bought in . ’ |
| 13 | It confirms most people 's impression of the British |
| 14 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 15 | ‘ It reaches more people than other media too , ’ she suggested , never averse to singing the praises of radio . |
| 16 | It includes any people who , within the year before the transaction , were directors of the vendor or purchaser or any other company which is within its group of companies ( including subsidiaries of its ultimate holding company ) and includes shadow directors as defined by CA 1985 , s741 . |
| 17 | It requires all people to be involved in a ceasefire and a total cessation of hostilities if the aid that we are willing to send — we have sent £8 million to Somalia since early last year — is to get to the people who desperately need it . |
| 18 | It takes some people a time to realise that the inside facelets are never seen , to see that all the faces can turn and that there are several distinct types of pieces . |
| 19 | ‘ Awful how it takes some people . ’ |
| 20 | The uprating deals with the expenditure of the largest Government Department — it spent some £60 billion this year . |
| 21 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 22 | All fish that actually have a swimbladder , are prone to this disorder , but it seems some species particularly the fancy varieties of ornamental fish are especially at risk , in particular goldfish . |
| 23 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have been told to expect anti-apartheid action and although the ANC requested no such protests for this tour , it seems some people seem determined to carry on anyway . |
| 24 | It required fewer people who could pass the port in the right way , and more people who would have the drive , energy , initiative and sheer guts actually to make money for the shareholders and themselves in a recessionary environment . |
| 25 | One of the Baltimores was hit by flak and as it spun out of position in the combing box it hit another aircraft , both then spun into the sea . |
| 26 | In the end , what matters most about the Clinton package is whether it convinces most people that a bit of pain is worthwhile , that there 's a future to aspire to . |
| 27 | It lost all fruit along the way and by the time it received an export licence it was beyond drinking . |
| 28 | It changes most people . |
| 29 | It contained many people of German origin , and although the Germans there represented less than one-third of the population , nevertheless Hitler began demanding the right to their ‘ freedom ’ from foreign rule . |
| 30 | I think it inhibits some people but she will explain . |