Example sentences of "it [verb] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't place a mirror over an open fire , it encourages people of all ages to stand too close . |
| 2 | He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output . |
| 3 | It slinks greyly among the marram grass ; it slides over and under barbed wire ; it makes an eagle lose direction and settles a dank wetness on his feathers ; it softens the landscape into obscurity , it hides the familiar cliffs , it turns sheep into monsters and highland cattle into roaring mountains which lurch up towards an eagle out of the clinging mist . |
| 4 | It guarantees sales of 160 million tonnes of coal over five years to the electricity generators , but will phase out subsidies prior to privatization , which is to be speeded up . |
| 5 | It points people to Jesus |
| 6 | The welfare system , runs this view , makes things worse because it discourages people from working and rewards undesirable behaviour . |
| 7 | Of this , $200million will come from the US , as previously announced by President Bush , to tide Poland over until it receives $710million from the IMF as part of a long-term programme to restructure its economy . |
| 8 | Who should it make fish of one and fowl of another ? |
| 9 | MICHELIN , the world 's largest tyre maker , which sounded a warning of the depths of recession when it plunged £527m into the red last year , yesterday surprised the market with an operating profit throughout 1991 . |
| 10 | The company dropped the bombshell as it plunged £711million into the red in the first half of the year . |
| 11 | Then , it made £9m on sales of £223m . |
| 12 | It made £818,000 before tax in 1992 on turnover which rose from £12.3 million to £13 million . |
| 13 | Lloyds Bank , which was the first to impose a levy , lost the most customers when it charged £12 for the privilege of owning its card . |
| 14 | The the premise on this was what what do parents , and I know the words are wrong but at least it moved people along way er er er what do parents want to know about their youngsters ? |
| 15 | Aerospace is another big export earner ; it contributed £16bn to the overall UK trade balance in the 1980s . |
| 16 | Apple Computer Inc says it is fighting a claim by the US Internal Revenue Service that it owes $290m in back taxes for 1987 and 1988 : issues include transactions with offshore entities , transfer pricing and the timing of deductions ; Apple has appealed to the US Tax Court . |
| 17 | His writings , particularly his Homilies on Ezechiel , composed while he was pope , show that he thought the contemplative life of monks would be best validated if it bore fruit in action . |
| 18 | Newport in Shropshire was ‘ new ’ in the twelfth century when it was granted a charter by Henry I , who required that it supply fish to the royal household from its medieval fish-pond . |
| 19 | Ambitious video games company Sega Enterprises Ltd is not playing games : it says it should reach annual sales of $5,000m by 1997 at the latest : the company controls 55% of the European video-game market and its main competitor , Nintendo Co , has 45% , it said ; it also reckons it has 54% of the US market , although Nintendo is generally regarded as the market leader there ; in Japan , Sega has just 20% . |
| 20 | In terms of coal reserves , the USSR has 25% while in terms of gas , with its massive Siberian reserves , it has 40% of the world total which is a uniquely dominant share of a single energy source . |
| 21 | Siemens Nixdorf claims that it has 40% of the European market , with an installed base of 500 in the UK . |
| 22 | Like every rule , it has means by which it is enforced ; in this case , if I break the rule of driving on the left-hand side of the road I can be prosecuted under a law of the land . |
| 23 | It has 32Mb to 256Mb RAM , 239Gb hard disk , up to 2Gb internal capacity and optional slot for either a CD-ROM , DAT or 3.5 ’ floppy . |
| 24 | It has 32Mb to 400Mb RAM , supports 125Gb disk with up to 2Gb internal storage , and has an optional floppy disk , optical disk , tape and CD drives . |
| 25 | It has 10% of world proven oil reserves , second only to Saudi Arabia , and in terms of probable oil resources holds about one-seventh of the world 's potential . |
| 26 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 27 | It has people in it , with lives to live . |
| 28 | It has 43% of the city 's short stay beds ; the other 57% being in private hospitals , two thirds of which are run for profit and one third not . |
| 29 | For although its twin-cam , straight-six 2960cc engine develops an impressive 231bhp at 6300rpm and 201lb ft of torque at 4600rpm , it has 3954lb of car to propel , giving it a power to weight ration of 129bhp/ton — unremarkable even by hot-hatch standards . |
| 30 | It contains data on pay settlements ( both on wage and non-wage elements ) on bargaining group basis . |