Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan on Jan. 22 announced that it had approved the export of 27 tonnes of surgical anaesthetics . |
| 2 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 3 | In a rare statement on intelligence details , the CIA on Oct. 7 admitted that it had failed to provide accurate information to the Justice Department and the federal prosecutors . |
| 4 | The IMF said in its April 1991 forecast that it expected the US economy to shrink by 0.1 per cent in 1991 , before making a full recovery to 2.8 per cent growth in 1992 . |
| 5 | Perusal of Fig. 6.5 indicates that it does appear to work , and that it offers a pragmatic solution that could probably be developed further into a general-purpose GIS ‘ error button ’ . |
| 6 | Ratsiraka 's concessions followed seven weeks of strikes and demonstrations organized by the opposition Comité de forces vives , a coalition of 16 opposition parties , which on June 21 announced that it had formed a " provisional government " [ see p. 38277 ] . |
| 7 | A Netherlands DC-10 crashed as it tried to land during a storm at Faro , Portugal , on Dec. 21 , killing 54 people . |
| 8 | Analysis of 1.5.1 shows that it does if Q[ [ x ] satisfies analogues of 1.3.9 , 1.4.10 , exercise 1.3.3 and property C of Section 1.2 . |
| 9 | Eyewitness accounts and Stukeley 's excavation of the base of the cross in 1745 indicates that it stood about half-a-mile up Casterton Road on the brow into Foxdale . |
| 10 | The latest statistics , for 1991/ 92 , show that it leapt again to 65% and preliminary estimates for 1992/93 indicate that it has gone even higher . |
| 11 | ALL 141 people aboard a Boeing 737 died when it crashed into a mountain in China 's worst air crash yesterday . |
| 12 | " Actual " seems to mean " more than trivial " though Taylor v Granville [ 1978 ] Crim LR 482 said that it covered any harm , however slight . |
| 13 | ( In fact it is Grade II starred because it has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years . ) |
| 14 | Finland on May 6 announced that it had decided to purchase 64 US F/A-18 Hornet interceptor aircraft in preference to ex-Soviet , French or Swedish models to modernize its air force by the end of the century . |
| 15 | The West German government on Dec. 6 announced that it planned to reduce the size of its armed forces to 420,000 by 1995 , a reduction of 75,000 , or 15 per cent . |
| 16 | A Polisario communique of Dec. 3 claimed that it had carried out a total of 23 assaults on the Moroccan defence wall between Nov. 2 and Nov. 23 , although it gave no details of casualties . |
| 17 | The SOC government issued a communiqué on March 29 stating that it had ordered an offensive against Khmer Rouge forces in Kompong Thom province , in an attempt to reopen strategic highways . |
| 18 | Only one in ten said that it had been suggested to them by a salesman , agent or someone at the shop ; about three-quarters said instead that they personally had thought of it , and most of the rest that it had been suggested by their wife or husband . |
| 19 | The East German government on June 27 announced that it favoured Dec. 16 . |
| 20 | £350 million needs to be spent by the Council by the year 2000 to ensure that it meets its statutory responsibilities — this is £165 million , or 90% more than the level of investment allocation likely to be approved by the Scottish Office in this period . |
| 21 | Doddie Weir still has a lot to learn about No 8 play when it comes to back-row moves , witness the occasion against England when he picked up against the wheel and still tried to complete the move . |
| 22 | The Bolivian Workers ' Centre ( COB ) , the main union confederation , contacted the Spanish news agency EFE on March 9 to report that it had received communiqués from the Bolivarián Military Movement ( MMB ) , a dissident grouping within the military , which claimed that " discontented " elements within the army were willing to follow the example of fellow officers in Venezuela [ for Venezuela coup attempt see pp. 38759-60 ] to stem corruption in the government and the higher echelons of the armed forces . |
| 23 | The Financial Times of Jan. 23 said that it had reflected " the life breathed into local politics " by the direct elections to some Legco seats in September 1991 [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 24 | George Jones has quoted from The Times of 1880 to show that it existed before the creation of the present local authorities ( Jones 1969 : 150 ) . |
| 25 | Despite evident internal disagreements on the pace of economic reform , the government on May 14 announced that it had agreed on a programme of unified reforms to be implemented over the following months . |
| 26 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 27 | This view had clear implications for the state as actor , but the events of the 1960s showed that it had made a false assumption . |
| 28 | A figure of 0.86 livestock units/hectare of permanent grassland in Powys in 1939 shows that it had increased between that date and 1955 . |
| 29 | Experience in 1989 showed that it makes an excellent garden stake . |
| 30 | On July 4 Defence Minister Moshe Arens told a visiting group from the Zionist Organization of America ( ZOA ) that Israel had asked the USA to increase its annual military grant by US$700 million to US$2,500 million to ensure that it maintained a " qualitative advantage " over its Arab neighbours . |