Example sentences of "of [n mass] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ACET an claim repayment of £250 so it received the full £1,000 . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not necessary to consider what would have been the effect of the payment of £20 if it had been made in full satisfaction of the demand against Hunter . |
| 3 | Engineers in Germany successfully fired thrusters on Aug. 7 to boost the European Space Agency ( ESA ) US$400,000,000 Eureka research satellite to an altitude of 507 km from a dangerously low orbit of 100km where it had been stuck due to data communication problems . |
| 4 | Although the order is subject to the condition precedent that ‘ the required drugs and equipment are or could reasonably be made available , ’ it makes no reference to the availability of staff and it has to be borne in mind that artificial ventilation of a young child in an intensive care unit is highly intensive of highly skilled staff . |
| 5 | For example , in 1979 the steel industry employed roughly twice the number of people that it does now , producing the same amount of steel . |
| 6 | Apprenticeship indentures amongst the Inland Revenue records in the Public Record Office show , however , that by the second decade of the eighteenth century the geographical distribution of the craft in the Midlands had been largely determined ; shortly afterwards Daniel Defoe observed , ‘ One would scarce think it possible so small an article of trade could employ such multitudes of people as it does , for the whole country seems to be employ 'd in it ’ . |
| 7 | And so this is something that is going to touch an awful lot of people if it does turn sour , so all the more reason for me to be able to explain how I see it , and as I say , to hear how , what people think about the crisis . |
| 8 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 9 | When jury selection commenced on Sept. 5 , the defence vainly made a last-minute effort to get the trial dismissed , alleging government breach of ethics because it had just learned that Noriega 's former lawyer , Raymond Takiff , who had advised him to surrender to US authorities in January 1990 , was at the time working secretly for federal authorities . |
| 10 | Why , just a few generations ago the grandparents of this trumped-up charlatan blossomed and grew in orchards that attracted humans and animals alike with the sweet scent of fruit as it hung from the boughs . |
| 11 | For example , a beaker of water may have a temperature of 50°C but it does not have heat . |