Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
| 2 | Fiona Weir , FoE 's air pollution campaigner , said that the group did not feel it had the necessary expertise or information to produce warnings on " nuclear winter " effects , ozone depletion and acid rain . |
| 3 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 4 | With the black , you know it had the black bit as well |
| 5 | While he was inside , however , the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state law , saying it violated the first-amendment guarantee of free speech . |
| 6 | The Crown Princess of Jordan opened an exhibition of his work saying it captured the real colour of life . |
| 7 | They felt it emphasised the Polish presence in the city . |
| 8 | I do n't suppose it damaged the Israeli economy much , but it put across just the picture the Palestinians were after . |
| 9 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 10 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 11 | They thought it included the contrary proposition that the law did not protect the fish . |
| 12 | Yesterday the National Audit Office , the official public spending watchdog , admitted it missed the legal aid bill — run up as Mr Lamont evicted a sex therapist from his flat — when it went through the Treasury accounts . |
| 13 | Indeed , I have heard it called the first step on the path to true benevolence . ’ |
| 14 | Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear , and when it did it committed the traditional error — not emulated by the Germans — of having too many models . |
| 15 | I was really knocked out by your article on Philip Glass and I think it contained the best description of Glass ' music I have ever read . |
| 16 | An obvious trophy , it afforded irrefutable proof that the victim was male , and obtaining it gave the additional satisfaction of dishonouring the corpse . |
| 17 | The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill . |
| 18 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 19 | In a joint press conference with Darlington borough council , the YMCA said it hoped the 30-bed hostel in Melland Street , off Borough Road would be open in spring , 1994 . |
| 20 | Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours . |
| 21 | Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller . |
| 22 | And as Nick Clark reports it provided the perfect platform for the Falcons from RAF Brize Norton . |
| 23 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 24 | Ownership of this asset accordingly conferred unchallengeable power and influence on a comparative minority , while at the same time working it gave the overwhelming majority of the population their livelihood . |