Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A dismissal may be unfair either because it was procedurally arbitrary or because it lacked good cause . |
2 | But Washington said that while it had prior knowledge of the plot hatched by three disaffected officers , it did not actively back it . |
3 | The basic problem for the Emperor was that while France needed Britain it was not at all clear to British statesmen that their country had any need of France — except when it suited British interests . |
4 | Cost her what it might , she would break off her engagement , and if it meant social ruin , so be it . |
5 | The commission would draft a new constitution to be put to a referendum , and if it won popular support , multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held before the end of the year . |
6 | ‘ John 's method of working would be : ‘ Okay , this is in C , ’ and unless it had abnormal changes we just went for it . |
7 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
8 | But while it proposed interim restrictions on the consumption of HCFCs — used for making foam insulation — it stepped back from proposing to outlaw their production in the EC , from where they could still be exported to developing countries as a substitute to the much more harmful CFCs ( chlorofluorocarbons ) in refrigerators and air conditioners . |
9 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
10 | Issi Abdul , six , clutches tightly onto his feeding bowl as though it contained liquid gold . |