Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although it clearly had dramatic effects on the nerves of Conservative Central Office there is no evidence of any major shift in voting intentions at that time . |
| 2 | The feel was ‘ Get to Manchester and get signed ’ although it rarely worked that way . |
| 3 | During the first decade it seems , on average , to have run below £200,000 , although it sometimes exceeded that figure . |
| 4 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |
| 5 | Although it once guaranteed good quality , now no one company holds an exclusive licence over the use of the name and the quality of the knives really does vary from brand to brand . |
| 6 | But as his success within the Movement , within the German State , and on the international stage grew until it knew no bounds , so the self-deception of the ‘ conviction ’ ideologist magnified to the extent that it ultimately consumed all traces of the calculating and opportunist politician , leaving in its place only a voracious appetite for destruction — and ultimately self-destruction . |
| 7 | Kenya Canners ( now renamed Delmonte Kenya ) was subjected to an Interpol investigation in 1978 , prompted by the fact that it persistently showed local losses while continuing to export 96 per cent of its output . |
| 8 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 9 | It is a clear indication of the quality of Vic Rouse 's goalkeeping ability that he succeeded the great Roy Bailey between the Palace posts , then went on to set up a club record 238 Football League goalkeeping appearances ( since exceeded only by the invincible John Jackson ) , and that it then took another goalkeeper destined for the 1st Division in Bill Glazier to oust him . |
| 10 | On Nov. 7 the newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church , Pieter Potgieter , confessed his church 's guilt at the role it had played in establishing apartheid and said that it now considered that policy to be wrong . |
| 11 | The Utica/St John 's posse denies , however , that it ever had any kind of gang affiliation or that the current troublemakers are connected with them . |
| 12 | Nelson Mandela 's wife , Winnie angered the government by saying that it merely meant contemporary end to armed action and that the A N C reserved the right to reactivate its armed guerrillas at any time . |
| 13 | Arthur Marwick , for example , while agreeing that the evacuation revelations aroused a new sense of social concern ‘ among an articulate few ’ , nevertheless casts doubt upon the idea that it suddenly dispelled middle-class prejudices about there being a feckless and dirty section of the working class . |
| 14 | The Girls smoked despite the fact that it usually meant instant dismissal if they were found out . |
| 15 | It said nothing about educational or cultural co-operation , it did not do anything to bring EMU nearer ( that was left to the Delors Plan ) and it effectively left foreign policy co-operation in government hands . |
| 16 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 17 | In much work that was to develop within the compass of physical geography , the chronology assumed a greater significance , it required a greater knowledge of existing and recently developed dating techniques , and it thus involved close liaison with other disciplines particularly geology , biology and archaeology amongst the broadening spectrum of the earth and environmental sciences . |
| 18 | The Eezit spray was easiest to use and it also neutralised nasty smells . |
| 19 | He 's slightly happier about ‘ Fontana ’ , the second album and the one that yielded a hit in the shape of Shine On , but personnel problems were beginning to mar the band 's outlook and it soon became common knowledge that there was wet rot in The House Of Love . |
| 20 | Bordeaux was described as a ‘ commune , by John in 1206 and it clearly possessed many rights of self-government . |
| 21 | I had witnessed Sam emptying that box many times , and it always contained several pounds , a fortune in those days . |
| 22 | The needs policy was generally more concerned with children 's problems than with their potential , and it totally omitted certain kinds of needs and therefore certain kinds of children , despite its claim to be comprehensive . |
| 23 | At the time of the First World War the Shorthorn was described as the most widely distributed of all the breeds of cattle , both at home and abroad , and it far exceeded other purebreds in Britain while the great majority of commercial crossbreds also relied on Shorthorn blood . |
| 24 | The " fat " was well-spaced work , with less solid text , and it therefore took less time to set a page . |
| 25 | She cried fairly easily and it usually had some kind of effect . |
| 26 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 27 | I used to find myself walking the landing bladed up and it only needed one word out of place and I 'd turn them into a Tetley Tea Bag and I 'd never get out . |
| 28 | In spite of a lack of er , sort of er , carol sheets for , for some of us , it really was , as you say , a very enjoyable evening , and I was particularly erm , keen on the , the introduction of Saint Nicolas , and it certainly got smaller children , I think it was er , fantastic , and I certainly have n't enjoyed so er , I 'll be back |
| 29 | The waterway was called the New River , and it originally ran forty miles to Clerkenwell . |
| 30 | Poverty amongst the general populous was still quite common , at that time , and it often meant appalling destitution . |