Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 2 | It also held East Indian bonds , and the fact that it gave substantial mortgages on land has led Dickson to suggest that to an extent it was diverting funds derived from industry and trade towards the landed interest . |
| 3 | And they set off , Dr Neil behind her , holding the candle high , so that it threw strange shadows on the walls and ceilings . |
| 4 | Conversely , though , if this Committee instructed groups as it well could that it wanted regular updates on the pay position of this County , and he had to put someone to work on researching them , it would cost you what like that ? |
| 5 | The disadvantages of the Article were that it was perceived as dealing with ‘ representational ’ issues that were out of place in the Convention , that it undercut the position of non-liability of member States for treaties concluded by organisations , and that it placed excessive emphasis on the exceptional situation of the European Communities . |
| 6 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 7 | The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away . |
| 8 | You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it . |
| 9 | This meant that the guest lists had to be scrutinized with great care and it required considerable awareness on the part of Eugénie to be able to decide who would match with whom . |
| 10 | After his return to the ward Mr Reynolds ' temperature rose slowly until it reached 37 C. On the first post-operative morning his temperature was above normal limits ( 37.8 C ) . |
| 11 | Well that 's right , even with help from upstairs , I mean , if it had four wheels on right , alright . |
| 12 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
| 13 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 14 | All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably . |
| 15 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |