Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] it [be] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
2 | Meanwhile , Lancashire County Council announced it was to send representatives to the Netherlands in a bid to rescue the Leyland truck plant and the Chorley parts warehouse , where together more than 900 jobs were lost on Friday . |
3 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal head start cut potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
4 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal headstart decreased potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
5 | And Northumbrian Water reported it was extracting water from the river once again after inlets at Broken Scar Treatment Works , near Darlington , were closed as a precautionary measure on Tuesday night , and emergency supplies brought into use . |
6 | Yesterday the Department of the Environment announced it was to begin consultation for the Lisburn Area Plan 1993 to 2008 . |
7 | AS the row over Labour 's election broadcast grew it was revealed grandparents of a four-year-old boy paid out £300 for a private ear operation to avoid a six-months wait on the health service . |
8 | A senior US official said it was seeking approval from the world trade body , Gatt , for retaliation against the European Community in their bitter trade row over oilseeds . |
9 | My stomach said it was eating time again . |
10 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc 's Pacific Bell Telephone Co said it is offering $625m of 7.125 debentures due March 15 2026 to refinance two earlier debt issues . |
11 | As for BR yesterday , its Press office said it was considered Mr McArdle had received an apology in the letter which arrived more than two months after his original complaint . |