Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He chose a child as his lover because it fed that ego ; he lost her because he never cottoned on to the fact that children are children , no matter how grown-up they might appear . |
| 2 | And the central government 's socialism , it 's restriction of socialist rights to Libyan nationals , set the seal on the discrimination between foreign and national labour because it encouraged Libyan employers to employ foreigners . |
| 3 | The chair of the NEC said that it was forced to take action after it uncovered widespread irregularities and blatant corruption on the part of both recognized political parties — the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) and the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) . |
| 4 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |
| 5 | The district committee , the A G E W district committee , er recognized that it was something that er was a confederation exercise because it covered all aspects of the workforce , and therefore you had er engineers and , and the sheet metal workers and electricians and pattern makers , everybody within the confed in Brothers was affected by it . |
| 6 | It should be realized that this change of tactics in the gilt-edged market is consistent with the objective of greater competitiveness since it allowed greater freedom for market forces to determine prices , and therefore yields , on government stock and close substitutes . |
| 7 | I hate to think what effect it would have on our deficit if it included realistic costings of the value of their time . |
| 8 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 9 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 10 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 11 | Marx condemned capitalism because it frustrated human potential and self-actualization , but believed it was a necessary stage in human dialectical development . |
| 12 | This month I was the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to be invited to address its conference since it began 15 years ago . |
| 13 | The decline in effective demand also affected the legitimacy of capitalism since it created mass unemployment and poverty at home and anti-imperialism abroad . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's been in a coma since it happened six weeks ago . ’ |
| 15 | Conversely , Habitat flew in the face of expert opinion when it introduced pack-flat furniture on to the American market . |
| 16 | Gradually , all was revealed that is , people , including the authorities and the KGB , realized that the Odd-Bod Greek who had spent all those years collecting the ‘ rubbish ’ that no-one needed had in fact made a collection that was now worth a great deal of money , and it reached a point when it became awkward living in Moscow with the collection . |
| 17 | There are also links with Nottingham 's twin city Minsk proving that the department still serves the local community as it did 75 years ago . |
| 18 | At a press conference to mark his election victory a year ago , Mr Bush threatened to veto the budget unless it contained real cuts . |
| 19 | Others followed suit until it became standard practice in the group . |
| 20 | Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done . |
| 21 | Last month Rainbow Warrior II was seized by the French navy as it led another protest to the atoll . |
| 22 | Sainsbury won much publicity when it appointed former Friends of the Earth director Jonathan Porritt to be its environmental policy adviser . |
| 23 | Tracey added , ‘ The order was a good test for our facility as it employed several items of our equipment . |
| 24 | Mothers welcomed the short hair because it presented less problems than long hair . |
| 25 | The NMA argued from the outset for a negotiated settlement , in part because of a fear that intransigence might lead to total defeat and in part because it had little money with which to fight the strike following the run-down of its funds during the 1921 lockout . |
| 26 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 27 | She resented the claim because it raised some barrier between them . |
| 28 | The Great Storm was a setback to woodland conservation because it drew public attention to trees and woods without adding to public understanding . |
| 29 | Provisions in the General Revenue Act of 1992 to make deductible against tax the current value of both tangible and intangible property donated to a non-profit organisation ( for example , a painting to a museum or shares to a hospital ) rather than their value at acquisition failed along with the whole bill when it was vetoed by President Bush last month because it contained forty tax increases . |
| 30 | The Commissioners answers came in the form of a set of proposals which represented the most fundamental reshaping of the common Agricultural policy since it began 30 years ago . |