Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Since it involved a fresh assessment of wealth it encountered some hostility . |
| 2 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 3 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 4 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 5 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 6 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 7 | Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time . |
| 8 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 9 | In addition it followed Roman Law on rape . |
| 10 | He also involved a religious foundation — the Charterhouse — in his scheme ( although it appears that in practice it played little part ) and wanted his Master to be a Scholar of Eton or of Winchester ( if such could be found ) and to be appointed on the recommendation of the Provosts of Eton College and of King 's College , Cambridge . |
| 11 | In a very real sense , therefore , the employers , whether farmers or landlords — in practice it made little difference — were not part of the rural village community as far as the agricultural worker was concerned . |
| 12 | Despite its apparent relativism , in practice it defined alternative centres of cultural authority primarily in terms of their difference from the norm of English culture , not in their uniqueness and their discontinuities . |
| 13 | To be of value in war it required Egyptian co-operation . |
| 14 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
| 15 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 16 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |
| 17 | The strategic concept had everything in its favour ; for success it required efficient planning and ruthless aggression . |
| 18 | ‘ I remember when we first came here on honeymoon it did wonderful things to you , Stephen . |
| 19 | Stony Stratford was the town nearest to Wolverton , and by comparison it had considerable charm . |