Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 2 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 3 | Disliking the Tories more than he disliked Labour , he declared that on the defeat of Baldwin 's Government in the new Parliament , the King should ask MacDonald to form an administration , which he and his fellow Liberals would keep in office as long as it avoided extremist policies . |
| 4 | The borough argued that the leaflet was misleading because it omitted all references to the joint liability of spouses and cohabiting couples . |
| 5 | During the seventies this form of finance became comparatively more attractive as it offered variable rates of interest ( which are tax deductible ) and the short nature of these loans was mitigated by the banks ' willingness to roll-over these loans on request . |