Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information is also collected about the quality of teaching received , and although this has not yet been formally used in allocating money , one department did have part of its grant withheld for several months until it introduced clear teaching objectives . |
| 2 | Indeed , it had even baulked over the European Payments Union for five months until it gained complete assurance that it would still be able to retain sole control over sterling as an international reserve currency . |
| 3 | The town has many picturesque corners and interesting buildings although it sustained much damage by fire in 1799 when the town was fought over by French , Austrian and Russian armies . |
| 4 | The Irish national lottery has created 19 millionaires since it started five years ago . |
| 5 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 6 | The defendant garage was liable in damages because it took eight weeks to repair a motor vehicle when a normally competent garage would have taken about five weeks . |
| 7 | The Commission imposed a four-year supervision order in August 1990 against the West German company Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH for serious violations of safety regulations when it transported 130 kg of enriched uranium through Luxembourg in what purported to be empty containers . |
| 8 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 9 | The electricity distributor yesterday cut tariffs by 1pc for 1.3m customers as it announced pre-tax profits of £111.2m . |
| 10 | Leigh 's retainer as a consultant has supported the space , which held five exhibitions until it closed this fall . |
| 11 | The firm has been deluged by applications for tickets after it offered two flights to Europe with every Hoover product bought worth more than £100 . |
| 12 | But at the end of the road was the big white house where Edward Morris lived , a gracious house standing out from the others because it sported white railings which guarded the small , well-kept garden . |
| 13 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 14 | The Royal Ulster Constabulary is solving twice as many crimes as it did 10 years ago . |