Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , it was one of the great merits of manufacturing to the early eighteenth-century observer Daniel Defoe that it brought increased employment and greater prosperity to a district compared with those which remained wholly dependent on agriculture . |
2 | As revealed exclusively in TODAY , yesterday , the £100 million contract was awarded to multinational Alcatel after it undercut British firm Westinghouse . |
3 | On July 24 the Djibouti government rejected suggestions by Ahmed Ali that it sought territorial expansion at the expense of Somaliland . |
4 | It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map . |
5 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
6 | Shipping , including Isle of Wight ferry and hydrofoil crossings , was halted on Southampton Water last night after inert gas leaked from the tanker Mobil Petrel as it discharged crude oil at the Fawley Esso oil refinery . |