Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering in the fifteenth century when Alberti used it to enrich the Cathedral of Rimini . |
| 2 | Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese ! |
| 3 | Paris-based computer services and distribution group Metrologie International SA said it had an operating loss in the first quarter of 1993 due to a drop in activity and pressures to reduce gross margins : the loss was equivalent to about $3.6m and turnover on a like-for-like basis fell 15.9% to $73.5m . |
| 4 | Brent Walker said it expected the buyout negotiations ‘ would be successfully completed shortly ’ . |
| 5 | The DoE believed it had the decision to join the 30 per cent Club ‘ in the bag ’ and briefed journalists to that effect . |
| 6 | North Korea said it rejected the resolution , and would regard sanctions as a declaration of war . |
| 7 | When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is . |
| 8 | But on the contrary Willie made it seem a prop of the work , like ripe thighs in a chorus girl or the swivel eye of Ben Turpin . |
| 9 | Defries thought it looked a bit obscene ; but then , perhaps that was appropriate . |
| 10 | SCO said it felt no need to formally resign because of the loose construction of the initiative . |
| 11 | No financial details of the agreement were being revealed but the BBC said it represented an expansion . |
| 12 | The BBC said it regarded the criticisms as ‘ unfair , ’ and said the majority of shows would be coming from Stockton . |
| 13 | The American biologist Garrett Hardin used it to summarize the message of what may be called ‘ sociobiology ’ or ‘ selfish genery ’ . |
| 14 | But the UN Protection Force in Bosnia said it welcomed the UN move , despite the possibility it may increase military tension on the ground . |
| 15 | The FIA tribunal postponed any decision , but Balestre said it had no right to rule on the case until after the Portuguese hearing and should not have heard representation . |
| 16 | Wimpey said it believed the figures , published yesterday , were the low point in its fortunes . |
| 17 | Shares of Cirrus Logic Inc plunged 30% on heavy volume following the company 's disappointing fiscal fourth quarter figures ( CI No 2,158 ) : Cirrus reported earnings of 10 cents a share , and the mean estimate of seven analysts surveyed by First Call had put fourth-quarter earnings at 31 cents a share ; Cirrus said it experienced a decline in profitability because of demand fluctuations in the disk-drive industry , where inventories are high ; analysts said its earnings wo n't improve until the September quarter ; disk guru Jim Porter , president of Disk/Trend , said some of Cirrus ' earnings shortfall is likely coming from Conner Peripherals Inc , which also recently disappointed Wall Street with its own results , because the rest of the disk drive industry is still healthy ; analysts also told Reuter that Cirrus is facing tougher competition in disk controllers from Adaptec Inc , Milpitas , California . |
| 18 | Cllr Johnston said it took the city solicitor 's department two hours to find the application forms , after he had asked why interviews had not been held . |
| 19 | AT&T said it expected the change on future earnings to be negligible and added that there would be no effect on cash flow . |
| 20 | The UTU said it regretted the Department had gradually reduced severance enhancement levels as a result of severe criticism of the retirement scheme by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee . |
| 21 | Referee David Axcell passed it fit an hour before kick-off after deciding the mud was no worse than on his hometown beach at Southend . |
| 22 | ‘ One of the Hamiltons burnt it to get the insurance and made a mess of it . |
| 23 | AMA social services committee chairman Toby Harris said it confirmed the DoH viewed the changes through rose-tinted spectacles . |
| 24 | Andrew Saxton 's colleague Andrew Davies said it appeared the Sports Council was still convinced the men were guilty . |
| 25 | The DoE said it considered the road to be ‘ capable of carrying the existing and projected traffic volumes for the foreseeable future ’ . |
| 26 | Spokesman Michael Ritchie said it appeared the judges had agreed a crisis situation required crisis measures . |
| 27 | The Council did not discuss the morality of methods of contraception because Pope Paul asked it to leave the matter to his own special commission . |
| 28 | A government official said the US trade representative , Mickey Kantor , had ‘ decided to cancel the talks when the EC indicated it had no flexibility . ’ |
| 29 | Brenner used it to identify the relations between macroeconomic variables and the measures of national health during the economic cycles that took place in the course of several decades . |
| 30 | A spokeswoman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said it had a network of volunteers ‘ monitoring the situation ’ throughout the province . |