Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The provision of specialised consultants for accident units also came under criticism and the committee reported that it took seven years , until 1992 , for the number of A&E consultants in Scotland to increase from 11 to 23 , even though the most recent review concluded that 34 were needed . |
| 2 | The Netherlands disagreed because it thought harmonised taxes would be too weak . |
| 3 | When , in 1884 , G. T. Clark [ q.v. ] published his Mediaeval Military Architecture in England , she realized that it contained false assumptions about the origins of the various mounds or mottes scattered over the British Isles . |
| 4 | They listened to the Black story and admitted that it had important implications . |
| 5 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 6 | Reports indicated that it included strong guarantees of fundamental human rights , but that a number of clauses gave rise to heated debate , including proposed provisions allowing for detention without trial and for the postponement of local elections for five years . |
| 7 | Stirling Moss remarked that it had six gears but needed 16 , from which you can gather that it was a bit on the peaky side . |
| 8 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 9 | ‘ Under the veil of darkness cities take on a universal quality ’ , thought American artist DOUG DAWSON , until he brought his pastels to London and discovered that it held certain characteristics he could n't ignore . |
| 10 | A keen breeze had sprung up and they watched as it chased fallen leaves along the pavement , blowing them into little heaps against the red brick wall . |
| 11 | When the frame was unfolded and set up she saw that it contained two photographs — one of a good-looking white-haired clergyman wearing a biretta , and the other of a ‘ sweet-faced ’ woman , her slender hand fondling the large cameo brooch at the throat of her dark dress . |
| 12 | The RHA felt that it had sufficient grounds for proceeding with the initiative , and it was proposed to make ‘ one or more senior appointments … with specific responsibility for coordinating plans and ensuring implementation ’ . |
| 13 | The US government felt that it possessed two weapons with which it could influence the Russians . |
| 14 | D'Hazeville 's was described in The Saturday Review as ‘ tame and commonplace ’ , although the assessors and Burn thought that it had sufficient merits to be placed fourth on their War Department lists . |
| 15 | It will also handle both little and big endian byte ordering so as to be able to run personal computer operating systems such as Windows NT as well as Unix , although the company denied that it had any plans to support NT on it — the capability is simply there if anyone wants it in the future , the company said . |