Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this means that life originated just once , or that it originated many times , each origin acquiring a different code , but that one origin gave rise to more successful competitors , we do not know . |
| 2 | I learnt , many years later , that they paid over £30 to have a book of poems printed , and that it sold two copies . |
| 3 | Fujimori stated that the aid package did not address the all-round economic development needs of coca-growing areas , and that it victimized poor peasants who had no alternative but to grow coca crops . |
| 4 | It was already clear to Coleman from his analysis of the drugs-related intelligence coming out of Lebanon that the traditional heroin route to the US via Cyprus , Frankfurt and London was used regularly by both agencies , that the traffic was not always in narcotics and that it moved both ways . |
| 5 | ‘ John 's method of working would be : ‘ Okay , this is in C , ’ and unless it had abnormal changes we just went for it . |
| 6 | the argument was continuous and as it developed both sides changed their positions . |
| 7 | He knew that the universe was complex but that it obeyed certain rules , although , she supposed , he would n't have used the word ‘ obey ’ with its implication of conscious choice . |
| 8 | But while it proposed interim restrictions on the consumption of HCFCs — used for making foam insulation — it stepped back from proposing to outlaw their production in the EC , from where they could still be exported to developing countries as a substitute to the much more harmful CFCs ( chlorofluorocarbons ) in refrigerators and air conditioners . |
| 9 | He dispatched a police patrol car , but when it arrived 16 minutes later the telephone was swinging on the end of its cord . |