Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
2 | She knocked on a second door and opened it to reveal twenty children of about Flora 's age at old-fashioned desks with inkwells sunk into the top right-hand corners of the lids . |
3 | By ‘ thought ’ Descartes did not just mean deliberation , or some strictly intellectual activity ; he took it to include other forms of consciousness , such as imagining and feeling . |
4 | Did it form any part of the Council 's ? |
5 | Never again did it match that apex of prosperity that it reached during the brief nine years that Shah Jehan ruled from the Red Fort . |
6 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
7 | While this might have been expected , neither did it explore alternative ways of allowing mineworkers to use its educational resources . |
8 | Earlier another Bond director Mr Tony Oates said the corporation vigorously denied it had any knowledge of the alleged phone-bugging operation . |
9 | England had both ( see below ) , and Swegen forced it to disgorge large amounts of coin and precious metal , while also taking plunder and gaining a reputation as a successful commander which must have both drawn further contingents to his banners and strengthened his position in Scandinavia . |
10 | Zenith also said it sold 500,000 shares of newly issued common to institutional investors for whom Crabbe Huson Co of Portland , Oregon serves as investment advisor . |