Example sentences of "[subord] it [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although it clearly had dramatic effects on the nerves of Conservative Central Office there is no evidence of any major shift in voting intentions at that time . |
| 2 | The feel was ‘ Get to Manchester and get signed ’ although it rarely worked that way . |
| 3 | During the first decade it seems , on average , to have run below £200,000 , although it sometimes exceeded that figure . |
| 4 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |
| 5 | Although it once guaranteed good quality , now no one company holds an exclusive licence over the use of the name and the quality of the knives really does vary from brand to brand . |
| 6 | Being stationed next to the stage , Rousseau complained , its maître de musique could not manage the ensemble properly ; audible use of the baton was loud and frequent ; French music was doomed to this crude practice because it intrinsically lacked regular rhythm ( unlike Italian music ) . |
| 7 | She disliked losing her temper against her will because it rarely achieved useful results and symbolised impotence rather than strength : always better to channel anger than display it , she thought . |
| 8 | Given Shakeshaft 's conservatism , and the BEA 's long power station construction times , relative backwardness was indeed inevitable , since it effectively placed eleven years between the trial of new technology in America and its first adoption in Britain . |
| 9 | In all then , Telecom would probably have outlaid £14m — allowing for very modest fees on the purchase — before it actually laid one brick , and that is if it got planning permission . |
| 10 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 11 | The proposal to delegate responsibilities to local authorities was anathema to the Thatcher government in particular as it profoundly mistrusted local government and had progressively weakened its influence . |