Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some exceptions to the rigours of this rule : an oral agreement was allowed to be proved where it formed one comprehensive contract with the written lease ( Walker Property Investments ( Brighton ) Ltd v Walker ( 1947 ) 177 LT 204 ) ; and a tenant in breach of the user covenant in his written lease was allowed to prove an antecedent oral collateral contract permitting the breach complained of ( City and Westminster Properties ( 1934 ) Ltd v Mudd [ 1959 ] Ch 129 ) . |
| 2 | The new council retained Pietro Borghini ( PSI ) as mayor and , although it contained six independent technocrats , the same five parties , headed by the PSI and the DC , continued as the governing coalition . |
| 3 | Perhaps , they argue , it is because it suffered two sudden floods in quick succession at a time of year — summer — when the invertebrate populations are least adapted to cope . |
| 4 | The value of prosection was stressed since it offered three dimensional knowledge to the medical students and post-graduates and many future surgeons would be trained to dissect and explore the body through these preparations . |
| 5 | Industrial conglomerate BTR opened 3p stronger at 594p after it announced two joint ventures in China . |
| 6 | As well , the rest of the house was as near to immaculate as a house could be when it contained three teenage boys and a busy man . |
| 7 | This will result in a narrowing of the range of costs which were given by Touche Ross when it costed four alternative options for single-tier councils . |
| 8 | At the time , the mill , which was powered by the Painswick Stream , was engaged in the cloth trade , as it housed two fulling stocks and a gig mill . |
| 9 | I add my voice to the condemnation of the activity of the Provisional IRA which has pertained in Northern Ireland for more than 20 years and which in this case was clearly sectarian as it killed seven Protestant workers . |