Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , serious differences continued to present obstacles to an agreement : ( i ) the Soviet Union insisted that not all combat aircraft be included in the treaty , although it made an important concession on this point in September ( see p. 36909 ) ; ( ii ) of the five categories of weapons to be included in a treaty-aircraft , helicopters , tanks , armoured vehicles and artillery ( with troops being the sixth element in an agreement ) -consensus on the definition of the weapons system and the items in that category to be included was only reached on artillery ( see below ) ; ( iii ) the Warsaw Pact insisted on an undertaking by NATO to conduct separate negotiations on the reduction of naval forces ( see Malta summit disagreement on naval forces p. 37111 ) ; and ( iv ) the Warsaw Pact demanded that no modernization of short-range missiles by NATO take place ( see also p. 37227 ) . |
| 2 | Although it showed an overall swing of seven per cent to Labour since the last election , in the key regions it was much bigger . |
| 3 | This was a very early version , although it worked an absolute dream the cards are not yet BT Approved . |
| 4 | But they should not compare the two sets of drawings too closely , as the competition schemes were part of a larger layout , and Scott 's latest design was for a much smaller building which , although it included an official residence , hardly exceeded the bulk and cost of the original office part alone . |
| 5 | In the Samburu language ‘ yare ’ means ‘ quest ’ , so it seemed an appropriate place to stay . |
| 6 | Faster and faster the Wheel trundled , a whirling fiery hoop , until it reached an artificial mound at the cliff edge and was deflected up into the air . |
| 7 | Adams ' report , one of a long line of studies , expert groups , advisory committees and internal and external task forces that have looked at Super-SARA , declared that the project was still viable if it got an immediate go-ahead . |
| 8 | Until 1989 the courts had said that a 'speaking " decision could be upset if it contained an obvious error . |
| 9 | Therefore it appears that a photon of energy E = hv behaves in a gravitational field as if it possessed an inertial mass E/c 2 ! |
| 10 | I mean , when I , when I was a kid I got , erm , I was given an Australian doll baby , and which was funny cos it had an amazing sun tan and dark blue eyes and blonde hair , like typical Ozzie child . |
| 11 | Envy would not be so strong and indefeasible an instinct , unless it had an important function in the evolution and survival of human society , and therefore of mankind itself . |
| 12 | They bought a tumbledown Victorian terraced house near the Elephant and Castle , cheap because it had an old man as a sitting tenant on the top floor . |
| 13 | Wherever responsibility for the mistakes lay — and it lay with Churchill and the British as much as with the Free French — the failure was a colossal humiliation for de Gaulle , because it showed an imperial administration utterly loyal to Vichy and more than capable of repelling the Free French . |
| 14 | However , in relation to the theme of this chapter , this development was significant because it created an urgent need to justify the massive input of resources . |
| 15 | I chose the example I did because it gave an important history of another library , Glasgow , and because it had also belonged at one time to the Guildhall Library , which had passed it on to them . |
| 16 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 17 | Furthermore , ever since it became an independent department it has wanted to stop being merely a postman between the Treasury and the recipients of funds , and aspires instead to set the policy framework . |
| 18 | A policeman ran past the poet trying to get to the crowd before it became an unruly mob . |
| 19 | The NUR had an unfortunate experience , apparently , a few years back when it made an unwise sponsorship . |
| 20 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 21 | The path forked when it reached an old log cabin ; left would have taken us to the top of Mount Eddy , right took us on the Pacific Crest Trail stretching from Canada down to Mexico . |
| 22 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |
| 23 | On the foreign exchanges the pound managed a modest recovery from Thursday 's slump when it hit an all-time low against the German mark . |
| 24 | From its medieval origins , when it provided an intellectual grounding for those intending to earn their living in the law , the church and medicine , higher education has been ready to acknowledge the wider society which sustains it . |
| 25 | The commercial and business orientation which the public corporation ( as distinct from Ministry ) form of management was designed to preserve , was inevitably diluted by this process , though it remained an important part of the self-image of those working in the industry . |
| 26 | The costs for the US would be enormous , indeed the requirement of the French was that the US would pay the entire cost , but money and munitions could be regarded as the essential calipers which might allow the rickety infant to walk ; and as long as it had an American account it would grow up and would be able to buy everything that was needed for a new nation state . |
| 27 | It was against this background of ‘ stagflation ’ that monetarism increasingly became more influential , providing as it did an alternative explanation of the economic problems of the time as well as a potential remedy . |
| 28 | The removal of the box at Pinmore made his photograph possible as it gave an unimpeded view of the subject . |
| 29 | I thought she must at least be a little drunk , for it seemed an odd remark for even Lili to make to a stranger , but the stranger said , ‘ What can you mean , Lili ? ’ |
| 30 | It was important to provide an opportunity for that to happen in all welfare organisations , for it sustained an unselfish motivation which was in the end necessary to sustain social institutions . |