Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church began in 1974 under the leadership of Roger Forster and grew to a congregation of 250 by 1980 , since which time it experienced a rapid growth to a 1985 membership of over 1000 people meeting in fifteen different congregations and by 1990 this growth reached over 1700 adult members , not including children , meeting in thirty-three different congregations . |
| 2 | And yet , on this fevered night … he stared at the heavy , handsome head , looked at it until it became a strange thing to him , a feeling of stone , a sight he saw from another part of the room , this unbodied head reflected more truly in the mirror than in the live skull itself … |
| 3 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 4 | For Moore , on the occasion of his 105th appearance in England colours , it became a miserable exposure to the inevitability of decline , an uncharacteristic positional error enabling Lubanski to surge through for the second of Poland 's two goals ; the famed captain would play only three more times for his country , and not in the climax to the qualifying group , five months later at Wembley . |
| 5 | Morse said it lent a new meaning to the phrase ‘ keeping a shop ’ . ’ |
| 6 | I 've used this one in the studio and I 've heard it used live , and in both instances it made a positive contribution to the sound . |
| 7 | Newman was aware that when eugenics was deployed in this way — shorn of its critique of environmentalism — it made a valuable contribution to the philosophical underpinnings of the profession . |
| 8 | He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer . |
| 9 | It made an immense difference to military operations in Africa , stimulated research for other virus vaccines , and led to the award , in 1951 , of a Nobel prize to the medical scientist Max Theiler ( 1899–1972 ) . |
| 10 | It involved a gradual transition to a " regulated " market . |
| 11 | It provided a subtle bridge to the promised land of successful survival : not overtly trumpeting the triumphant rebirth of conspicuous consumption , but nevertheless easing in an almost unconscious separation from raging youth . |
| 12 | The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme . |
| 13 | It provided a fitting accompaniment to the voice of the headmaster . |
| 14 | In particular , it was contrary to articles 7 , 52 and 221 in as much as it created a complete barrier to freedom of establishment in the United Kingdom for individuals as owners and operators of fishing vessels and as directors and shareholders of companies owning or operating such vessels . |
| 15 | In 1920 it routed a Polish army to the suburbs of Warsaw and at the end of the following year launched an invasion of the Menshevik Republic of Georgia after its government had quelled an internal Bolshevik uprising . |
| 16 | It bore a hideous resemblance to the blighting , punishing sorts of work which are common in the world at large . |
| 17 | It was at his suggestion that the name taekwondo be used , because it bore a close similarity to the old name of tae-kyon . |
| 18 | ‘ It bore a fair resemblance to the Spanish Inquisition . |
| 19 | It bore a marked resemblance to something that had already been eaten once before . |
| 20 | If this was Richard 's first experience of war it bore an ironical similarity to his last . |
| 21 | To some — notably the three Oz editors — it bore an irresistible resemblance to a urinal . |
| 22 | It added a new dimension to the picture . |
| 23 | Because of the translucent water and the high , rocky , almost petrified appearance of the cave 's formation it added a mysterious uniqueness to the beautiful strains of the music . |
| 24 | This is significant because , in effect , it added an extra week to the pre-Christmas trading period — the last Saturday before Christmas was almost a week before Christmas itself . |
| 25 | In NME , it came a bad second to Cliff Richard 's sore throat and his summer season at the Palace Theatre , London . |
| 26 | It seemed a long way to the building , but eventually she heard his footsteps on wood and knew they had arrived . |
| 27 | Glancing down , it seemed a long drop to the gravel and the sleek cars waiting below . |
| 28 | It seemed a strange place to Clare . |
| 29 | It seemed a sad story to Carrie . |
| 30 | It seemed a reasonable question to me . |