Example sentences of "it [vb past] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT WAS once an independent state , all 32 square miles of it ; but it got on the wrong side of the local superpower , whereupon angry Athens exiled its inhabitants for daring to ally themselves with Sparta . |
| 2 | It tinted dry artistic Italian cypress trees and the undersides of vine leaves , it lived on the damp bark of English oaks and thorns . |
| 3 | Having stated the case you may legitimately put it into its historical setting in order to show what advance it made on the previous law ; and you may also indicate the trend of development that it started . |
| 4 | The substantial advances which it made on the earlier law were two : |
| 5 | The campaign of the Conservative candidate , Richard Hickmet , was criticized for the way in which it dwelt on the controversial claim that it would be a " moral victory for terrorism " if the seat were to change hands as a result of the killing of Gow . |
| 6 | Peace News reported on the revolt against the ‘ multiversity ’ at the symbol of liberal corporate America , the Berkeley campus within the University of California ; it reported on the growing movement that had sprung out of the deep south civil rights campaign . |
| 7 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 8 | Finally it fixed on a black sword thrust straight through the branch above Rincewind 's head . |
| 9 | It concentrated on the obvious truth that children of lower ability would have needs that should be met , whatever the organizational forms of schooling . |
| 10 | It happened on a contra-flow system where there are roadworks . |
| 11 | It happened on the hurdling course which is safer than the steeplechase route where the National will be run on Saturday . |
| 12 | It happened on an ordinary day , |
| 13 | 2 Make a hay infusion ( Chapter 5 ) and leave it uncovered on a shady window-sill for several weeks , topping it up with cooled , boiled water when necessary . |
| 14 | In the beginning the gods created the world with everything in it organized on a permanent pattern . |
| 15 | It differed in only two respects , that the turntable was a much narrower arrangement than the Wolverton one , and that when in the uncoupled position , it rested on a single support carried on two small wheels . |
| 16 | Meredith followed her line of sight and saw that it rested on an oldish-looking photo . |
| 17 | He slid her hand lower until it rested on the irrefutable proof of his desire for her . |
| 18 | It was the Voice of Reason , and it perched on the opposite shoulder from the Voice of his Conscience , and it was frequently on his side . |
| 19 | In 1884 when the primary survey of England was nearing completion , much of it mapped on the one-inch scale , he transferred G. Barrow , C. T. Clough , J. R. Dakyns , W. Gunn and H. Miller from northern England to the Scottish staff . |
| 20 | It embarked on a protectionist policy and in return for the grant of a tariff to an industry , demanded that its major producers should reorganize themselves . |
| 21 | For example , what would the courts do if Party A obtaining 40 per cent of the vote gained 60 per cent of the seats in the legislature because the remaining 60 per cent of the vote was split between three other parties , and then it embarked on a legislative programme which was discriminatory , anti-libertarian and anti-democratic ? |
| 22 | The aim of achieving a genuine common market was a major commitment and though it relied on the voluntary co-operation of member states , complex legislative measures were soon underway to carry it out . |
| 23 | It relied on an effective flow of information between agencies ( see below ) and from the community and was undertaken with a view to avoiding crisis intervention and undue reliance on statutory services . |
| 24 | The 60-year-old former catering company director left more than Pounds 200,000 worth of debt , all of it spent on the other woman . |
| 25 | I just thought it followed on the next page there |
| 26 | As her torch toured the room it alighted on an extraordinary sight . |
| 27 | It called on the Soviet Union to honour its international commitments . |
| 28 | It called on the international community to contribute technically and financially towards strengthening the Permanent Secretariat of the General Treaty of Central American Economic Integration ( SIECA ) . |
| 29 | It called on the Tunisian government to establish " a thorough , independent and impartial inquiry into pre-trial irregularities , including deaths in custody of several detainees " . |
| 30 | This is believed to be the first time that an attempt has been made to compile a complete statistical record of Soviet economic development assistance to the less developed countries since it started on a formal basis in 1954 ; by 1983 such assistance had gone to a total of 57 countries . |