Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It operated a large tramway system in North-West London , with over three hundred cars . |
| 2 | D&B says it evaluated a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't require SQL programming skills . |
| 3 | It succeeded a plain stone building , roughcast and whitewashed , with room for 500 and a general attendance of 400 . |
| 4 | IBM Corp has finally confirmed the elusive story that gained a little currency about a month ago that it planned a massive borrowing spree ( CI No 2,151 ) . |
| 5 | Furthermore , in 1648 it passed a restrictive Blasphemy Act , which threatened those convicted of denying the central tenets of Christianity with death , and those dissenting from orthodox Calvinist theology with imprisonment . |
| 6 | When opened , relates David Gieve in his bicentenary history of the famous tailors , it disclosed a small life insurance policy and a charming letter in which he said he wished the proceeds of the policy to be applied to settling his final account , and if there was a surplus he would be glad for Gieves to keep it as a modest token of his gratitude for a lifetime 's service . |
| 7 | It announced a 27 p.c. fall in profits to £28.4m for 1991 but the first quarter of 1992 showed a ‘ significant recovery ’ . |
| 8 | Shares in Grampian , which recently failed in its bid for chemist group Macarthy , fell 9 to 163p yesterday after it announced a 15 p.c. drop in pre-tax profit to £11.2m in a tough year for its retail and sports goods activities . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , it announced a special 6p dividend payment covering the change in the year end . |
| 10 | Montserrat , part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands from 1871 to 1956 , when it became a separate United Kingdom Dependent Territory , is governed by a Governor , who presides over an Executive Council and a Legislative Council with seven elected , two official and two nominated members . |
| 11 | Neighbours also provided a missing ingredient in our diet of soaps when it became a five-times- a-week fixture back in 1988 . |
| 12 | The beef herd proved the breed 's ability to thrive on modest feeding and to give high killing-out percentages in all age groups , and gradually the beef traits increased in importance until it became a single-purpose beef breed . |
| 13 | To improve quality it recommended a two-divisional Sunday League , a straight knockout Benson & Hedges competition , and a County Championship programme consisting of 16 three-day and eight four-day matches , the latter to include Sunday play , on uncovered pitches and with bonus points only for bowling . |
| 14 | It produced a 13-point action plan to reduce the risk of marine pollution . |
| 15 | This scheme — which was widely adopted by colonial administrations right across the continent — killed two birds with one stone : it both raised money and it produced a large labour force which had previously been occupied with growing food for their families . |
| 16 | It made a pre-tax operating loss of £398m , and restructuring took another £218m for a total pre-tax loss of £616m , up from a loss last time of £124m ; turnover fell 6% to £3,751m ; domestic sales and exports were each off 6% at £1,606m and £2,145m . |
| 17 | It made a hefty restructuring provision , indicating more disposals . |
| 18 | Up to this point the only political significance of racism had been that it provided a divided work force for employers . |
| 19 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was that trainer ? |
| 20 | When Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double , who was the trainer ? |
| 21 | Nick , let's put to you the three questions ; when Quest for Fame won the Derby and Sanglemore won the French Derby , it provided a first season trainer with a rare double — who was that trainer ? |
| 22 | It included the Monetary Co-operation Fund and it created a European Currency Unit ( ECU ) , made up of a trade-weighted ‘ basket ’ of currencies , as a measure for certain EC activities , including for example , the ‘ intervention price ’ under CAP . |
| 23 | It reported a strong Serb artillery attack on Zadar and showed footage of residents running for shelter in the city , situated just outside Serb-held enclave of Krajina. — AP and Reuter |
| 24 | When I first turned it on , it reported a hard disk failure . |
| 25 | Dun says it weighed a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't need SQL programming skills . |
| 26 | The same typewriter had been used to address it , it bore a second class stamp and had been posted in London WC1 . |
| 27 | It proposed a long term strategy to " release the energies of ordinary people by enabling them to take charge of their lives " , noting that agriculture remained the " primary foundation for growth " and emphasizing food security rather than food self-sufficiency . |
| 28 | The shielding with the collimator supplied by the manufacturers was insufficient as it caused a high background level , and hence a new lead collimator was designed to provide a more directional response . |
| 29 | However , it received a mean accident estimate , 6.90 , which is below the average for the 40 junctions . |
| 30 | By the time the network was completed in the mid-1960s , it resembled a vast plumbing system with 18 huge pumps , each one big enough to suck in a car , driving 1 billion gallons of water through it each day . |