Example sentences of "it [vb past] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the residence requirement , despite the fact that it applied in the same way to British nationals , it constituted covert discrimination on grounds of nationality in so far as , by the very nature of things , nationals of other member states were less likely to be ‘ resident ’ in the United Kingdom than British citizens . |
| 2 | The remainder of this chapter will investigate this type of system as it operated in the international economy from the Second World War until 1973 . |
| 3 | Lord Justice Neill said an examination of the Royal Charter under which the Jockey Club was set up and of the powers conferred on it suggested that in some aspects of its work it operated in the public domain . |
| 4 | It rippled in the light breeze like a sea . |
| 5 | He went on to add that some of the ancient magic could still be found in its raw state , recognisable — to the initiated — by the eightfold shape it made in the crystalline structure of space-time . |
| 6 | It argued in the early days that to be too closely allied with Catholicism would deter a broad membership , which is now drawn from among protestants , muslims , baptists , Jews — and , it emphasises proudly , atheists . |
| 7 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 8 | The current deteriorating standards of living and acute social problems that owe so much of their origin to the decline in the economy suggest that the inheritance at the time of Independence of a highly developed mining sector was a very mixed blessing : the lack of balance it occasioned in the economic base has resulted in serious economic and social disequilibrium with the locus of control resting as much with decisions made in the London Metal Market as with policies established in Lusaka . |
| 9 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 10 | It was short , like Mr Hyde , and it moved in the same light , quick , active way . |
| 11 | It was small , and aware of the virtues of remaining small , lurking ambiguously between hotel and pub , and retaining its hold on the local bar custom while it lured in the fanatical fishermen from half the county for weekend indulgences and occasional contests . |
| 12 | It occurred in the Foreign Office and the Foreign Office , and I personally take full responsibility for it this afternoon before the House . |
| 13 | The car 's powerful engine began to tick in the silence as it cooled in the mild evening breeze . |
| 14 | It helped in the early days , ’ she says . |
| 15 | We also tested an unrelated human osteosarcoma-derived cell line ( 13.1 ; M.P.K. and G. Attardi , unpublished observations , and ref. 18 ) , and it behaved in the same way : the cells could be induced to undergo apoptosis by either serum deprivation or staurosporine treatment , and they were protected by transfection with bcl-2 ( not shown ) . |
| 16 | The House of Lords in two subsequent cases has retreated from the position it adopted in the original litigation , by making plain that the Government must prove some damage to the national interest and that no such damage can be established where the information has already been placed in the public domain by being published abroad . |
| 17 | Noting that Communists were either sharing power or had lost it in several countries , he promised Moscow would not interfere in the internal affairs of any east European nation , since it believed in the free right of all states to choose their own system . |
| 18 | The Bulgers are also quick to defend their home city from the criticism it received in the national media after James 's death . |
| 19 | It reverberated in the small house . |
| 20 | It overturned in the fast lane on the twin-track road on the other side of Stowerton . |
| 21 | It accelerated in the nineteenth century as industrialisation took place , and increased even more rapidly in the twentieth century under the impact of advanced technology and science . |
| 22 | He thinks it came in the pure stuff , transparent crystals . ’ |
| 23 | It came in the 70th minute . |
| 24 | Urged on by a renewed Ibrox roar , they stormed forward in search of an equaliser , and it came in the 83rd minute . |
| 25 | It came in the 13th minute , when the defection of Dimitri Kharin from Moscow to Chelsea , cost the Russians dearly . |
| 26 | It came in the 37th minute , when he cleverly chested the ball down , and from 28 yards unleashed a fearsome , left-foot volley which flew beyond Tony Coton . |
| 27 | I think it does happen in China , I think it happened in the early part of the Russian revolution before Stalin was and we had communism with . |
| 28 | It happened in the early hours of this morning . ‘ |
| 29 | Because it happened in the Soviet Union , the Chernobyl post-mortem began in secrecy . |
| 30 | It happened in the fourth round at the 4th hole , and it involved a 4-iron . |