Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It effectively halted all plans to transport aid from the port , although the EPLF 's aid arm , the Eritrean Relief Association , asked for shipments to be resumed under its control . |
| 2 | It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while . |
| 3 | It usually took four policemen to control her . |
| 4 | It usually took two men to hold the tyre and if the smith thought the fit was satisfactory — at this time it was half-an-inch larger than the wheel — the boy helping was ordered to throw buckets of cold water over the still very hot steel which would immediately contract and tightly hold the rim . |
| 5 | As it exercised no rights it also owned 1,100,000 shares following the issue . |
| 6 | It also brought Victorian attitudes dictating that dancing lessons in dance schools were more acceptable than dancing at large public Assemblies . |
| 7 | It also condemned illegal executions carried out by soldiers and police as well as those by the FMLN , whose targets were mainly off-duty military personnel . |
| 8 | It also prescribed new regulations governing tender offers . |
| 9 | It also contained strict rules to protect the insurance fund . |
| 10 | It also enabled moderate Republicans to avoid an open break with Bush on the issue , and saved the Democrats from a potentially damaging veto battle which they seemed one vote short of winning and which would again have highlighted for white voters the identification of Democrats with minority issues . |
| 11 | When the new Republic formally came into being in September it indeed had many difficulties to overcome . |