Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silvio Bedini has commented that ‘ although the invention of the candle timepiece has been traditionally ascribed to Alfred the Great of England , it obviously had an earlier history in the Orient ’ . |
| 2 | As its name implies , the Via Militaris was a major line of communication for the Roman armies defending the eastern frontier , and as a stage in one of the links between Italy and Byzantium it already had an important role to play in the vital intercourse between the eastern and western halves of the empire . |
| 3 | When liquid helium was first made it soon became an essential laboratory tool as a coolant in low temperature experiments . |
| 4 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |
| 5 | His eighth minute back-pass fell fatally short of the courageous Stephen Pears in the Middlesbrough goal , but it still took an exceptional finish from Rosenthal to find the net from an awkward angle . |
| 6 | He did admit afterwards that they had been carried away by trying to make a quick breakthrough and had bowled badly , but it still left an unpleasant taste . |
| 7 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 8 | Interestingly , this did n't translate into a great database benchmark in the What Personal Computer Power Tests , although it still returned an overall score of around 14,500 . |
| 9 | In the Labour movement it never made much impact , for it always remained an alien force , financed and directed from outside , but it achieved something in taking the battle on to the streets in order to break up the meetings of the left . |
| 10 | Drambuie acquired an 80 per cent stake in Caithness Glass for £3.38 million in February 1991 , when it also announced an ambitious strategy of acquiring a clutch of high-quality Scottish brand name companies . |
| 11 | It also brought an unsuccessful action for the annulment of the arbitration proceedings in the Swiss Courts , and instituted an action to annul the award . |
| 12 | It also had an advanced government : podestà , consuls , commune , fighting forces and cavalry . |
| 13 | It also had an upgraded processor , Intel 8086 , which was a more capable version of the 8088 , and , incidentally , was capable of being run at a faster speed — although it was n't . |
| 14 | It also contained an immense number of domestic servants and other members of royal , baronial and ecclesiastical households . |
| 15 | One of the reasons for this was that while the border districts bred massive ambition for simplistic solutions , it also bred an open cynicism about the effectiveness of all solutions . |
| 16 | It also played an important role in preventing the expansion of immigrant landlordism into neighbouring districts — a policy that reinforced the central inner-city areas as immigrant ghettoes . |
| 17 | In general it may be said that ‘ Cromwell 's decade ’ saw a doubling of the ordinary revenue of the Crown — though it also saw an increased expenditure , especially on the household , administration , defence , and Ireland . |
| 18 | But it also represented an important stage in the development of the science of politics , since it relied heavily on positivistic assumptions both about the nature of societal development and about the capacity of human intelligence to achieve objectivity . |
| 19 | It also sparked an intense struggle between the popular black mayor of Los Angeles , Tom Bradley , and the city 's widely respected white police chief , Daryl Gates . |
| 20 | It also outlined an economic programme including tax reform , the restructuring of state enterprises , and a reduction in inflation without the introduction of harsh austerity measures . |
| 21 | For although the great mass of its membership was working class , it also embraced an increasing section of the industrial bourgeoisie . |
| 22 | It also endorsed an independent judiciary , a mixed economy with equal status for private property , and Yugoslavia 's " full participation in the European integration process " including accession to bodies such as the European Communities . |
| 23 | It also provided an astute analysis : |
| 24 | For a time it even had an international dimension . |
| 25 | It even snatched an exclusive interview with Lord Marshall when he made a flying visit to Cannington to inspect the front-line troops . |
| 26 | In Arthur Christiansen it too had an inspirational editor and expert newspaper technician . |
| 27 | It certainly made an unusual change from cranberry sauce and was one of the most memorable tastes I experienced in the New World . |
| 28 | And it never became an authentic co-operative . |