Example sentences of "it [vb past] [noun] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It admitted errors in disciplinary procedures against Mr Pink , 63 , sacked for allegedly breaching patient confidentiality during his one-man campaign over under-staffing in three geriatric wards . |
| 2 | Although the work began life as a historical project , it involved work in most curriculum areas . |
| 3 | LABOUR delegates were warned yesterday that the party would lack electoral credibilty if it promised increases in public spending which could only be met by higher borrowing or taxes . |
| 4 | Kalpana Inc , the Sunnyvale , California pioneer of Ethernet switching , whereby an Ethernet is recast as a star network with a central switch , so that each user gets the full 10Mbps Ethernet bandwidth , reports that it received $9.1m in mezzanine financing . |
| 5 | Two years ago it attracted viewers in 30 nations . |
| 6 | It showed sport in Super Slo-Mo , and got ‘ Close Up and Personal ’ with the stars . |
| 7 | The pale paint splashes , the next one ahead visible all the time , were n't all that marked the trail : it showed signs in broken twigs and scuffed ground of our passage the day before . |
| 8 | If Alasdair Dinnie 's production baffled , it showed sense in certain respects . |
| 9 | At another level it raised confidence in national identity and gave support to social science studies of Japan which stressed the way its unique cultural heritage underpinned economic success . |
| 10 | Having considered two cases ( one of them going back more than 25 years ) , it upheld verdicts in lower courts and ruled that in view of the complex scientific issues involved , the government was best placed to decide on sites and to assess their environmental impact . |
| 11 | Following last week 's 8% devaluation of the Spanish peseta within the ERM , it fell 4% in trade-weighted terms . |
| 12 | The national state , as it took shape in Western Europe , controlled a well-defined , continuous territory ; it was relatively centralized ; it was clearly differentiated from other organizations ; and it reinforced its claims by gradually acquiring a monopoly of the means of physical coercion within its territory . |
| 13 | It took root in various places round the town — Terryhoogan ( or Ballinabeck , near Tandragee ) in 1756 , Clonmain in 1762 , Grange in 1764 , Kilmoriarty ( or Kilmararty , as the old form had it ) in 1767 , Derryanville before 1784 ( ‘ a little village out of all road , surrounded by bogs … thus God has His secret ones , in a little corner of the land … some of the liveliest Christians in the kingdom ’ ) . |
| 14 | Police said it appeared £5 in petty cash had been stolen . |
| 15 | In a later phase in the same litigation , the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction in appropriate cases to order the transfer of assets subject to a Mareva injunction from one foreign country to another , enforcement considerations being especially relevant . |