Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it gave valuable information about the Permian sequence ; in particular it penetrated 370 ft of Upper Permian salt , and the 1800 ft of lavas and tuffs believed to be Lower Permian . |
| 2 | He then began adding back one food per day and when he included instant coffee it produced another bout of severe depression . |
| 3 | It made pre-tax profits of 95.3 billion roubles in the year ending on January 1st 1993 ( $141m , at the average exchange rate for 1992 ) . |
| 4 | It made good use of two colours and presented a clear financial summary showing how each pound of income was used . |
| 5 | It involved 14 groups of facial muscles and it releases chemicals to the brain that help combat depression . |
| 6 | It provided year-by-year evidence of prevailing trends in public health . |
| 7 | The Commission imposed a four-year supervision order in August 1990 against the West German company Advanced Nuclear Fuels GmbH for serious violations of safety regulations when it transported 130 kg of enriched uranium through Luxembourg in what purported to be empty containers . |
| 8 | This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness . |
| 9 | It identified 500,000 hectares of costal habitat which it said were in need of active conservation measures . |
| 10 | In particular it distinguished two forms of such training and education : We stress the range of educational provision that is relevant to vocational training in the broadest sense and to the developing needs of young people . |
| 11 | From a distance it resembled some piece of modern sculpture : disjointed planes , random angles , a lot of holes . |
| 12 | It noted 57 scenes of sexual activity and 65 of nudity . |
| 13 | To a large degree this was centred , although not confined , to the newer , suburban churches , but it affected all aspects of Nonconformist church-life . |
| 14 | Poor Mervyn , she knew that she ought to feel sorry for him , living with his disagreeable old mother — at least , this was how she appeared in Ianthe 's imagination — disappointed at not having got a job in one of the University libraries , unable to find staff accurate enough to appreciate the niceties of setting out a bibliographical entry correctly , with it seemed few friends of either sex , unable to eat restaurant food — really , the list seemed endless when one thought about it . |
| 15 | It raised immense questions of fundamental reality ; as was translated ( badly ! ) of Joseph in his experience of suffering : ‘ the iron entered his soul . ’ |
| 16 | It began that division of agricultural England into a high-wage North and a low-wage South which is best known from Sir James Caird 's map drawn when the dichotomy was at its peak in 1850 . |
| 17 | It followed two days of intensive talks at the fifth round of inter-Korean Premiers ' talks which had opened in Seoul on Dec. 10 [ for fourth round see pp. 38529-30 ] . |
| 18 | It followed several months of public debate led by the DPP over calls for Taiwan independence , theoretically punishable under sedition laws as advocating secession [ see also p. 38291 ] . |
| 19 | Reports indicated that it included strong guarantees of fundamental human rights , but that a number of clauses gave rise to heated debate , including proposed provisions allowing for detention without trial and for the postponement of local elections for five years . |
| 20 | William Boyd 's excellent survey of evacuation in Scotland showed that out of sixty-eight questionnaire returns giving details of journeys in the first wave , fully one-third spoke of their evacuees not arriving at their destinations until 5 p.m. or later ; and it included graphic descriptions of such journeys , including the testimony of one teacher evacuated from Glasgow to Aberdeenshire , whose journey was : |
| 21 | Medical involvement was mainly in the background , but it included expert knowledge of abnormal neuromuscular function and its alleviation . |
| 22 | It contained many people of German origin , and although the Germans there represented less than one-third of the population , nevertheless Hitler began demanding the right to their ‘ freedom ’ from foreign rule . |
| 23 | Alongside , it grew other patterns of pastoral care and supervision , based upon organization by years , with year-tutors often moving up through the school with the pupils , at least some of whom they could teach on a regular basis . |
| 24 | Daytime sightings , prior to the late afternoon Mid-Day Scot were rare , and my notebooks indicate that it took four years of assiduous observation before I had ‘ spotted ’ 12 of the 13 locomotives built . |
| 25 | It took four years of hard work and fundraising . |
| 26 | It took many hours of structural trials to perfect the authentic shapes and colouring of the flowers in painted metal . |
| 27 | It took many days of calm slow work to reduce his expectation of galloping and consequently reduce his degree of pulling . |
| 28 | A wizened butler opened the door to Topaz , but it took five minutes of heated argument before she was allowed to step over the threshold of Stone Towers . |
| 29 | It took ten minutes of brisk walking to get my blood flowing again , my consciousness slowly returning from a journey beyond my body . |
| 30 | Like Bullock , it presented this area of human experience as a pleasurable , worthwhile activity helping ‘ each pupil to develop appreciation and enjoyment ’ . |