Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Certainly it became economic to pay recording artists large fees ; and without mass-production , few recordings of top artists would survive in playable form today .
2 The full sized engine would then have been worked on until it became feasible to exploit steam engines commercially .
3 This compromise did not last and it became necessary to appoint Lord Charnwood , President of the NID , as mediator between the BDDA and aggrieved local organisations .
4 Experienced bar and kitchen staff were recruited fairly easily in Melcaster , but it proved difficult to find restaurant staff of the same calibre .
5 The arguments among wartime commanders focused both on the ineffectiveness of indiscriminate bombing ( there was strong evidence , confirmed in post-war surveys , that it did little to disrupt war production and had a reverse effect on popular morale ) , as well as legal and moral unacceptability .
6 At the time they agreed the contract , period t - 1 , it appeared optimal to trade y n if the price level was P .
7 It remained difficult to obtain CNAA approval for courses at first submission , and officers and members of boards and panels were frequently engaged in lengthy attempts to give advice and assistance .
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