Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] [num] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any room is easier to plan , decorate and arrange if you imagine it divided into three basic parts : the background — walls , ceiling , floor , windows and lighting ; the furniture and furnishings ; and the accessories — the personal possessions that will give it personality and character . |
| 2 | Irrespective of any causal link , the additional personnel in joint assessments presumably comprised men who elsewhere would have been returned as wage earners or young and poor , but except in Kerrier , where it led to 880 native assessments comprehending as many as 1,179 individuals , it did not add greatly to the numbers of poorer men ; and if it tends to raise the true proportion to a clear quarter in a couple of hundreds , it hardly made any difference in West and Trigg . |
| 3 | PREMATURE BIRTHS — A birth is premature if it occurred before 37 completed weeks of gestation . |
| 4 | Led by Geoff Lawson and Keith Helfet , it beat off two late challenges from Ford sources — the Ghia studio in Turin and Ford 's US design centre in Dearborn . |
| 5 | In place of the enlisted men 's two rows of brass buttons , it fastened with four black mohair netted frog buttons and mohair cord loops . |
| 6 | It compared with 338 Conservative members of the 1918 Coalition Parliament and 396 after the 1983 general election . |
| 7 | A minimum wage was established by the minority Socialist government in 1947 but it suffered from two significant weaknesses compared to Densan . |
| 8 | It came to four main conclusions . |
| 9 | It came from two separate sources within the same tank . |
| 10 | It rested on two basic assumptions : that Britain 's power and influence in the world depended upon a sound economy ; and that by making the fullest use of nuclear weapons , missiles , and modern transport aircraft , men and money could be saved for the country 's economic benefit . |
| 11 | It rested upon three extendible legs with big flat metal feet . |
| 12 | It consisted of two concentric structures , the outer one nine feet and the inner one six feet in diameter . |
| 13 | It consisted of two internal combustion engines coupled to 35k VA three-phase alternators , which generated current at 250 volts . |
| 14 | It consisted of two large blocks of buildings which have now been converted into flats . |
| 15 | It consisted of 148 standing committees and 313 ad hoc committees . |
| 16 | In a yellow cornfield near Marlott village it shone on two large arms of painted wood . |
| 17 | In his important book The concept of mind ( 1949 ) Ryle exploded the dogma by successfully demonstrating that , as used in the Cartesian ‘ myth ’ , the term represents the facts of mental life as if it belonged to one logical type or category , when it actually belongs to another . |
| 18 | Last year it budgeted for 200,000 new motor policies in 1992 . |
| 19 | It flew within two hundred feet of Gatwick 's South terminal buildings and could easily have hit other aircraft or vehicles . |
| 20 | It dissolved into six human forms , each taking on the attributes of head and arms and limbs . |
| 21 | The Willow Trust Novices Hurdle Race … was good … it started at 5-1 second favourite in the betting but at the off the money had piled on to make it 3-1 … |
| 22 | It went to thirteen weeks and then it went to twenty six weeks . |
| 23 | But it was a Vauxhall Astra van but I mean it was E reg and it was three years ago and it went for two thousand quid ! |
| 24 | Oh yes and then I done , I did er I put forty two A north and then I went to put street and I wrote it in , typed it in , but it went underneath forty two A. |
| 25 | It took in 400 last year , 500 this ; other colleges and schools also report big increases . |
| 26 | It dealt with four major matters during the year . |
| 27 | It appeared in three subsequent editions in 1831 , 1832 , and 1838 , considerably enlarged and brought up to date . |
| 28 | It appeared in 12 monthly parts . |
| 29 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 30 | It left at two fifty P.M. and was crowded with people in heavy coats and fur hats who changed their mind constantly about leaving their outer clothing in the small wardrobe at the front of the cabin . |