Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] of its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policies of the ILP had lost it much support but in its opposition to the war and to conscription it regained some of its influence on the Left . |
| 2 | For a while it preserved some of its glory in South Park as the rare postcard ( borrowed from the collection in the Bygones shop in McMullen Road ) shows . |
| 3 | While Amnesty recorded that ANC supporters had also committed abuses , it reserved most of its criticism for state departments . |
| 4 | While moral suasion had been favoured in the War ( in preference to rationing ) as a means of restricting domestic demand , and had for a time been partially successful , as peace returned it lost much of its impact . |
| 5 | It lost much of its roof during the great storm of 1987 which devastated large parts of Kent and turned Sevenoaks into Oneoak . |
| 6 | Within the confines of a shorter timescale , it lost much of its effectiveness . |
| 7 | Though it still controlled local government , it lost some of its power of patronage and could no longer direct national policy in favour of its clientele . |
| 8 | Last year it derived three-quarters of its turnover from photocopiers and cameras . |