Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Secondly , when the Department asked about the balance and breadth of the curriculum it found that few authorities encouraged schools to discuss the issues and it was mainly through routine visits of advisers that concern for balance and breadth was promoted . |
2 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |
3 | It assumed that 27 vehicles had been involved , closing both carriageways . |
4 | It noted that most headteachers feel that IT has as yet made little impact on formal education . |
5 | It seemed that most villagers had turned out to welcome their hero as more than 100 cars filled the field adjacent to Gaselee 's Saxon Lodge Stables . |
6 | There was no time for him to get up the steps and past the door before it opened and deadly talons reached for him in the darkness . |
7 | Briefly , it stated that sixty-six coupons had been considered adequate for normal use . |
8 | Responding to the absence of clearer guidelines on exchange rates , Bérégovoy told reporters that it indicated that current parities suited all G-7 partners . |
9 | Soon we shall be in eternity and then we shall see how little it mattered whether some things got done or not ; however , right now we rush about as if they were all-important . |
10 | It meant that colonial administrations had an extremely difficult time controlling these peoples . |
11 | No two boys and a girl , so it meant that two boys have to share a bedroom which they were n't doing in that other house and David 's been unemployed well |
12 | The discussion was not conclusive but views were expressed that , while there was no such obligation on the Central Authority , if it felt that good grounds existed for an appeal , it could properly act . |
13 | The credibility of the European Community scheme under which clean beaches are awarded a " blue flag " has been seriously undermined after it emerged that blue flags had been awarded to 11 beaches in Italy which the government had previously registered as too dirty for bathing . |
14 | Although not in a sense surprising , the impact of the bare facts is nonetheless considerable : for it emerged that these women spent an average of over three hours on weekdays on various caring activities compared to the 13 minutes offered by men ! |
15 | It appeared that other newspapers had been ready to publish the proposals which had been finalised by Mr Andreas Whittam Smith , editor of the Independent , after Tuesday 's meeting , which he chaired . |
16 | It appeared that 30 Estonians had attempted to seize premises currently belonging to the Russian military , but due to be handed over to Estonia . |
17 | It appeared that these offsets marked some kind of lateral movement between adjacent sections of oceanic crust . |
18 | I was listening to a programme on the radio about the speech and erm it said that all languages have got forty films or something or other . |
19 | It said that Russian scientists appeared to be ahead of their US counterparts in some technologies , including an orbiting nuclear power system and electric propulsion units for rockets . |
20 | It suggested that all countries had strong mutual interests in providing growing markets for each others ' products , in security of supplies and in a more stable monetary system . |
21 | It conceded that future teachers needed to know about children 's language development along with their general development . |