Example sentences of "it also [vb past] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Drambuie acquired an 80 per cent stake in Caithness Glass for £3.38 million in February 1991 , when it also announced an ambitious strategy of acquiring a clutch of high-quality Scottish brand name companies .
2 It also brought an unsuccessful action for the annulment of the arbitration proceedings in the Swiss Courts , and instituted an action to annul the award .
3 It also had an advanced government : podestà , consuls , commune , fighting forces and cavalry .
4 It also had an upgraded processor , Intel 8086 , which was a more capable version of the 8088 , and , incidentally , was capable of being run at a faster speed — although it was n't .
5 It also contained an immense number of domestic servants and other members of royal , baronial and ecclesiastical households .
6 One of the reasons for this was that while the border districts bred massive ambition for simplistic solutions , it also bred an open cynicism about the effectiveness of all solutions .
7 It also played an important role in preventing the expansion of immigrant landlordism into neighbouring districts — a policy that reinforced the central inner-city areas as immigrant ghettoes .
8 In general it may be said that ‘ Cromwell 's decade ’ saw a doubling of the ordinary revenue of the Crown — though it also saw an increased expenditure , especially on the household , administration , defence , and Ireland .
9 But it also represented an important stage in the development of the science of politics , since it relied heavily on positivistic assumptions both about the nature of societal development and about the capacity of human intelligence to achieve objectivity .
10 It also sparked an intense struggle between the popular black mayor of Los Angeles , Tom Bradley , and the city 's widely respected white police chief , Daryl Gates .
11 It also outlined an economic programme including tax reform , the restructuring of state enterprises , and a reduction in inflation without the introduction of harsh austerity measures .
12 For although the great mass of its membership was working class , it also embraced an increasing section of the industrial bourgeoisie .
13 It also endorsed an independent judiciary , a mixed economy with equal status for private property , and Yugoslavia 's " full participation in the European integration process " including accession to bodies such as the European Communities .
14 It also provided an astute analysis :
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