Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although making clear it preferred Mr Major to Mr Kinnock , it concluded by giving its backing — just — to a vote for the Labour Party . |
| 2 | If we move to oil well our oil business obviously operates in a cycle different to our publishing businesses and er , at the end of the first half it had record sales and profits fifteen percent ahead in dollar terms ten percent ahead in , in sterling terms which may surprise you slightly , but I think James probably will talk about that later . |
| 3 | To some it gave help in sickness and consolation in poverty . |
| 4 | I 'm afraid it killed Sir Conrad Meredith-Lee . ’ |
| 5 | A fuel tank was shaped into a boat so that when empty it gave 600lb buoyancy in the event of ditching . |
| 6 | ICI itself acted as a new home when in 1985 it spent $750m on the chemicals operations of Beatrice , an American group then being bought by Kohlberg , Kravis , Roberts , a firm similar to Hanson . |
| 7 | Between 1973 and 1985 it spent £25 million pounds on a process to remove about 95 per cent of the mercury from its runcorn effluents , which has an annual operating cost of £1.5 million . |
| 8 | When the Sacred Union met on Oct. 22 it refused Mobutu 's proposal that it should name an alternative Prime Minister , and reaffirmed its support for Tshisekedi . |
| 9 | As such it underlined Clinton 's growing reputation for resilience and once again demonstrated his effectiveness as a campaigning politician . |
| 10 | It was suggested that as principal it had knowledge of whatever the first bank did as its agent . |
| 11 | In 1991 it assumed responsibility for its own catering , with total revenue increasing by 60 per cent partly as a result . |
| 12 | In 1991 it received payment from a client for work done and billed ( but without a VAT charge ) prior to October 1986 . |
| 13 | Compared to a Sun Sparcstation 10 it did 130Mb NFS writes at 158 seconds versus 971 seconds and reads at 130 seconds versus 144 seconds . |
| 14 | Compared to a Sparcstation 10 it did 130Mb Network File System writes at 158 seconds versus 971 seconds and reads at 130 seconds versus 144 seconds . |
| 15 | But when the Establishment booked a return visit for the comedian for 8 April 1963 it had problems . |
| 16 | In the Seventies it became Tiffany 's , The Studio in the late Eighties , and now is known as The Ritzy . |
| 17 | In the period 1637–1767 it furnished accommodation for smaller diets of representatives of the Confederate Forest Cantons ; its assembly room still boasts a handsome tiled heating stove of the period . |
| 18 | In 1785 it cost £63,174 to build the 100-gun ship Victory . |
| 19 | Although Mexico was not an OPEC member in November 1984 it cut exports in line with OPEC reductions to help maintain prices and has generally taken care not to step out of line , though it has stated that it would act unilaterally to defend its market position . |
| 20 | Take China : in 1984 it imported $300 million worth of components to make 120,000 computers . |
| 21 | I 'm sure it crossed Martin 's mind that a fall could pendulum him back into the great flake of Eroica . |
| 22 | On her way back up the stairs she struck it to make sure it had petrol . |
| 23 | It was like water off a duck 's back to Nick , but I 'm sure it upset Paul . |
| 24 | Exceptional Photoplays labelled it as ‘ an uncompromising film ’ and was quite sure it gave proof that ‘ motion picture art has by this time attained its majority ’ . |
| 25 | it might have been permanently grounded , but I 'm sure it found life was n't boring ! |
| 26 | In 1976 it spent £24 million on renewing its railways and structures — £48 million at today 's prices . |
| 27 | Most of all it took discipline . |
| 28 | Once and for all it put Fascism back on the street . |
| 29 | And while big firms like Coca-Cola , Mars and Seiko forked out £18 million each in sponsorship , all it cost Arthur was a nice bit of sirloin and two turkey drumsticks . |
| 30 | In 1908 it assured shareholders that it was ‘ now remunerative ’ , the prelude of course to going out of business in 1910 . |