Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Dismissed as a novelty ever since it first began , rap has not only survived but has provided us with endless pleasures and variations .
2 Ever since it first appeared , the tractor , like the motor car has been a potential source of danger and death .
3 Nor is the analogy as far out as it first appears .
4 It has shrunk a little since it first started there , perhaps in the tenth century , but it is still one of the largest open-air markets in the country .
5 There were problems a few years ago when it first started with th the initial contract which was was won by the the County 's own direct service organization and now it seems we 're having a repeat of of those problems .
6 The two companies had sought to have withdrawn undertakings given to the MMC 15 years ago when it last investigated their grip on cross-Channel routes .
7 The opportunity afforded by a third term in office is thought to have induced a ‘ triumphalist ’ determination to effect even more remarkable and radical transformations in the social order than were brought about since it first took office in 1979 .
8 ‘ Usually the turning is all done right when it first spins , we 're doing that only to help turn the bike . ’
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