Example sentences of "[det] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | From this it followed that kingship , like fatherhood , was a divine institution to which resistance was not merely impolitic but sinful . |
2 | In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership . |
3 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
4 | To achieve this it separated operational and functional responsibilities within the practice and brought in outside professional managers who were non-accountants : principally Ray Pierce ex-chief executive of the Mortgage Corporation and a former general manager of American Express — as chief executive , and Mel Smaje , a quietly determined former rugby player with experience in the pharmaceutical and computer industries , as director of human resources . |
5 | As such it had serious defects : like all other Spanish parties , the Masons were distinguished by their domestic divisions . |
6 | As such it provided further evidence of a more flexible North Korean foreign policy arising in response to the momentous changes in Eastern Europe , and to South Korea 's recent successes in establishing relations with socialist countries . |
7 | All in all it took two-and-a-half hours to get home . |
8 | In all it received three performances , though because father and son were together at the time their own account of its success was not preserved . |
9 | To many it seemed clear that if liberal capitalism ( of the sort advocated by Disraeli ) were not to be swept away by revolution , the largely illiterate workforce must be encouraged to believe that their welfare would be protected by the new rulers — the powerful middle class . |
10 | For many it seemed expedient and not seriously damaging to British interests to give the Soviets the benefit of many doubts — at least for the time being . |
11 | In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post . |
12 | And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before . |
13 | She took such an avid interest in all that her daughter was doing that it became stressful . |
14 | The invention of printing , a key technical stage in the technology of distribution , had remarkable early effects in that it made technical distribution much easier but in conditions of relatively unaltered social distribution . |
15 | However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation . |
16 | The inflation was also a good thing in that it produced all the contents of the universe quite literally out of nothing . |
17 | During and Spencer 's study differs from earlier ones in which microdialysis was used in that it involved chronic monitoring ( up to 16 days ) in conscious patients . |
18 | More significantly , however , the package departed from recent Republican budgets in that it abandoned any prospect of achieving a balanced budget in the medium term . |