Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pulled the coat off him and flung it onto the hawthorn bushes where it rested upside down , spilling the contents of the torn pockets . |
| 2 | The CNAA 's procedures , its concern with the total academic environment in which its courses were offered , had led it — at a time when its relationships with the institutions were under intensive discussion — to a position in which it could directly influence the management and operation of an institution where it perceived weaknesses , as well as the institution 's own relationships with governors and the local authority . |
| 3 | In a statement on July 15 Shamir 's office said that Israel would take a " positive view " of Assad 's reply if it enabled Israel to conduct " direct and unmediated negotiations with Syria " . |
| 4 | In the great store wars to get customers in , supermarkets invented the ‘ loss leader ’ — lines such as bread on which they were prepared to make a small loss if it lured people in . |
| 5 | LABOUR delegates were warned yesterday that the party would lack electoral credibilty if it promised increases in public spending which could only be met by higher borrowing or taxes . |
| 6 | On the most trivial of levels it could be claimed that Version 3.0 had caught up with Ventura because it supported stylesheets and graphics wraparound . |
| 7 | He hated the word department because it suggested bureaucracy . |
| 8 | The atomic theory thus came by the 1860s to have two functions : it might be a fundamental theory of matter , about which it was appropriate to argue in a very general way ; or it might be a teaching aid , helpful to students who learned it as a dogma because it made sense of a great number of facts . |
| 9 | But the harsh fact is that the UN was able to operate effectively in liberating Kuwait because it suited US national interests to undertake this task ; and America and its allies clearly preferred to operate with the Security Council 's approval . |
| 10 | National insurance was , as Lloyd George recognized , a most convenient device for a government short of revenue since it drew finance from workers and employers without the politically unpopular necessity to increase income tax . |
| 11 | SYLVESTER Stallone took a £1.2 million pay cut to save his latest movie after it went £15 million over budget . |
| 12 | Central principal John Dornan said details of the report were known to school management months before it became public — and a recent re-inspection is expected to show the school has made ‘ significant improvements ’ . |
| 13 | Even if it is n't true , James 's position was an excellent stimulus for research as it forced people who would adopt an alternative position to consider very carefully how else emotions might come about . |
| 14 | However , such a policy could not be seen in isolation as it had implications for practice more generally , including procedures and training . |
| 15 | The wind was rising again , mocking the arrival of spring as it lashed rain against the windows . |
| 16 | Nicaragua become the 28th state recognising Taiwan when it re-established relations on Nov. 6 , having switched recognition to China in 1985 . |
| 17 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 18 | We had a good nylon business which we judged , wrongly , was incapable of radical change although it needed re-equipment . |
| 19 | Charles Nupen , a strike mediator , announced on Jan. 26 that a settlement between the two sides had been reached whereby SATS agreed to recognize SARHWU and to negotiate wages and conditions of service with the union in areas where it obtained registrations under the Labour Relations Act . |
| 20 | It could also get £140,000 in grants and investment from the council and the local equivalent of GLEB if it moved north . |
| 21 | Under the Guam agreement , however , the USA was bound to reach an agreement with Belau on financial assistance if it required land other than that already designated as an airfield and harbour . |
| 22 | With the Tories certain to vote against such higher taxes , Labour would be defeated on the issue unless it gained power with an overall majority . |
| 23 | At the end of the second century , Montanism was a Spirit-centred movement which had great strengths but fell into terrible error because it lost sight of Jesus as the controlling factor in spirituality . |
| 24 | LH-S bought media for Cussons ' Imperial Leather and Pearl soap brands since it absorbed Allen Brady & Marsh , Cussons ' agency of 20 years , last March . |
| 25 | The Captain picked up his telephone before it had time to ring . |
| 26 | He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players . |
| 27 | The driver ran after the vehicle as it gathered speed , tried to warn people on Street to get out of the way . |
| 28 | The HND in Hotel Catering and Institutional Management course was the first of its kind in Scotland when it started life as the HND in Catering and Hotelkeeping . |
| 29 | One primary school in particular ran into both open and covert hostility from parents when it encouraged children from a nearby traveller site to enrol . |
| 30 | NEWARTHILL , the McAlpine family 's private construction group yesterday joined the sector 's casualties when it announced losses for 1991 totalling £72.2m . |