Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Botswana could not cut itself off from South Africa during the long years of apartheid but Botswana did make clear that it opposed apartheid and voiced this very strongly and much to the annoyance often of the South African government . |
| 2 | Statements by the Iranian government made it clear that it saw ECO as the basis for a future Islamic common market which might ultimately embrace some 300 million people — a quarter of all Muslims — and rival the European Communities in importance . |
| 3 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
| 4 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 5 | And it was real crisp and it had prawn in it . |
| 6 | The rise is particularly interesting because it confounded expectations . |
| 7 | I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise . |
| 8 | Did Purcell start with this because it needed revision and transposition before it could be published ? |
| 9 | In the bad old days of low-carbohydrate diets , many people did , indeed , imagine that those saintly ‘ protein foods ’ were calorie-free — I have even known poor souls pouring down vastly fattening cream under the mistaken impression that it was calorie-free because it lacked carbohydrate ! |
| 10 | To some extent the spending was diversionary because it deflected attention from the cuts that were occurring in the orthodox funding mechanisms for current and capital expenditure . |
| 11 | During the affluent 80s when it seemed property prices soared higher each day , there was a lot of money to be made in real estate . |
| 12 | The force of the impact between rope and throat was such that it ruptured ligament and cartilage in Putt 's larynx . |
| 13 | The plane was loaded down so much that it had difficulty in skimming the tops of those large mountains , but I was not troubled , thinking that the pilot was a well-trained American , until after an hour of this mountain hopping a small Chinese face appeared at the cockpit door and said , ‘ Is you all all-lite ? ’ |
| 14 | Public prosecutor Andrei Makarov declared afterwards that it had been significant " not so much because it punished Ostashvili , but because it brought to light the forces standing behind this small figure and exposed the fascism which is growing in society " . |
| 15 | One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason . |
| 16 | When this scheme was unveiled , it terrified laymen ( including many Tory MPs ) almost as much as it infuriated doctors . |
| 17 | In a gesture worthy of King Canute they went further : ‘ It may become necessary to consider whether the community as a whole would not be happier and more stable if it abolished divorce altogether , ’ they wrote . |
| 18 | Kevin 's brother , who fancied himself as an amateur psychologist , said you did n't really forget things like that and it meant Lyn must unconsciously want not to wear it — ergo , not to be married . |
| 19 | Funnily enough , we had just as much peril when the thaw came , because it was so rapid that it caused flooding . |
| 20 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 21 | The eyes especially were beautiful ; very large , their ovals faintly twisted , a cool doe 's eyes , almond eyes , giving a natural mystery to a face otherwise so regular that it risked perfection . |
| 22 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
| 23 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 24 | Huy struck a flint and the lamp spread a tight circle of yellow light , so deep that it drew objects into it . |
| 25 | Regeneration of energy back into the industry was healthy and it created jobs for young people in the industry ’ . |
| 26 | From 1922 until it ceased publication in 1951 he edited Y Llenor , the highly successful Welsh quarterly journal , to which many of the leading Welsh writers of the period frequently contributed . |
| 27 | Harriet 's voice was still casual but it struck Meredith its carelessness was now a little forced . |
| 28 | The conjoint condemnation of enlightened reform from above and a radicalism which derived from doctrines of popular sovereignty was useful because it allowed conservatives to discredit any effort to reform traditional society ; it was possible because the generation of 1760 included pious bureaucrats like Floridablanca , esprits forts like Aranda , and cosmopolitan experts like Olavide ; it was made plausible by the Janus-like face of reform itself . |
| 29 | And they tolerated Gustav — gave him a job on the land — as long as it kept Mina happy and she kept them happy . |
| 30 | Beyond that was a stable , with the horse standing there indifferently , uncaring what passed before its eyes as long as it had food . |