Example sentences of "[prep] [det] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post . |
| 4 | And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before . |
| 5 | The inflation was also a good thing in that it produced all the contents of the universe quite literally out of nothing . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | From this it followed that kingship , like fatherhood , was a divine institution to which resistance was not merely impolitic but sinful . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | All in all it took two-and-a-half hours to get home . |
| 13 | 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 . |