Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was at a height of nearly 3,000 metres & the air outside was well below freezing , but the lava tunnel was in an area of recent activity , and as a result it boasted beautiful underfloor heating . |
| 2 | With a boat neck it had short sleeves , and Kate bit her lip as she realised it was going to have a pretty powerful impact . |
| 3 | After the restart it took Red Alligator longer to break clear of the freshmen . |
| 4 | Despite its apparent relativism , in practice it defined alternative centres of cultural authority primarily in terms of their difference from the norm of English culture , not in their uniqueness and their discontinuities . |
| 5 | It did so not only through the stringent processing of applications and the guidance it offered individual institutions , but also through more general analysis of the problems faced by institutions making the transition from ‘ monotechnic ’ to diversified colleges . |
| 6 | Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century . |
| 7 | To be of value in war it required Egyptian co-operation . |
| 8 | In the process it invented mass entertainment , the 10-lane freeway and smog . |
| 9 | Although the merger gave Roh control of 216 of the 299 seats in the National Assembly it provoked widespread resentment on the grounds that it effectively removed the elected opposition . |
| 10 | The hull was unrecognisable as such ; half out of water it became unidentifiable debris . |
| 11 | At least at the beginning it lacked social support , usually freely available in the schools from which secondees came . |
| 12 | For a while it organised mass meetings outside Eastbourne and Rye and sought to push up wages during the harvest season . |
| 13 | A month later , PW made a breakthrough : it gained access to Mr Naqvi 's personal filing room where , among 6,000 files , it found the evidence it needed major customers colluding with BCCI in the falsification of accounting through the use of nominee arrangements , hold harmless arrangements and payment of fees to individuals to ensure cooperation , as well as proof of links between BCCI and the International Credit and Investment Corporation group . |
| 14 | THE GOVERNMENT has sold land at 500 times the price it paid angry farmers when vesting for Ulster 's new city . |
| 15 | Last week it announced first-quarter contributions of £11.1m from CMB — the result of the £900m merger between Metal Box and the French Carnaud company . |
| 16 | The pace of change was desultory , and the district only began work on contracting under the impetus of the neighbouring district it provided acute services for . |
| 17 | Stony Stratford was the town nearest to Wolverton , and by comparison it had considerable charm . |
| 18 | Out of control it caused dreadful havoc , but when it ran smoothly and sweetly it not only modified life 's aridity but added a pleasing dimension to the view , while Lydia , at present , was using it only to make mud pies . |
| 19 | It was these which made progress relatively slow , and which on occasions even led the High Authority to bow down to views expressed in the Special Council of Ministers even where under the treaty it had undisputed authority to act . |
| 20 | But in an increasingly urbanized society it took new forms more apparent to political opinion and more threatening to life and industry ; and there were very many more large populous areas devoid of the most elementary arrangements for disposing of waste or supplying pure water . |
| 21 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 22 | He was rehearsing Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and the lines had fled ; what he hung on to was the physical business , and when he did some of it to the mirror it seemed poor stuff for the old Living Boomerang . |
| 23 | The strategic concept had everything in its favour ; for success it required efficient planning and ruthless aggression . |
| 24 | In the case of the News International ban it offered clear guidance on how the professional should react . |
| 25 | In addition it followed Roman Law on rape . |
| 26 | David Reynolds had arranged to meet Diane Rohmer in the Science block , because unlike the Union building it had open access and he would n't have to be signed in . |
| 27 | According to the patent ( Us 235 199 ) , when the chopped light beam was focused onto the diaphragm it created sympathetic movements which could be heard as sound . |
| 28 | ‘ I remember when we first came here on honeymoon it did wonderful things to you , Stephen . |
| 29 | It had been reported that Smith was to send a written offer to Celtic for Aitken , and although Smith would not specify the amount it became common knowledge that it was for around £300,000 . |
| 30 | In some way it conveyed utter disbelief . |