Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m . |
| 2 | On May 24th it became clear that America has won the contest hands down . |
| 3 | The foreign ministry in St Petersburg was in the first decades of the century ludicrously overstaffed : under Alexander I it gave ostensible employment to well over 700 people ( including the poet Pushkin ) , many of whom had no real duties whatever . |
| 4 | In July 1939 it seemed clear to me that war was inevitable . |
| 5 | In January 1990 it became clear that donor countries were by threatening to cut the size of their aid programmes , placing pressure on the Sri Lankan government for an improvement in the country 's human rights record . |
| 6 | By November 1985 it became apparent that the real antagonists were neither the Westland company nor British Aerospace , but Michael Heseltine , as a vigorous champion of the European link , and Mrs Thatcher . |
| 7 | From Deuteronomy 1:19–25 it seems plain that Moses intended to go straight on into the promised land at this point ; it was the people 's suggestion that they should send spies ahead . |
| 8 | From Feb. 4 it heard considerable evidence confirming the existence of a " third force " involving members of the security forces who had provoked township violence . |
| 9 | In August-September 1982 it proved unable to clinch a peace treaty with its Maronite ally , having effectively installed it as the new Lebanese government . |
| 10 | As the first round of the lower-level negotiations closed on Feb. 28 it became clear that these and other technical issues were still unresolved , and a second round of negotiations was due to commence in Budapest , Hungary , on April 23 . |
| 11 | On 31 August 1948 it seemed certain that another glorious Hollywood career was about to be poured down the drain when Robert Mitchum was arrested for smoking marijuana . |
| 12 | When war again broke out with France in June 1778 it proved difficult to scrape together 21 ships of the line ready for sea , in spite of a nominal strength of 199 first , second or third rates . |