Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McKinsey said it had several programmes in place to build the information technology capability of its consulting staff , and Information Consulting could accelerate the process . |
| 2 | But John McQueen learnt it had more serious effects . |
| 3 | It certainly is n't a new invention : Turner used it to produce some of his finest watercolour paintings in the 1880s . |
| 4 | She was not even able to read : though the family possessed an extensive library , Dona Marguerita had it kept locked and the key lodged with Padre Jorge , who was prepared to issue devotional books only , and that grudgingly . |
| 5 | In 1982 West Germany discovered it had serious problems with its forests — results of research indicated that half showed signs of ill health . |
| 6 | For though the boat 's interior was a masterpiece of functional yet elegant design which created an impression of light , airy spaciousness , the very presence of Nathan Bryce made it feel cramped and claustrophobic . |
| 7 | Ben called it breaking new ground ; she herself would have put it ‘ widening her scope ’ . |
| 8 | On the question of whether the locomotive would be available to complete the double 8F' Cumbrian Mountain Express at the end of October , Mr Draper advised that the locomotive would be available if BR required it to complete this roster . |
| 9 | He does n't think Joe wanted it to end that way . |
| 10 | This has its origin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Japan realised it needed natural resources from overseas in order to industrialise effectively to compete with the West . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not sure Peter saw it like that . ’ |
| 12 | Facilities manager and financial bureau services operator Fiserv Inc , Milwaukee said it had definitive agreement to acquire Datatronix Financial Services Inc , San Diego for $31.75 a share , but did not say how many shares the cheque and financial item processor for financial institutions had out . |
| 13 | From 1984 the anti-nuclear policy of the then newly elected Labour Government in New Zealand led it to take successive steps which the United States regarded as contrary to its obligations under the Pacific Security Treaty . |
| 14 | Despite anecdotal reports of serious bugs in Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6.0 , PC Week Labs says it has been unable to reproduce in a controlled laboratory environment any of the data-threatening errors specifically attributed to MS-DOS 6.0 or its DoubleSpace component , adding that it believes that many of the reported data-destroying errors can be attributed to the sudden introduction of SMARTDRV , the MS-DOS and Windows cache program , onto previously uncached systems — SMARTDRV caches disk writes , and any sudden power-down can cause unrecoverable file and disk errors — but be that as it may , Microsoft is taking the reports of data loss sufficiently seriously that it has pledged to do whatever it takes to track down and purge any serious flaws , although it has found none , and InfoWorld reported it found several problems , including one in the DoubleSpace data compression — but Microsoft said two of its engineers looked into but could not replicate the problems InfoWorld saw . |
| 15 | The Transport and General Workers Union said it saw seasonal workers as potentially ripe for recruitment precisely because a considerable number returned to the same job year after year ( see Financial Times , 7/1/87 ) . |
| 16 | Lord Coulsfield said it appeared probable that the track was built before the end of the 1920s . |
| 17 | ‘ Aa made it nobbut two days sen . |
| 18 | England had both ( see below ) , and Swegen forced it to disgorge large amounts of coin and precious metal , while also taking plunder and gaining a reputation as a successful commander which must have both drawn further contingents to his banners and strengthened his position in Scandinavia . |