Example sentences of "[noun prp] [subord] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On the most trivial of levels it could be claimed that Version 3.0 had caught up with Ventura because it supported stylesheets and graphics wraparound . |
2 | But the harsh fact is that the UN was able to operate effectively in liberating Kuwait because it suited US national interests to undertake this task ; and America and its allies clearly preferred to operate with the Security Council 's approval . |
3 | Nicaragua become the 28th state recognising Taiwan when it re-established relations on Nov. 6 , having switched recognition to China in 1985 . |
4 | The HND in Hotel Catering and Institutional Management course was the first of its kind in Scotland when it started life as the HND in Catering and Hotelkeeping . |
5 | The chromate-free epoxy primer was originally developed by ICI and acquired by Courtaulds when it bought ICI 's £5.5 million European aerospace coatings business late last year . |
6 | The UK Sunday Express newspaper of March 29 reported that the Chinese government had compiled a " blacklist " of several hundred Hong Kong residents who had been targeted for arrest by China when it resumed sovereignty of the colony in 1997 . |
7 | One man died on board the Reine Mathilde when it caught fire on April 9 , sailing between Caen in France and Portsmouth , England , although not directly as a result of the fire ; arson was not suspected . |
8 | Egyptian public opinion ran strongly against Iraq after it invaded Kuwait . |
9 | Auque 's news appeared to point to the fact that John was being held by an Iranian-backed group , and in March Hashemi Rafsanjani called a news conference in Tehran during which he repeated his request that Britain should help locate the missing Iranians in Beirut if it wanted Iran to help with the British hostages . |
10 | The offer to back BAe if it changed Rover 's corporate plan followed agreement by Lord Young to the £38 million package and further pressure from Professor Smith . |
11 | China was one of the first countries to recognize the SLORC after it took power in 1988 . |
12 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
13 | It is said the Sun planet SunSelect , the unit that bought WABI when it acquired Norwood , Massachusetts-based Praxsys Technologies Inc , has already received a letter from Microsoft complaining that WABI violates its intellectual property rights . |
14 | It is said that Sun 's SunSelect , the unit that picked up WABI when it acquired Norwood , Massachusetts-based Praxsys Technologies Inc , has already received a letter from Microsoft complaining that WABI violates its intellectual property rights . |