Example sentences of "[det] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From this it followed that kingship , like fatherhood , was a divine institution to which resistance was not merely impolitic but sinful .
2 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 .
3 As such it had serious defects : like all other Spanish parties , the Masons were distinguished by their domestic divisions .
4 As such it provided further evidence of a more flexible North Korean foreign policy arising in response to the momentous changes in Eastern Europe , and to South Korea 's recent successes in establishing relations with socialist countries .
5 All in all it took two-and-a-half hours to get home .
6 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 .
7 In fact Mr Hingston found a slightly unusual account in that it had instant access so long as withdrawals were made by post .
8 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 .
9 However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation .
10 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 .
11 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 .
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