Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it had covered Forster 's face , his neck , chin , mouth , nose and one cheek , the skin and lips had gone , as if etched away by acid . |
| 2 | By the middle of the year the ALP was also in control of every state government except New South Wales , where it had lost power in 1988 . |
| 3 | The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) won Lower Saxony from the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , which had held it since the mid-1970s ( in coalition with the Free Democrats since the last state election in 1986 — see pp. 34503-04 ) ; the SPD also retained its absolute majority in North Rhine-Westphalia ( with 11,000,000 voters Germany 's most populous state ) , where it had held control for 24 years . |
| 4 | The price of software in Moscow has remained stable so far , despite the sharp drop in the dollar-rouble exchange rate last month : market researcher Soft Market polled 20 software dealers in Moscow and found that prices are steady in spite of the currency fluctuation and Borland International Inc 's use of a US dollar benchmark for its rouble products sold in the former Soviet Union — where it had set rouble prices according to local conditions , it now takes a dollar price and converts it into roubles at the market rate . |
| 5 | Although it had followed Cusick 's design , the model was not judged to look busy enough . |
| 6 | Chris Webb reported a quiet year for the planning committee , with only 78 applications , most of them for extensions , alterations and change of use , although it had included plans for low cost housing . |
| 7 | Debt rescheduling agreements [ see pp. 37393 ; 37729 ] had reduced some of the pressure on the government , which , although it had committed forces on the allied side in the current Gulf war , identified with popular support for Iraq [ see p. 37940 ] . |
| 8 | Although it had held power in several of Canada 's western provinces , however , the Ontario result marked the first occasion upon which the party had won a provincial election east of Manitoba . |
| 9 | Although it has kept NATO 's military command at arm 's length all these years , France does not want to see the Americans , still the basis of Europe 's security and stability , pull out completely . |
| 10 | The borough welcomes the presence of the unified command , although it has caused consternation in parts of Wales and the north-west . |
| 11 | In total , the group has spent £5.1m on acquisitions over the past six months , although it has retained £3m net cash . |
| 12 | Tragically this forecast has come true — although it has taken managers 18 months to realise it . |
| 13 | Once doubts about the feasibility of such a system finally caused it to be shelved indefinitely , the government sought other ways of extending parental choice , once it had introduced reforms to school government to increase opportunities for parental involvement at school level ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 14 | Once it has recorded features of the sequence of parses , the algorithm continues : |
| 15 | So far the Finance Ministry has done a good job by letting off steam in a controlled and orderly way , but it is hard to stop the process of deflation once it has gained momentum . |
| 16 | Planning authorities have formidable powers over unlawful development once it has taken place . |
| 17 | The importance of acceptance is that once it has taken place , the buyer can no longer reject the goods , claim that the seller has failed to perform the contract , and refuse to pay the price . |
| 18 | Forte Software is hoping to have a similar tool , yet to be named , up under Unix by 1993 , once it has finished beta testing . |
| 19 | They had stayed up there with the princes until it had become dark , early , of course , in Egypt . |
| 20 | On June 10 a spokeswoman for the US State Department dispelled speculation about a possible reversal of the administration 's aid policy by saying that the USA would continue to withhold the sale of conventional military hardware until it had received proof of Pakistan 's commitment to a peaceful nuclear programme . |
| 21 | Difficulties over timing are normally resolved by the respective lawyers giving appropriate undertakings , particularly if the chargee will not release the charge until it has received part of the sale proceeds . |
| 22 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 23 | Pittenweem was one of the burghs which favoured Alexander , although if it had favoured Anstruther , it would have been three to two . |
| 24 | Lord Taylor , the Lord Chief Justice , sitting with Mr Justice Judge and Mr Justice Hidden , said they could not be sure that the original trial jury would have reached the same verdict if it had heard evidence which had since come to light . |
| 25 | ( a ) Would Jeremiah Allen 's company have been so successful if it had certified boilers but not insured them as well ? |
| 26 | The generous and charitable Spirit that appeared in her was exerted upon all Occasions to the utmost of her Ability , and was such as would have been ornamental in a much higher Sphere , to which in all Probability , if it had pleased God to spare her Life , her own Merit would have raised her |
| 27 | Now , by the chaos of war , and because the exiled Napoleon had returned to France and thrust a new period of battle on Europe , Sharpe was a lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons , a regiment he had never met , had no wish to meet , and would not have recognized if it had formed line and charged him . |
| 28 | ‘ If it had taken place in London or New York I would have simply bawled at him to get lost . |
| 29 | The United deal , if it had won US Transportation Department approval , would have made the airline the largest employee-owned corporation in America . |
| 30 | When he writes of prayer , he compares it with ‘ a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards , singing as he rises , and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ’ , and so the lark continues through clause after clause , buffeted by storms from which it takes refuge , until finally ‘ it did rise and sing , as if it had learned music and motion from an angel as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministries here below ’ . |