Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb past] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its power continued till the fifteenth century , after which it declined in face of competition from new trade routes opening up . |
| 2 | Almost perfect , but not quite : the emotional freighting which it acquired in transmission deprived the Arnoldian message of any remaining austerity . |
| 3 | At the congress Carlsson declared that the emergence of a new security system in Europe based on the 1975 Helsinki accords meant that Sweden 's neutrality no longer " bore the same heavy burden " , and the party began to come round to the view of both industry and the two major opposition parties ( M and Fp ) that Sweden should apply for membership of the European Communities ( EC , which it did in July 1991 — see p. 38353 ) . |
| 4 | Once the Allied powers had recognised the creation of a Czechoslovak state as one of their war aims , it was not long until that state came into existence , which it did in October 1918 . |
| 5 | In other words , John Finnegan advised on the value of the property for the period of 17 months during which it increased in value from £4.4m to £9.4m — or by £10,000 per day ! |
| 6 | Accordingly , in December 1988 , the Commission issued a proposal for a Directive on takeovers , which it amended in September 1990 . |
| 7 | ‘ Mortmain' , or dead hand , refers to the fact that the church was an undying institution so that any land which it held in fee ( or freehold ) was never vacated by the death of its owner or came into the possession of a minor or an heiress ; thus it would never revert ( or escheat ) to the chief lord for the duration of the vacancy or minority , so depriving him of the valuable rights of wardship and marriage appertaining to feudal tenure . |
| 8 | Given the Labour Party 's lack of political action on the Spanish issue it is hardly surprising that the Labour Spain Committee renewed its efforts to call for a national conference , which it organized in October 1938 . |
| 9 | The government also began negotiations seeking membership of the IMF ( to which it acceded in October ) and the World Bank and indicated its desire to join the European Communities . |
| 10 | Yet he proceeded to declare that by refraining from exercising in America the power of the executive which it controlled in Great Britain , Parliament would preserve the unity of the Empire : |
| 11 | After a curious military episode — he ran away from Cambridge to join the 15th Dragoons — he arrived in Bristol in 1795 full of plans to establish a new system of society , called Pantisocracy ; this word is explained on p. 80 , but what it meant in practice was the rather grandiose idea of founding a new American colony . |
| 12 | The soufflé made up in ambition for what it lacked in accomplishment , but the wine was good . |
| 13 | It was presumably real gold , yet it somehow contrived to look brash and cheap , like junk jewellery trying to make up in flash what it lacked in value . |
| 14 | The journey takes a minute or so under the hour : half what it took in Flaubert 's day . |
| 15 | I see the school writing a self-appraisal and want to see how far it is doing what it said in practice . ’ |
| 16 | Furthermore , as drafted , the Agreement would allow the Purchaser to claim damages on the tortious measure as well ( essentially the difference between what the Purchaser paid and the market value of what it got in return ) because the Agreement incorporates not only warranties , but representations as well . |
| 17 | Sausalito , California-based Autodesk Inc says it is committed to diversifying its revenue stream , but did n't say what it had in mind . |
| 18 | With us ; I 've no idea what it did in India . |