Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It agreed to draw on creative Marxism and other traditions and transform itself into an empowering organisation in order to contribute to opening up the new political formulations that will be needed across Europe in the post cold-war era . |
| 2 | The 1986 Act was seen by many as a missed opportunity in that it failed to state in positive terms that there was a right to protest peacefully . |
| 3 | In Better Schools ( 1985 ) the government singled out ‘ peace studies ’ for criticism , saying that it had no place on the school curriculum because it failed to deal with certain issues in a balanced and objective manner . |
| 4 | It got rid of nationalised monopolies that were a drain on taxpayers , allowed the people to own them and ensured services improved . |
| 5 | The council insisted on erecting another — this was about the time I arrived — and it got delivered in handy , fit-together sections . |
| 6 | Its sluices could be used to flood the whole area if it became infested with invading forces . |
| 7 | ‘ Precatory ’ had become central ; but not in the useful way in which it became defined in English law , to denote words where the testator 's intention was a matter for dispute . |
| 8 | A deliberate attempt was made in 1966 to make assistance known and acceptable , when it became known as supplementary benefits . |
| 9 | After a time it became known in other faculties that this was rather a special lecturer and people reading classics or history or the sciences took the trouble to go over to Ramsey 's lectures and swell his class . |
| 10 | The black cat spread all over Europe until , in medieval times , it became associated with black magic and sorcery . |
| 11 | This was the third Cabinet change since September [ see pp. 37702-03 ] and was thought to reflect growing tensions within the government as it tried to cope with military setbacks in the current civil war , an economic crisis and mounting social unrest , especially in the capital Mogadishu [ see pp. 37767-68 ] . |
| 12 | It tried to fasten on innocuous bits of bark and leaf , but the scourge of curiosity forced it to leave them behind . |
| 13 | Although Thatcherism denounced past policies , it affected to return to past philosophy . |
| 14 | It seemed filled with red jelly . |
| 15 | It hung glittering like early morning cobwebs on her rolling pin . |
| 16 | On July 13 the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet had passed a resolution asserting its authority over the republic 's state bank and other banks which it ordered to convert into commercial banks issuing shares . |
| 17 | It began to spread to other areas after 1770 but it was not until about 1830 , when roads were improving , that this relatively isolated breed was gradually developed for dray-pulling as well . |
| 18 | It started raining in sparkling sheets , the technicians pouring water down from above his eyeline onto him . |
| 19 | Sir David , knighted in 1982 , has swung his paper behind critical issues : it started campaigning on environmental issues a year ago just as the Conservatives switched tack . |
| 20 | It 's got two chances either it lives or it dies , and it started to grow like mad . |
| 21 | We bought our 1920s terraced house two years ago because of the size and character it offered compared to new houses of a similar price . |
| 22 | Carrying anything by land was still expensive , even in settled areas , and was even more expensive when there were no roads — Roger Williams travelled only 50 miles from Boston to set up Rhode Island but this was a serious matter when it meant marching through uncut forest . |
| 23 | More importantly , it put paid to public faith in the League . |
| 24 | In many respects the Glorious Revolution was a significant landmark : it did alter in certain ways the relationship between the Crown and Parliament , it did guarantee the legislative sovereignty of Parliament , it did establish some limited degree of religious toleration for Protestant Dissenters , and the fact that after 1689 Parliament came to meet on a regular basis each year did significantly alter the context in which politics operated . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it did add to royal pressure upon the archbishop and further reminded him of the realities of royal power : in 1285 he petitioned for the relaxation of the statute , especially in respect of grants to parish churches , but Edward reserved his right to licence — to confer or withhold favour . |
| 26 | Its justification was primarily military — a guarantee of aid in the face of any future German aggression and , for Britain , the beginnings of an alliance against the Soviet Union — though it did provide for bilateral economic assistance and cooperation , and , indeed , a standing economic committee was established . |
| 27 | The slick , which formed after the vessel hit rocks and broke in two as it waited to dock in heavy seas off La Coruna , was being driven East into the Bay of Biscay towards popular resorts like San Sesbastian . |
| 28 | He stressed , however , that Pakistan had no intention of producing a bomb as it wished to concentrate on economic development . |
| 29 | The Old Rectory was only a larger , less pretentious version of Sunnybank — ridiculously named since it had stood on level ground and no sun ever seemed to penetrate its windows . |
| 30 | The twin caricatures of the King hoarding the nation 's wealth and the Prince dissipating it had appeared in other Gillray etchings , but nowhere with greater effect than in these two productions of July 1792 . |