Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Commission has decided that the state aid offered to Digital Equipment Corp at its Scottish plant in Ayr conforms with Community rules , the Irish Department of Enterprise & Employment has had to admit : in a letter to the department , Brussels said ‘ The Commission , with regard to information provided by the UK authorities , considers the regional aid granted to the Ayr plant is in conformity with Community rules and the aid received is within the limits approved by the Commission for this region ’ ; the Irish government had asked for a review of state aid to DEC after it decided to transfer some operations from Galway to Ayr . |
| 2 | Although it did envisage some mergers with universities , the emphasis throughout was very much on strengthening the public sector of higher education . |
| 3 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 4 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 5 | Technically , it had finished some months before , but there was a lot to do . |