Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its moral claims were , in the most literal sense of the word , conservative , in that it enjoined ancient truths and established values , and Samuel Johnson as well as William Blake was a hero . |
| 2 | It whispered terrible threats and promises into his mind . |
| 3 | However , although the Council said an awful lot , much of it was rather long-winded ; moreover , it avoided solemn definitions and almost avoided direct condemnations . |
| 4 | From then on it became big game and for fifty years the only ones to leave China were dead . |
| 5 | It sold 100,000 copies and is still selling , 1,400 last week . ’ |
| 6 | It recommended better training and status for youth leaders , a building programme of new premises and facilities , and the setting up of a Youth Service Development Council . |
| 7 | It produced coarse yarn and employed at its peak only about 550 workers , including many parish apprentices . |
| 8 | It produced more tension and more time away from my family . ’ |
| 9 | First , it developed the concept of integrated and comprehensive provision ; secondly , in making a connection between school and wage-earning ‘ it successfully rendered the transition as a social and educational process ; thirdly , it made vocational guidance and after-care appear to be essential features of any youth employment scheme ; fourthly , it showed that the service could offer significant opportunities for exercising a personal influence over the adolescent and his family . |
| 10 | It made seventy claims and described the two-channel stereo record adopted worldwide since 1958 , and foresaw quadrophonics . |
| 11 | A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away . |
| 12 | It made good copy and helped with the film 's publicity ; they also gave an insight into what others thought of Nicholson and the way he saw himself , then . |
| 13 | The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck . |
| 14 | As I understand it , MacAlpine is likely to withdraw the planning application for limited working it made last year and concentrate on pursuing its Interim Development Order application with Dyfed County Council . |
| 15 | In its first year of operation it made 25,000 cars and trucks . |
| 16 | Marx condemned capitalism because it frustrated human potential and self-actualization , but believed it was a necessary stage in human dialectical development . |
| 17 | It involved two satyrs and a woman and was very obscene indeed . |
| 18 | There are miles of computer imagery in 2010 to fill the video screens on the Leonov , then taken for granted , though it involved much work and Sony technology . |
| 19 | It involved hard work and long discussions , dealing with fears , anxieties and practical problems , which needed to continue long after the child had been placed . |
| 20 | It codified democratic rights and freedoms including freedom of speech , assembly and association , and private ownership . |
| 21 | The ban on all sales and supplies to Iraq and Kuwait specifically included arms ; it excluded medical supplies and , in wording made less specific following an initiative by Ethiopia , the supply of food in humanitarian circumstances . |
| 22 | Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done . |
| 23 | Although for the upper classes the Pax Romana in the age of the Antonines ( second century AD ) came as a great opportunity to concentrate on and uphold the customs of their local town or district , for humbler men it Provided wider horizons and unprecedented opportunities for travel . |
| 24 | It created new industries and employment opportunities . |
| 25 | The decline in effective demand also affected the legitimacy of capitalism since it created mass unemployment and poverty at home and anti-imperialism abroad . |
| 26 | When one came under the hammer in Morgan 's — the boat belonged to a fisherman who no longer required it — it drew strong bidding and sold for £2,000 . |
| 27 | It weighed 10 cwt and stood 5 ft 7 in high on its plinth . |
| 28 | It was part of the larger movement of self-improvement by working people and not surprisingly , given Nonconformist domination , it used religious language and insisted on ‘ conversion ’ and renunciation . |
| 29 | Immediately it sprouted numerous legs and scrabbled for a purchase . |
| 30 | Yes coun councillor I can advise you that in fact it did cost considerably in excess of two pounds fifty , it cost four pounds and sixty one pence each . |