Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made little difference as York 's full back Richard Stevenson bamboozled Novos with a hat-trick of exciting tries from set piece moves , the fourth being touched down by scrum half Martyn Harrison in the 49th minute . |
| 2 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 3 | There are several reasons why it received greater emphasis as the years went by . |
| 4 | It attracted such sponsors as Sir James Goldsmith , Lords Hanson and White , and Rocco Forte . |
| 5 | It decided to question the validity of the Regulations in proceedings for judicial review but to avoid adverse publicity which might arise if it was the only building society failing to pay in accordance with the Regulations and to avoid the danger of being charged penalties , it paid three instalments as required by the Regulations but without prejudice to its right to recover those sums if it was correct in its contention that the Regulations were void . |
| 6 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
| 7 | It characterized such children as a potential revolutionary army of the future . |
| 8 | It required close liaison as Sekers tendered for the business , adding their own design flair to the interpretation of the brief , and their technical skills to the specification . |
| 9 | It included such things as reliability . |
| 10 | It included such items as an ivory Saint Sebastian tied to a tree in the form of a coral branch , something which Gonzalez-Palacios will surely soon locate . |
| 11 | The Transport and General Workers Union said it saw seasonal workers as potentially ripe for recruitment precisely because a considerable number returned to the same job year after year ( see Financial Times , 7/1/87 ) . |
| 12 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 13 | From that state religion , it plundered certain accoutrements as well . |
| 14 | It entailed new freedoms as well as a new form of dependence . |
| 15 | Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be . |
| 16 | It struck two cars as it came to rest . |
| 17 | The information available to me , provided by Liverpool city council , is that it accepted 397 households as homeless in the second quarter of this year . |