Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It laid bare the dynamics of the transformation overcoming the Empire . |
| 2 | When Tom produced a half-firkin of ale , saved from his own wedding , it became apparent the celebration was going to carry on far into the night . |
| 3 | The collegial atmosphere of the symposium was strained as it became apparent the Japanese and Americans regard the Indian team as reckless , the Indians feel Japanese criticisms are groundless , and the Americans advocate a policy that would leave the site a partial ruin , while others urge comprehensive repairs and reconstruction . |
| 4 | Trouble flared a few days before MacQuillan 's death , when it became apparent the inventor was in effect conducting an auction and the price of buying the securely patented new carton had shot alarmingly high . |
| 5 | However , the growth of the Catholic population was such that it became clear the Diocese of Beverley which comprised the whole of Yorkshire needed to be divided . |
| 6 | The two-year row has been rumbling on since it became clear the Ffestiniog Company had taken an interest in the project . |
| 7 | THE South West Thames regional health authority requested the army be drafted in for ambulance work when it became clear the police could not cope , according to ambulance mangement . |
| 8 | Soon it became clear the prospecting company was trying to suppress its excitement . |
| 9 | Mr MacAskill commented : ‘ It became clear the vote was a confidence issue in the party convener and I felt it was no longer appropriate that I should remain in his cabinet . ’ |
| 10 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 11 | In November 1914 at the Annual General Meeting , it became clear the Club had to abort some costly schemes and , although not blaming the war , it must have been the cause . |
| 12 | Years ago it housed all the village activities including lantern slides , then moving pictures when they came into being . |
| 13 | The inflation was also a good thing in that it produced all the contents of the universe quite literally out of nothing . |
| 14 | It encapsulated all the preoccupations and fantasies of the provincial adolescent . |
| 15 | With 12 players on call from the World Cup compared to the USA 's six , Canada could rely on experience and it made all the difference , especially among the backs where the Eagles paid a heavy price for dropped passes , missed tackles and errant kicks . |
| 16 | For the first time Janine felt that she had an ally , and it made all the difference to her . |
| 17 | In practice , at least in South-East Asia , it made all the difference whether aid was given before or after independence . |
| 18 | This development was important because it made possible the invention of the domestic clock and also the watch . |
| 19 | But , for Canterbury , it made possible the appointment of a new prior , and Anselm appointed Ernulf , who was one of Lanfranc 's men , but of a very different stamp from his predecessor . |
| 20 | It made unlikely the resurrection of the four-party coalition of the outgoing government — the DC , PSI , and the smaller Liberals ( PLI ) and Social Democrats ( PSDI ) . |
| 21 | In the 1991 Chairman 's report it made clear the fact that the Buckfastleigh Branch having been leased in 1991 to the South Devon Railway Trust , showed only the fare income for the Paignton branch , hence a fall in turnover from the 1990 season , which included the fare income from the Buckfastleigh branch . |
| 22 | It demonstrated all the concerns which have been made by Edwards , Adler , and Temkin in relation to rape trials about the bias of the proceedings against the woman . |
| 23 | A route she had been forced to follow , never quite closing the gap , though it narrowed all the time . |
| 24 | It burned all the top of his head and he hung a hot thing over the handle on the door - front door and so he put his hand on the handle and there was piece of skin it was all burned off |
| 25 | It came all the way down there then . ’ |
| 26 | He said it matter of factly , as if it happened all the time . |
| 27 | If it happened all the time , I would give up the game — I 'd quit . |
| 28 | There was always violence towards officers in Cookham : it happened all the time . |
| 29 | It happened all the time round here . |
| 30 | It was raining when her flight arrived at Heathrow and it rained all the way back to her flat in Islington . |