Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It agreed a new report which recorded widespread evidence that the world 's temperature was increasing . |
| 2 | It operated a large tramway system in North-West London , with over three hundred cars . |
| 3 | D&B says it evaluated a dozen query tools before deciding on Microsoft Access , which proved more user friendly than any of the others , and does n't require SQL programming skills . |
| 4 | To retain its hegemonic dominance it criminalised the inner city uprisings of disenchanted youth , marginalised the youth of the black communities and removed trade-union struggles from the field of civil law to the arena of public disorder . |
| 5 | It engendered a physical response . |
| 6 | But Milosh reversed his lance and flung it so hard that it pinned the Venetian champion to the gate of the city ; he struck off the champion 's head and threw it in Koulash 's nosebag . |
| 7 | It succeeded a plain stone building , roughcast and whitewashed , with room for 500 and a general attendance of 400 . |
| 8 | Well I think as an early potato Stefan , I would chose from Rocket for the earliest , I would grow I think for as well as that I would go for Foremost but if you want a real waxy potato it would still be Arran Pilot cos now whenever you eat it it got a strong taste , whether it 's young or whether it 's old . |
| 9 | I 'm glad to say it got a thorough sort of leathering in the Lords , and so I think it 's rather premature for him to say that by fixing a budget we have belighted the whole police service in Wiltshire , for the next er , eight or whatever number of years he said , I think that certainly is rather premature . |
| 10 | But at the end I thought it got a little bit too silly . |
| 11 | And it had the most money of its own to spend on the election campaign , though unlike many of the other parties it got no western aid . |
| 12 | He had the sort of sensitive nose that made him instantly burst into tears if it got the slightest knock . |
| 13 | It got the biggest laugh of the night , so we decided to keep it in . |
| 14 | Adams ' report , one of a long line of studies , expert groups , advisory committees and internal and external task forces that have looked at Super-SARA , declared that the project was still viable if it got an immediate go-ahead . |
| 15 | Every time it lifted its head and pirouetted , it registered the new direction it was taking in relation to the sun . |
| 16 | It registered the further damage being done to him . |
| 17 | The church began in 1974 under the leadership of Roger Forster and grew to a congregation of 250 by 1980 , since which time it experienced a rapid growth to a 1985 membership of over 1000 people meeting in fifteen different congregations and by 1990 this growth reached over 1700 adult members , not including children , meeting in thirty-three different congregations . |
| 18 | It revealed a sorry state of affairs in schools which could be attributed to the cuts in educational spending — something that proved embarrassing to the government of the day . |
| 19 | It revealed a chief executive who lacked a clear sense of direction , who compromised too early and too readily , and was insufficiently determined in pursuit of his objectives . |
| 20 | It revealed a relative lack of interest in such studies and that ‘ the tendency to ignore the problems of everyday life is symptomatic of the general malaise of our times … |
| 21 | BRITISH Airways yesterday became the latest casualty of Black Wednesday as it revealed the slumping pound had helped cause profits to crash 80 per cent in the third quarter . |
| 22 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 23 | The experience of Aden was therefore precious in that it revealed the only alternative to acquiescence or schizophrenia : the political struggle . |
| 24 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 25 | Thus , when the Board of Education issues its official Suggestions for Teachers handbook in 1910 it transmitted a clear message : ‘ … the high function of the teacher is to prepare the child for the life of the good citizen , to create and foster the aptitude for work and for the intelligent use of leisure , and to develop those features of character which are most readily influenced by school life , such as loyalty to comrades , loyalty to institutions , unselfishness and an orderly and disciplined habit of mind . ’ |
| 26 | Meanwhile , belatedly in keeping with its stand on law and order , it tabled a new clause that disallows , in computing taxable income , expenses which themselves constitute the commission of a criminal offence . |
| 27 | IBM Corp has finally confirmed the elusive story that gained a little currency about a month ago that it planned a massive borrowing spree ( CI No 2,151 ) . |
| 28 | For no special reason except that it was something new to show him and it avoided the long grind out to the airport the brief shuttle flight and another cab queue . |
| 29 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 30 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |