Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during this period that it became the second major party in British politics , and Britain 's leading progressive party . |
| 2 | It became the second great text and was to last as an authoritative collection for all Roman Catholics until the revision of the canon law in 1918 and the publication of the Codex . |
| 3 | In the wake of the Russian revolution , which she supported passionately , it became the first Communist party in Great Britain . |
| 4 | The Squires Gate route to the Airport , which was operated by trams until October 1961 , when it became the first post-war route to change to bus operation , was latterly operated in the summer season by double and single-deck cars , running alternately to Cabin and Bispham . |
| 5 | It constituted the first comprehensive review of management development since the mid-1970s , and the first time that management development requirements were discussed nationally in the context of an explicit notion of ‘ management ’ . |
| 6 | It established the first international trading link with the Singapore International Monetary Exchange ( SIMEX ) in 1984 . |
| 7 | Instead , Nijinsky came to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after a uniquely testing season — unique because it included the first Triple Crown since 1935 . |
| 8 | Early in November it called a second general strike to protest against the repressive measures being taken at the naval base of Kronstadt , in Poland , and elsewhere . |
| 9 | Early in November it called a second general strike . |
| 10 | It saw the first public flotation of a building society , the first moves towards acquisition of a major bank , Girobank , by another society , some further widening of building society powers , a tendency for more societies to become ‘ tied agents ’ of insurance companies and further excursions by societies into the wider field of financial services . |
| 11 | It represented the second successive decline and was viewed as another sign that the economy is growing , albeit slowly . |
| 12 | When this came it represented the first archaeological exploration ever conducted , a landmark in man 's self-consciousness . |
| 13 | It possessed the first water-driven factory to be erected in Lancashire ( 1777 ) . |
| 14 | It marked the second French defeat in a year ; it fully restored to the English their military reputation which was no longer seen to depend on one man , Henry V ; and , most important of all , it opened the way southwards for further advance into central France . |
| 15 | It gave a last deep cry , its teeth closed on the empty air , and it fell to the ground . |
| 16 | If a holder , nonetheless , transfers his private key , the carrier will be responsible only to the party to whom it issued the last valid private key . |