Example sentences of "it [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Every time it lifted its head and pirouetted , it registered the new direction it was taking in relation to the sun . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The experience of Aden was therefore precious in that it revealed the only alternative to acquiescence or schizophrenia : the political struggle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At its last meeting on the 11th June it passed the following resolution : |
| 11 | It wiped the magic sheen off her evening … |
| 12 | It expected the initial ratio would be 1:1 during development , building to five clients to every server during deployment later on . |
| 13 | Wright still managed an accurate shot but , unfortunately for him , it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across goal . |
| 14 | Jay sat on the white balcony , shaded from a Mediterranean sun burning off white walls , sparking off a turquoise sea where the bright sails of a skiff were silk balloons shot with dazzle , sparkles of pure light bursting behind the boat as it skimmed the perfect waters . |
| 15 | Like a forest fire , it started from the individual and grew outwards until it enveloped the whole area of monastic patrons and friends and dependants . |
| 16 | It requested the International Law Commission to prepare a report on which discussions would be based . |
| 17 | Well I think you 've heard some of it already in your programme , but in the afternoon session which was extremely interesting , the City Council and Oxford University and the Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council have jointly financed some major research for independent research bodies and that research was put forward yesterday , this afternoon rather , to the Panel , and it concerned the economic order , social order and what should come next and so on and so forth , and those academically research papers , not politically prejudiced papers , showed that there would be a loss of 6,150 jobs if these plans went ahead , with an estimated loss to the Oxford economy of between 8 and 17 million pounds a year . |
| 18 | It concerned the toxic effects of atmospheric lead and was characterised by a series of comments like ‘ It 's claimed that even low levels of lead can cause brain damage ’ , ‘ It 's been difficult to get conclusive evidence ’ , ‘ There 's a whole lot of evidence ’ , ‘ Yes but there is conflicting evidence ’ , all delivered without any one of the four speakers actually providing figures to explain what the concern and disagreement was all about . |
| 19 | The petition drew attention to the events in Orkney and the way in which the case had been managed ; it asked the Prime Minister , John Major , to hold a public judicial inquiry into all the circumstances , It asked , too , for the working of Orkney 's Social Work Department , and other involved Social Work Departments , to be investigated . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't lie ! ’ she said bitterly , deeply hurt by his endless obsession with power because it attacked the very roots of her growing feelings for him . |
| 21 | Slater echoed industry doubts about Intel 's commitment to the unsuccessful device , which Olivetti was going to use to build a workstation until the last minute when it scrapped the whole project in favour of DEC 's Alpha ( UX No 390 ) . |
| 22 | It scanned the gloomy pattern of piers and arches which sustained the fan-vaulting above . |
| 23 | The fall at drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes was limited to just 2p to 468p as it announced the much-expected cash call to fund further acquisitions in the US . |
| 24 | But , above all , it divided the Liberal Party for in 1916 David Lloyd George replaced Asquith as Prime Minister of the Coalition government . |
| 25 | It solidified the tentative ideas that had been evolving in Whitehall since the drafting of the 1952 Global Strategy paper ; and it was , in many respects , ahead of thinking in Washington , where traditional military orthodoxy still held sway . |
| 26 | On the one hand , it sought the national renewal that the Resistance and de Gaulle himself had talked about — a more egalitarian , modern , and productive society and a new republic . |
| 27 | The powers of the Federal government inevitably increased as it became the chief customer for the war materials poured out by industry . |
| 28 | In the Zurvanite heresy it became the supreme deity . |
| 29 | Nineteenth-century legislation swept away the fictions upon which trover was based and it became the modern action for conversion , though no change was made in the substance of the law . |
| 30 | The fortress commanded a view up the narrow valley of the Yucay River , as it wound past the ancient Inca town tucked in the crux of the mountains , before it became the turbulent Urubamba . |