Example sentences of "it [vb past] to some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With bank interest over the years it amounted to some £320,000-certainly enough to meet the Ingard cheque . |
| 2 | ‘ It led to some confusion in the department and mistakes may have been made . |
| 3 | It led to some job losses but it was justified in the company 's longer-term interests — and therefore the interests of the majority of employees . |
| 4 | Fears of militancy resulting from unemployment and the inadequacy of voluntary efforts to relieve it led to some recognition that charity could not provide sufficiently for either type of unemployment . |
| 5 | Equally remarkable were the ambition and determination that pushed to completion her final novel , which is also her masterpiece , South Riding ( published posthumously in 1936 and awarded the James Tait Black memorial prize ) : a rich regional study of social change and local government , it drew to some extent on her mother 's experiences as the first woman alderman in the East Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 6 | Soon , however , a new controversy arose when it seemed to some zoologists and paleontologists that even the large dinosaurs could very well have had a high running speed , at least as high as an equivalent sized modern mammal . |
| 7 | Because this programme tried to do so much in limited time , it seemed to some observers to be somewhat thin or superficial . |
| 8 | With Rufus it did to some extent come back again and all he could do was grind it down and soldier on . |
| 9 | It did to some extent aggregate demands and turn them into viable policy issues , and it also acted as a downward channel of communication , explaining and rationalizing government policies in the hope of their greater acceptance by the citizens . |
| 10 | It reflected to some extent the failure of reforms to provide sufficient opportunities for graduates of both sexes and was indicative of the devaluation of knowledge already referred to . |