Example sentences of "it also [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Being let down by friends or a lack of public transport not only encouraged drink-driving , it also led young people to accept lifts from friends who had been drinking . |
| 32 | It also halted African development in its tracks . |
| 33 | Nominally , it opposed the colour bar , but it also opposed any action against it as well as the formation of African trade unions . |
| 34 | It also accepted that part of AEA would need to remain in the public sector . |
| 35 | It also asked large company clients to make sure that black and Asian lawyers get at least 5% of their work . |
| 36 | Natural history in the nineteenth century meant not only arguments about the system and man 's place in it ; it also meant great quantities of illustrated books and papers . |
| 37 | It also meant constant fighting right up to the last day , and for Bomber Command no let-up in the night by night sorties into enemy skies . |
| 38 | It also reflected philosophical scruples since it was n't obvious how a mechanical device could be conscious and , as Descartes is famous for pointing out , the only thing of which we can be certain is that we are conscious . |
| 39 | But if the decline reflected prevailing economic conditions , it also reflected pop music 's own failure to produce records that people wanted to buy . |
| 40 | It also reflected growing distaste for violence as such . |
| 41 | It also made economic sense , he said . |
| 42 | It also made budgetary options such as the introduction of a broad-based energy tax , or deep defence cuts [ see below ] , politically less viable . |
| 43 | It also made more money , because every playgoer had a seat and paid a shilling for it . |
| 44 | It also re-elected Vice Presidents Yi Jong Ok and Pak Song Chol , and determined the composition of the 17-member Central People 's Committee and an 11-member National Defence Commission . |
| 45 | It also housed countless bars and gin shops , as well as a number of churches , chapels , and temperance halls , the latter set up , as it were , in opposition to as many brothels . |
| 46 | When he commanded 4th Field Regiment in Northern Ireland in 1974 the regiment was awarded four Queen 's Gallantry Medals and four Commander-in-Chief 's commendations ; it also recovered more weapons than any other unit serving in Belfast up to that time . |
| 47 | It also saw frequent proposals that diplomats should be given some systematic training to fit them for the posts they were to occupy . |
| 48 | He had found that since the chair discouraged emphasis , it also discouraged strong convictions . |
| 49 | Tordoff noted that the mutiny forced Nyerere to take a tougher line , as was evidenced by his use of the preventive Detention Act ; it also accelerated other trends which increased government control over such alternative power focuses as the trade unions , the co-operatives and the armed forces . |
| 50 | It also formalized British acceptance of the Thor missiles and the agreement that they would only be used with the sanction of both governments . |
| 51 | It also released more soldiers who were free to seek a living by fighting elsewhere . |
| 52 | It also proposed central bodies with real power , including a central bank on the US federal reserve model , and the preservation of a common currency , while still allowing republics to introduce their own currencies , provided that they did not undermine the single currency . |
| 53 | It also proposed bilingual education in schools and the creation of a secretariat of external relations and an environmental agency . |
| 54 | It also acknowledged that democracy is easier to declare than to achieve , and stressed the importance of effective education and information systems in the country . |
| 55 | It also dampened recent speculation that Tabai was seeking lucrative jobs outside Kiribati . |
| 56 | While management attention was diverted into new projects it also missed obvious opportunities : the company took decades to figure out that it could sell work-wear as well as party dresses . |
| 57 | It also emerged that Deputy Foreign Minister Zhou Nan , a formidable hardliner , was to replace Xu Jiatun as head of the New China News Agency ( Xinhua ) in Hong Kong ( China 's unofficial ambassador to the territory ) . |
| 58 | It also voided any disclaimer or limitation of the owner 's obligation of due diligence in regard to seaworthiness , or in equipping the vessel . |
| 59 | Although the CNAA acquired this new set of privileged partners , it also retained those institutions which shared to one extent or another in the provision of higher education . |
| 60 | During the prefabrication boom of the fifties and sixties some contractors used many times the permitted level of calcium chloride to help speedy setting in concrete — it also helped speedy corrosion . |