Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance it agreed to abolish the slave trade . |
| 2 | On June 2 , 1990 , the Hungarian Democratic Forum ( HDF or MDF ) held its third national congress when it agreed to expand the forum 's presidium to 19 members . |
| 3 | More important , the CGLI argued that the latest proposal from the DES would break undertakings given to it in 1973 , when it agreed to provide the administrative services for TEC , that the latter would be confined to technician occupations and would not be used as an instrument of government policy . |
| 4 | It made much of ‘ flexibility ’ but in a way which implied that only certain versions of flexibility were permitted , and it failed to treat the notion of ‘ good practice ’ as the problematic issue it manifestly is . |
| 5 | Peristalsis was considered ‘ failed ’ either if there was no contraction wave at all , or if it failed to traverse the entire length of the oesophagus , or if a simultaneous contraction occurred . |
| 6 | was joined as second defendant , but the statement of claim disclosed no cause of action against C.T. , as it failed to plead the covenant contained in the licence of 18 February 1974 . |
| 7 | The report says the management was so weak it failed to control the savagery and racism . |
| 8 | Although arterial infusion of TDCA ( 100 µmol/l ) significantly inhibited motor activity , it failed to stimulate the release of PYY ( 67 ( 10 ) pmol/l v 93 ( 22 ) pmol/l ; p>0.05 , n=5 ) . |
| 9 | The National Assistance Act seemed to turn its back on this doctrines yet it failed to jettison the view entirely and it failed to provide financial resources sufficient to enable the Board to avoid having to distinguish between the claims made by applicants , particularly as regards their more unusual needs . |
| 10 | This water heater is not to be used as it failed to reach the er oh well I now ! |
| 11 | Though it failed to define the new Socialist Party 's financial needs , the party 's holiday homes , hotels and hunting lodges were obvious targets for re-nationalisation . |
| 12 | So it failed to turn the heating element off … and the oil was boiled up to 185 degrees centigrade … turning the liquid into explosive vapour . |
| 13 | It failed to anticipate the Korean war . |
| 14 | It failed to resolve the question of foreign influence in Korea , which a decade later led to war between China and Japan . |
| 15 | Sadly , it failed to smother the flames but travelled on through the window , coming to rest on Mr Singh 's Bentley , causing an estimated £567 worth of damage . |
| 16 | Another Gothic design did win a prize , although it failed to satisfy The Saturday Review that it was a bona fide Gothic scheme . |
| 17 | The bourgeoisie as a class found enormous difficulty in combining getting and spending in a morally satisfactory manner , just as it failed to solve the equivalent material problem , how to secure a succession of equally dynamic and capable businessmen within the same family , a fact which increased the role of daughters , who could introduce new blood into the business complex . |
| 18 | Even with French designer Marc Bohan at its helm it failed to attract the patronage of the younger , trend-setting royals . |
| 19 | A bill to extend President 's rule in the troubled state of Punjab collapsed in the Lok Sabha on Oct. 1 when it failed to secure the required majority [ for previous extension of President 's rule in April 1990 see p. 37377 ] . |
| 20 | Thus , when in November 1947 a resolution was put to the United Nations General Assembly ( UNGA ) Committee for Political and Security Questions , calling for a reaffirmation of the December 1946 resolution , it failed to secure the two-thirds majority required for adoption . |
| 21 | Held , allowing the appeal , that in the exercise of its inherent jurisdiction the court would not order a medical practitioner to treat his patient in a manner contrary to his clinical judgment and professional duty ; that the proper approach , pending any final decision , was for the court to consider the options available to it in exercising its inherent powers and to make such order as best served the child 's true interests , and it would be wrong to apply the principles governing the grant of interlocutory injunctions in civil proceedings ; that , further , the judge 's order was defective in that it failed to specify the precise requirements imposed on the health authority and to take sufficient account of that authority 's distribution of resources in its patient care ; and that , accordingly , the order would be set aside ( post , pp. 516B–G , 517D–F , 518E–F , H — 519C , E–H , 520B–C , E–F ) . |
| 22 | The survey also pointed to two weaknesses : marketing ( where it failed to make the top ten ) and capacity to innovate ( where it came seventh ) . |
| 23 | It failed to convince the nation that authoritarian methods were necessary to solve Britain 's economic crisis and prevent further political decline , and it was blamed for fomenting the violence and public disorder which became associated with its activities in the 1930s . |
| 24 | Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud , it failed to stand the test of time . |
| 25 | The Labour party possessed a utopian ethic of socialism but it failed to develop the pragmatic programme either to alter the capitalist state which it inherited or to reform it from within . |
| 26 | His appearance , that first term , failed to impress everyone as it failed to impress the Master of his college . |
| 27 | The idea that drinking nablabs was a seriously smart thing to do ant that hordes or women would subsequently fall at one 's feet probably looked great on a storyboard but it failed to impress the punters . |
| 28 | ‘ This does n't apply , ’ as the teenage Amis remarked in his army barracks , abandoning Marxism because it failed to fit the real world . |
| 29 | It failed to build the essential trust needed to form an effective lobby . |
| 30 | It failed to produce the necessary democratic and economic reforms needed to pacify and modernize the country . |