Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , it revealed that 70% of dads believe breast is best . |
| 2 | It revealed that 79% of the sample was now aware of the term ‘ Open Systems ’ — a dramatic increase since the launch of the programme . |
| 3 | It found that people in the most polluted of the six cities were still 26 per cent more likely to die than those in the least polluted city . |
| 4 | It found that 14% of women had experienced urinary incontinence , 5.7% within the preceding week ; the corresponding figures for men were about half these . |
| 5 | It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be . |
| 6 | It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility . |
| 7 | Well Ian is quite irked it happened because people Zain and Desmond got the job on the day and it was n't quite clearly said , my fault , not quite clearly said exactly , count the money religiously and |
| 8 | To that end , it confirmed that sales of Lotus Development Corp 's Notes software for France 's ISDN network users should start this year . |
| 9 | It confirmed that £2.9 million had been spent in the Maynard renovations and that one million of the sum had gone astray . |
| 10 | It claimed that people feel more in control of their lives if they are inching forward on a journey , rather than waiting for something to happen . |
| 11 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 12 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 13 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 14 | In the Westland affair her management of Cabinet was an issue , once it emerged that staff at Number 10 had connived with Leon Brittan 's office to leak selections from a confidential letter from the Solicitor General to damage Mr Heseltine . |
| 15 | They did not know whether it cleared because people had left voluntarily , or because people had been evicted , but clear it did . |
| 16 | Time and again it appeared that people had given up secure employment to farm full-time . |
| 17 | It concluded that staff time should be occupied as follows : |
| 18 | Of this , it suggested that $70 billion should be in the form of aid from developed to developing nations — $40 billion in excess of that already being donated . |