Example sentences of "it [vb past] [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | These restrictions , which dated from a congressional amendment to the US 1974 Trade Reform Act , effectively precluded most-favoured-nation ( MFN ) trading status for the Soviet Union unless it agreed to relax restrictions on Jewish emigration . |
2 | As a result of this it failed to represent artists who , over a long period , deserved recognition . |
3 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
4 | Where Ritualist influence was strong , this campaign achieved some success ; but it failed to eliminate monuments reflecting the mundane interests of the dead . |
5 | It failed to convince readers either of the case against nationalism or of that for the policies of slow African advance being put forward by the Government . |
6 | Last month , the IMF declared Honduras ineligible for further funds after it failed to repay debts of $16 million , bringing its overdue obligations to $26.5 million . |
7 | Sir Alfred had spent enough of Rubery Owen 's profits and was impatient for success ; BRM would be closed down if it failed to win races in 1962 . |
8 | Here I am concerned to emphasize that the NIRC was required by the legislation under which it operated to make decisions which were likely to lead , and did in fact lead , to considerable and widespread political protest . |
9 | Earlier , the US announced it planned to slap tariffs of 200pc on white wine and other produce from the EC because of its refusal to cut subsidies to its farmers on oil seeds . |
10 | The court found that as practice by the defendant as a consultant could not injure the plaintiffs ' professional business , the clause was too wide in that it sought to encompass activities in which the plaintiffs did not have a legitimate interest . |
11 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
12 | And it only stopped once and that were at er unless it stopped to change engines somewhere , perhaps it would , but it stopped in Birmingham for twenty minutes and what a twenty minutes it were . |
13 | It promised to discuss issues including better economic performance , ‘ democratic togetherness ’ , better goods , opportunities to travel and a healthy environment , but rejected any idea of reforming the system . |
14 | It helped to spur federalists to greater efforts , and inspired the creation of new organisations devoted to the European cause . |
15 | And I pointed you sir to the fact that in that county at least they found that to further contain it it helped to name districts . |
16 | It helped to maintain levels of production and to prevent price-cutting wars which led to further bankruptcies and so to further unemployment . |
17 | It helped to develop skills of cooperation and communication . |
18 | The project could not be an emergency service , because it tried to recruit workers after obtaining a client , rather than beforehand , so that client and worker could be matched . |
19 | It tried to introduce laws against the trades unions . |
20 | After the glittering state occasion of the première , which of course was full , it played to empty houses , while the Prague public continued to flock to Don Giovanni , then currently enjoying a revival . |
21 | In the next century it came to include offences not only against the church but also against society and the realm at large . |
22 | This incident also shows that the board also were behind Wilko 100% when it came to team matters cos 1 ) tey allowed him to be sold and 2 ) for such little money . |
23 | This support , however , did not fall into the president 's lap ; David Stockman regarded both Republicans and conservative Democrats as very suspect allies , unreliable when it came to budget cuts and with little stomach for serious tax reduction . |
24 | Even now , when the place was virtually empty , it seemed to hold echoes and shadows of all the people who 'd been here , and all the characters they 'd played . |
25 | I only live a few doors down the road from Derek and normally it would have taken me just a minute or two , but on this occasion it seemed to take ages . |
26 | It seemed to send sparks right through her . |
27 | Sometimes it paid to have friends in a country 's security services . |
28 | Assertion of the principle served to do away with the monarch 's previously claimed powers to suspend or dispense with acts of Parliament and it served to deny judges the power to strike down measures . |
29 | All councils faced massive problems , he said , with Lothian being £19.68 million above the capping limit ; Strathclyde , £20 million ; and Fife , £11.3 million short of the figure it needed to maintain services . |
30 | The clifftop factory at Nancekuke , Cornwall , began life as a nerve gas factory until it switched to control agents such as CS gas in 1956 . |