Example sentences of "[num ord] [adj] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key to the formation of the first National Government lies in the parliamentary arithmetic facing the second Labour government as it sought to implement its programme of economies in August 1931 . |
| 2 | She 'd lived without carpets for the first few weeks and it had been nearly a year before she 'd been able to ditch her old and undersized curtains . |
| 3 | Lofoten was chosen for this first large raid because it offered a chance to hit back at the enemy as well as such economic targets as the destruction of fish oil supplies , which might impair German manufacture of nitro-glycerine and would reduce supplies of vitamin A and B capsules issued to German troops . |
| 4 | It was of course a hallmark of our first sceptical argument that it started from an imaginary case in which you are a brain in a vat which is not discernibly different from your present case . |
| 5 | They became increasingly sleepy for the first four days until it became almost impossible for the experimenters to keep them awake . |
| 6 | Miss Bowes said : ‘ There has been an upward trend in rates in the last few weeks because it looked like Labour were going to win . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Gould machine was set like clockwork to continue ticking as methodically for the next two years as it had for the last eight . |