Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [adj] it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Strasbourg summit in December 1989 it again proved possible to satisfy both Paris and Bonn . |
| 2 | Five times the size of Rutland , Buckinghamshire shows every symptom of several standards of assessment : numerous reductions in the Chiltern hundreds in 1524 reduced aggregate wealth from £97 to £67 per thousand acres , while in Buckingham hundreds it only dropped from £84 to £59 , but throughout the northern half of the shire many of the 1522 assessments were retained substantially unaltered , conceivably because the people concerned deemed it prudent to keep their mouths shut and pay up ; a significant number were actually uprated , perhaps penalised for having the gall to seek abatements , so attracting a further , more searching investigation of their means . |
| 3 | On Aug. 28 it also announced that , in complete collaboration with NATO policy-making , the WEU would put at the immediate disposal of the UN almost 5,000 troops , along with transport and logistical equipment . |
| 4 | On April 12 it formally accepted part of the moral responsibility for atrocities committed by the German people during the Second World War [ see p. 37379 ] . |
| 5 | The dolls became amusing , and at times touching , symbols of childhood moods , and although the treatment was at times sentimental it also had a genuine gaiety . |