Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] it [vb past] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Parliament ceased to be a representative assembly , in any plausible sense of the idea , or if it proceeded to enact legislation undermining the democratic basis of our institutions , political morality might direct judicial resistance rather than obedience . |
| 2 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 3 | United States President George Bush announced on March 14 that , following the electoral defeat of President Daniel Ortega Saavedra , the US government was lifting its five-year economic embargo on Nicaragua , and that it had requested Congress to grant approval by April 5 of $300 million in immediate economic aid and of a further $200 million the following year . |
| 4 | The PRD and PAN claimed that the elections had been a " scandalous fraud " , that the PRI had organized widespread ballot rigging , and that it had used violence to guarantee victory . |
| 5 | She knew the recent conversation had been fantastical , with faint cruel undertones , and that it had excluded Betty , who was a good little thing . |
| 6 | In particular , Chavan cited evidence that the LTTE was encouraging secessionist activities in the southern state of Tamil Nadu , and that it had established links with the banned United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) . |
| 7 | ‘ There were a few dead sheep , which was quite unpleasant , and as it started falling dark , we heard rats . |
| 8 | Such a project was tried in Wales and though it did identify cases , logistical difficulties in community health care made the rate of detection unacceptably low . |