Example sentences of "it also [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The numbers of elderly people were considerably overestimated in London during the late 1970s : this led to an understatement of the SMRs , with consequent loss of health resources ; it also resulted in a relative over-allocation for personal social services .
2 It also led to a fundamental questioning of the whole basis of the Keynesian model of which , since 1958 , the Phillips curve had come to be regarded as an indispensable part .
3 It also led to a marked inflation of the number of high-ranking officers .
4 facilitator Sandra Wootton said : ‘ Not only was the process time consuming , it also led to an unhealthy creation of excess dust and posed the possible hazard of a band snapping . ’
5 If other cities are a guide to Milan then it also served as a useful quarry for the inhabitants .
6 It also served as an open ceremonial hall .
7 There seemed little point in launching into the saga of her engagement , and it also seemed like an ideal opportunity to tell Piers obliquely that she was n't emotionally involved with him .
8 It also entered into an open-ended commitment to incorporate into British law all future community legislation in those areas where the Community has competence , and to make such a law virtually unamendable by our domestic Parliament .
9 It also pointed to an important development that can and should be expected of the classical perspective : the assertion of the relativity and selectivity of criminal definitions and their application .
10 It also allowed for a renewable one-year freeze on challenges by the courts to six ordinances related to the maintenance of law and order .
11 The Bantu press newspaper group was a similar venture : part-owned by the Argus Group , it also tried in a paternalistic way to guide Africans in an approved direction .
12 It also referred to a local resident objecting to the scheme .
13 It did to some extent aggregate demands and turn them into viable policy issues , and it also acted as a downward channel of communication , explaining and rationalizing government policies in the hope of their greater acceptance by the citizens .
14 It also acted as a central store and clearing house for hops , organising the supply to the brewers .
15 It also aimed for an overall increase of 73 per cent in GDP per capita , to reach 71,000 baht ( US$2,750 ) by the end of 1996 .
16 While ‘ planning ’ in these various guises seemed to find its moment in the Second World War , it also drew upon a long evolution of social and political thought which stretched back to before the Great War .
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