Example sentences of "[num] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village of Shiptonthorpe lies a short distance west of Market Weighton on the main York to Hull road Until the year 1876 it was known as Shipton , it then amalgamated with Thorpe Le Street . |
| 2 | In 1983/4 it was deemed important to redirect resources to inner-city areas , following the race riots ( for example the weight given to the ethnic indicator in the assessment of educational needs for special remedial provision was doubled ) . |
| 3 | Sometimes self-discovered methods were used : for example , after an epidemic of lead poisoning in Sheffield in the early 1890s it was noted that those who were poisoned had aborted . |
| 4 | In 1880 a further Education Act made schooling compulsory for children between five and ten , and in the 1890s it was established that most elementary education should be free . |
| 5 | Feast day in Bellerby used to be the Wednesday after Whitsunday , but in 1933 it was moved to Whit Monday as people no longer had a holiday on this day . |
| 6 | In 1933 it was suggested that Mosley should visit the new German leader , Adolf Hitler , and discuss with him the future of Fascism in Britain . |
| 7 | In 1885 it is recorded that transparent thin sections of rocks were sent to London for microscopic investigation and 3 years later sections of English and Irish rocks were being made in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | By the 1940's it was becoming more usual to conclude rather that their distinctive role was quite other than that of saying anything factual at all . |
| 9 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 10 | In 1972 it was decided , therefore , to discontinue the monitoring of foreign-language issues . |
| 11 | Set up in 1972 it was established with £3 million to help parents with the costs of some special provisions . |
| 12 | 8.7 It is anticipated on the basis of past experience that employees will in some respect ‘ self-select ’ for external counselling as a reaction to extreme personal stress sustained as a result of being subjected to severe violence or aggressive behaviour . |
| 13 | On Dec. 12 it was announced that the railway authorities of France , Belgium and the UK had agreed a pounds 580,000,000 order for 30 high-speed locomotives , intended for use on such routes . |
| 14 | On March 12 it was announced that Egypt and Iran had each decided to set up an " interests office " in the other 's capital " as a first step towards the restoration of full diplomatic relations between the two countries " , according to Arab Republic of Egypt radio . |
| 15 | On May 12 it was announced that the Speaker of the National Assembly , Moses Kiprono arap Keino , had resigned . |
| 16 | On the evening of Jan. 12 it was announced that the existing six-member High Security Council had that day , by virtue of a mandate to preserve continuity given it by the Constitutional Council , resolved " that it is impossible to continue the election process until the necessary conditions are fulfilled for the normal functioning of institutions " . |
| 17 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 18 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 19 | On July 12 it was reported that Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov had been ordered to take measures against officials involved in buying their state-owned dachas ( country houses ) at vastly reduced prices . |
| 20 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that the air and naval high commands had withdrawn their support for the President , dissociating themselves from the incidents of Aug. 10 . |
| 21 | On Aug. 12 it was reported that a lawsuit had been filed against Henri Emmanuelli , President of the National Assembly ( lower house of Parliament ) , for alleged misuse of public funds [ see p. 39023 for Le Monde report ] . |
| 22 | In 1932–3 it was extended by a further 80m and has been a popular promenade for tourists and Madeirans ever since , as well as a good place from which to observe the activity in the harbour and marina . |
| 23 | In 1903 it was deserted by the master stevedores , who formed their own association and in 1913 a new organization came into being , the Employers ' Association of the Port of Liverpool , which stood aloof from the National Maritime Board until it was reconstituted after the first world war . |
| 24 | By 1993 it is hoped that all women over 50 in the area will have been screened . |
| 25 | In 1834 it was described as red like the Devon with a golden nose , long silky hair , prominent eyes , wide forehead , fairly wide muzzle , small dewlap , rather thin forelegs of moderate length and a barrel-shaped body ; the average oxen of the time weighed up to 545kg with some up to 725kg . |
| 26 | The existing building dates from the 1740s when it became an oil mill for linseed In 1808 it was bought by the British Copper Company and was used for producing copper sheets In 1860 it was purchased by the East London Water Company and rebuilt as a pumping station . |
| 27 | At a British Factory meeting in 1808 it was agreed to ask the British Consul-General to arrange a suitable piece of land for building a British Protestant church . |
| 28 | In 1873 the first Welsh Black Cattle Society was formed but in 1883/4 it was divided into north and south breed societies to improve the two Welsh types . |
| 29 | In 1591 it was stated in the Duchy of Lancaster Chancery Court that the manor of Hackness was ‘ within the precynct and liberties , of the forest of Pickering , and that |
| 30 | After a fire in 1801 it was rebuilt by Palliardi . |