Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area had been on the periphery of the Kandyan Kingdom , and in the early years of British rule it remained an impoverished backwater . |
| 2 | In the old days it needed a team of 20 women to do the equivalent job — and even then they did it less than half as fast . |
| 3 | To medieval man it meant a process reserved for the preservation of the corpses of the important , so that they might sleep uncorrupted in their tombs until the Last Day , when body and soul would be reunited to appear before God for His judgement . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 ON a day when former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton was on top form it took a top goal to beat him . |
| 5 | The growing concern for a unified approach meant that when the Seebohm Committee concluded its review of personal social services it recommended the creation of a single local authority welfare department . |
| 6 | Being mothered by a grandparent was certainly not always a happily remembered experience , and for one illegitimate Scots girl it generated a lifetime of mutual bitterness . |
| 7 | In Roman times it became the capital city of the province of Asia and the principal port for all of south-west Anatolia . |
| 8 | As normative reporting it justified the " utility of poverty " theory of low wages which was associated with a mercantile concern with low export prices . |
| 9 | In those early days it seemed the sky was the limit ! |
| 10 | Since our silver wedding anniversary was the following day it seemed an ideal way to celebrate , so my wife and I decided to go . |
| 11 | Although Kerrey 's campaign was lifted by this success , on the following day it suffered a setback when it was revealed that a restaurant chain of which he was part-owner had been fined $64,000 for 116 violations of child protection laws . |
| 12 | On the following day it took the Goodyear Trophy at 206 mph , flown by Hall , it took the next two races , again cruising round the course . |
| 13 | The Federal Assembly proposed minimum conditions for the continuation of a joint state on Nov. 5 , and on the following day it passed a bill detailing procedures for holding a referendum . |
| 14 | She laughed , but to the listening woman it held a hollow sound . |
| 15 | For the local parties this increased the urgency of changing the local structures and settling candidates ; for Central Office it meant the negotiation of a pact with the Coalition Liberals and the NDP , the arrangements of a joint platform . |
| 16 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | Very pale with very large bubbles it had a harsh aftertaste and was generally quite disappointing . |
| 18 | The paper also discussed erm the proposed topics for discussion at the enquiry in public it explained where the county council 's er relevant policies would be found in the extra electory memorandum it outlined the key objections and the proposed participants for each topic . |
| 19 | On its side in large letters it bore the legend INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SYNDICATION . |
| 20 | To cope with short-term problems it proposed an emergency programme covering aid , energy , food and international relations over five years . |
| 21 | With the goal of curriculum enhancement it was possible for a junior member of staff with specific subject expertise to support a senior colleague without such expertise ; but when the goal was professional development it required a clear status differential between senior partner as trainer or consultant and junior partner as trainee or client . |
| 22 | In the long term it committed the papacy to active government . |
| 23 | But it is unlikely that over any five-year period it exceeded the £120,000 per annum enjoyed by Richard II . |
| 24 | Oh there had , had er it h erm had a marvellous water supply and it had a good sewage it had a good sewage disposal system . |
| 25 | I still thought it meant the truck was used for hunting but I asked the labs to check her clothing just in case . |
| 26 | With its powerful arms it threw the android over its shoulder . |
| 27 | Though it was far from being a great film it altered the boundaries and opened the way for the New Wave of realism , cinema vérité . |
| 28 | The testing confirmed that the scoring system was accurate and predictive , and to a great extent it mirrored the underwriters ' own subjective analysis calculated on a case-by-case basis . |
| 29 | For a long time it suited the others to have him in that job . |
| 30 | To a certain extent this made economic and political sense : in economic terms it is where the council had most leverage and control , and in political terms it represented a move to a new base , one built on the strength of the white-collar and public sector unions in the changing economy and society of Sheffield . |