Example sentences of "[noun] that it used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE name of the current month shows in its Latin origins that it used to be the 10th month of the year , not the 12th . |
| 2 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 3 | THOUGH much smaller in numbers that it used to be , Courtaulds Italia has managed to weld together a team which blends experience with freshness . |
| 4 | ‘ It is n't the stigma that it used to be and — ’ |
| 5 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |