Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider the dispute over fox hunting and suppose it agreed that the pleasure of men , hounds and perhaps horses , outweigh the pain of the fox . |
| 2 | Sun says Addamax — a vendor to Sun — asked for a loan guarantee , and it agreed because the suit raised serious issues . |
| 3 | It failed because the frequency and intensity of the odour , which constituted the nuisance , was over and above the ‘ general background of oily smells ’ , and had not unlike these general smells , continued for anything approaching 20 years . |
| 4 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 5 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 6 | It revealed that the Bundesbank spent £17 billion trying to prop up the Italian lira and the pound — most of the cash spent in a bid to save sterling . |
| 7 | It revealed that the wreckage of a flying saucer was allegedly recovered seventy-five miles north-west of Roswell , New Mexico , in July 1947 . |
| 8 | For long moments it gazed and the rabbits remained motionless , staring back without a sound . |
| 9 | Not least , the CIA was induced to help before it realized that the man with whom it would be dealing was one it had already discarded . |
| 10 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 11 | It announced that the survey had been stimulated by ‘ fears ’ that forest decline of the European type ‘ may be occurring in Britain ’ . |
| 12 | It announced that the BCP was being " de-Stalinized " and transformed into " a new type of modern Marxist party " committed to " human and democratic socialism " . |
| 13 | The court decided that victims of art thefts should be protected against the usual requirement in civil cases that the owner must make some effort to recover stolen goods within three years ; it ruled that the clock does not start ticking for the statute of limitations until the victim locates the stolen artworks and asks for their return . |
| 14 | The more days went by , the more likely it became that the end of the police search would be the discovery of a corpse . |
| 15 | It recommended that the curriculum should be examined in the context of national needs and that teachers with specialist skills and particular strengths should be encouraged to use their gifts more effectively . |
| 16 | It recommended that the curriculum should emphasise free creation and co-operative inventiveness rather than passive assimilation , and that the study of history , geography and literature should give a central place to Wales . |
| 17 | Energy : It recommended that the North conserve oil and reduce per capita energy consumption . |
| 18 | Going concern was one of the areas the Cadbury Committee considered , and it recommended that the accountancy profession , together with representatives of preparers of accounts , should develop guidance on the subject for both companies and auditors . |
| 19 | It recommended that the honours course for full-time students should be four years in length , and it called on the DES to explore and resource such a departure — which was eventually to prove to be the pattern adopted . |
| 20 | It recommended that the pace of girls ' education be slowed , that physical education reflect the need of girls for ‘ smoothness and expressiveness ’ and of boys for ‘ strength and energy ’ , and that allowance be made for the effect of menstruation , which condemned many girls ‘ to a recurring and temporary diminution of general mental efficiency ’ . |
| 21 | In the event , it recommended that the age of transfer should be raised to twelve , with the first school ( 5–8 ) followed by middle schools ( 8–12 ) . |
| 22 | It recommended that the concentration of Government Offices should take place on the site that Hunt had proposed and that an opportunity will be provided , ‘ without incurring any additional expense , to make a great opening from Whitehall to Westminster Abbey by erecting the new buildings on each side of such thoroughfare ’ . |
| 23 | The commission considered that ‘ no producer should be entitled to rid himself of all responsibility for the waste simply by handing it over to a contractor for disposal ’ , and it recommended that the duty should be enshrined in legislation . |
| 24 | It recommended that the councils monitor the rates of submission of theses by research students in every university , so as to be able to impose sanctions on universities whose rates were unsatisfactory . |
| 25 | It recommended that the prohibition on contingency fees and other forms of incentive should be re-examined . |
| 26 | It admitted that the protest had been " disappointing " but noted that the movement was still only eight days old and people were " very shy " of the police . |
| 27 | When they hear it rumoured that the hotel is to be sold off for development they turn to crime to finance their own take-over bid … = From the writers of Cabaret , Chicago and New York , New York , this show is a triumphant affirmation of life and vitality with a full Broadway score of wit , understanding and humour . |
| 28 | But a senior Kuwait delegate claimed his country had offered the other ministers a compromise on the tough quota demands it made when the meeting started but said the proposal were rejected . |
| 29 | I have also heard it argued that the term Weizenbier offers a better guarantee that the beer was made according to the convention that specifies a minimum of 50 per cent wheat . |
| 30 | We looked at the contexts in which it arose and the purposes for which it happened . |