Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their fiction was considered significant because it succeeded in expressing this new experience . |
| 2 | Though it succeeded in slowing inflation , it also slowed growth and became increasingly unpopular . |
| 3 | In the process , it succeeded in enlisting financial and political support from central government . |
| 4 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 5 | It succeeded in learning how to reverse the truck into the bay . |
| 6 | It succeeded in removing all but 10 mg of the 4,000 mg of sulphur per cubic metre of coal — a success rate of 99.99 per cent . |
| 7 | When the British state began its policies of social interventionism from 1945 , it succeeded in fragmenting the local power base of unionism by centralizing the sources of welfare and making them at least in part available across the sectarian divide . |
| 8 | The mighty Great Eastern not only laid a new cable ; it succeeded in hauling up the earlier one splicing on a centre-piece , and lowering it again to the sea-bed . |
| 9 | Ross McKibbin and Bernard Barker feel that the Labour Party was making determined efforts to improve both its national and local organization and that , despite some obvious difficulties , it succeeded in doing so . |
| 10 | The strength of the DCAC was not simply that it had the backing of the existing leadership of anti-Unionist opinion in Derry , but also that it succeeded in attracting new people who had not previously been involved in any kind of political activity but who found unsuspected reservoirs of energy and initiative . |
| 11 | It provided the leadership in February , it succeeded in opening the eyes of the more backward sections of the proletariat and the working masses to the reactionary nature of the petty-bourgeois and liberal parties , it welded the proletariat into an invincible revolutionary force and , drawing the poor peasants into alliance with them , it led the October revolution . |
| 12 | We shall see how much or how little of local nuances it succeeded in conveying to the top authorities . |
| 13 | It drew together several countries in a common body which controlled important areas of the economy ; it was a sign of Franco-German rapprochement and it paved the way for the full removal of post-war industrial controls on West Germany by the Western allies ; it succeeded in overcoming doubt and opposition from politicians and industrialists ; and it created a workable machinery . |
| 14 | However , it did mark the first major overhaul of the Treaties of Rome , it reformed EC institutions to some extent and it succeeded in keeping the members united . |
| 15 | This chapter will therefore examine also whether the action project had any effect upon cognitive impairment ( Did it help to delay deterioration , or even improve , mental state ? ) ; whether dementia sufferers in the action project expressed less worry , sadness , loneliness than those in the control samples ; whether the project helped people to maintain their capacity to cope with certain tasks or activities of daily living ; and finally whether it succeeded in obtaining more of other community services for its clients than were obtained by those in the control sample ( eg more home help , meals-on-wheels , day care , home nursing , and so on ) . |
| 16 | When it got within spitting distance of Mafouz , who was now standing , arms loosely apart , mouth open , as if hypnotized by the thing 's movements , it did a sharp turn to the left , bounced along horizontally for a few yards , and then snarled up and down to land on the unfortunate boy 's head . |
| 17 | The humanitarian side of the Enlightenment , the emphasis it laid on making the ordinary man happier through religious toleration , economic progress and education , always made a genuine appeal to him . |
| 18 | It became like putting together a manic jigsaw puzzle on the grand scale : ‘ What bit will go in there ? ’ |
| 19 | Fred Hanna remarked on the supermarket sales of children 's annuals in Dublin every Christmas , which had cut into his shop 's market — although it countered by emphasising a broader range of children 's books instead . |
| 20 | It argued for finding and using linguistic and conceptual links between the oral and written modes ( see , for instance , Mackay , Thompson and Schaub , 1970 ; Reid , 1973 ) . |
| 21 | I remembered my father 's story of how he 'd played in a game ‘ against the pick , the pick , of Catterick Camp ’ and won it singlehanded by tackling again and again a big winger from the Scots Guards . |
| 22 | In the latter half of the twentieth century , belief in Sandys ' nuclear philosophy counted for less than the political opportunity that it provided for ending National Service . |
| 23 | As the dog learned the association between the sound of the bell and being fed , it salivated on hearing the bell in expectation of its meal . |
| 24 | So although those carers in the action sample were grateful for the help they received from the Home Support Project ( and almost without exception carers throughout the action samples expressed the same sentiment ) , there is scant evidence that it contributed to allaying feelings of strain . |
| 25 | ‘ It ranged from going to a new swimming pool with a whirly slide to going to the National Gallery . |
| 26 | It was , quite rightly , fiercely criticised by the Select Committee for the way in which it behaved in trying to get its proposals through the Committee and the House . |
| 27 | The building materials company has been a market defensive favourite for the past decade as it concentrated on keeping down the costs of making its cement , and joinery , glass and steel products . |
| 28 | It concentrated on talking the public back to work by exaggerated claims of the numbers of people at work . |
| 29 | ( e ) The independent inquiry established by NCCL on Civil Liberties and the Miners ' Dispute referred in its interim report to a number of complaints which it received about tapping of telephones and the interception of mail . |
| 30 | It specialised in producing the fusillage for A272 Coachliners , which were then transported to another of the corporation 's branches for assembling , and smaller ten-seater aircraft which were built , assembled and tested on the site . |