Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its share of wool exports rose too , though less strikingly , in 1374–75 and 1424–25 the figure was between 40 and 45 per cent , by 1474–75 it exceeded 50 per cent and in 1524–25 it was 66 per cent . |
| 2 | The sensitivity of the graphite industry to international demand may be illustrated by the sharp fluctuations in the value of graphite exports as a proportion of the value of rice imports : in 1890 this proportion was eighteen per cent , by 1895 it had fallen to seven per cent , but in the boom year of 1899 it soared to sixty per cent . |
| 3 | From this it followed that whoever was archbishop of Canterbury inherited all the powers that Gregory had given to Augustine , just as the pope inherited all the powers that Christ had given to St Peter . |
| 4 | From this it followed ( 2 , 2a ) that the circumstance too is required or alternatively required for the effect . |
| 5 | From this it followed that kingship , like fatherhood , was a divine institution to which resistance was not merely impolitic but sinful . |
| 6 | From this it followed , among other things , that molecules had a shape in three-dimensional space , and the brilliant German chemist Kekule ( 1829–96 ) , in the very Victorian situation of a passenger sitting on top of a London bus in 1865 , imagined the first of the complex structural molecular models , the famous benzene ring of six carbon atoms to each of which a hydrogen atom was attached . |
| 7 | When Chetnik came to appreciate this it sought to reclaim the rates it had paid under section 9 of the Act of 1967 . |
| 8 | And this it sought to achieve by minimising the number of people required to exercise control while maximising the number over whom it could be exercised . |
| 9 | In this it failed ( though in 1929 an agreement was reached with the German group on production quotas for nitrogen ) . |
| 10 | As a result of this it failed to represent artists who , over a long period , deserved recognition . |
| 11 | It was also the first to be held since the redecoration of the Tuileries had restored the palace to its former splendour ; this it had lost not only because it had been ransacked by the mob in 1848 , but also because it had become shabby during the reign of Louis-Philippe . |
| 12 | From this it had all begun . |
| 13 | In this it had little success , though it did cause some alarm to the authorities and to shipowners , some of whom recognised that accumulated benefits could be an effective way of retaining membership . |
| 14 | To do this it had to gain the support , both of the judiciary and the public , for its new measures . |
| 15 | In this it surpassed all that Lanfranc had been able to achieve even at the height of his influence in 1072 . |
| 16 | This it estimated would cost between £120 million and £225 million because it would need major civil engineering works . |
| 17 | I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there |
| 18 | In this it resembled the British constitution itself , which , as apo-logists delight in explaining to foreigners , is nowhere embodied in a single document having the force of law . |
| 19 | In this it met with the approval of the US Senate , as it avoided committing the USA to any action overseas , while answering the great yearning of the American people for peace in the world . |
| 20 | All of this it seemed might make the Prince less unacceptable to France and so would give the candidacy an air of reasonableness to the rest of Europe . |
| 21 | When Rodrigo heard this it pleased him well , and he said to the King that he would do his bidding in this , and in all other things which he might command ; and the King thanked him much . |
| 22 | They had perhaps three hundred yards to cover to the edge of the encampment ; and as they neared this it dawned on Ramsay that , of all things , the enemy had placed their horse-lines here at this western rim of their cantonment . |
| 23 | With this it dawned on me what they were talking about so I became more attentive . |
| 24 | The Alliance attempted to mask the narrow sectional basis of ‘ economy ’ by popular appeals to the whole electorate ; in this it contrasted sharply with Labour , and so the nature of the appeal is worth closer scrutiny . |
| 25 | This it did for all but 150 years , becoming one of the best known and best loved of all our rural branch lines . ’ |
| 26 | This it did in terms of the effect on the whole curriculum , and on individual subjects . |
| 27 | This it did by demanding a return to the family and Victorian values . |
| 28 | This it did by the 1981 Contempt of Court Act . |
| 29 | If he was able to achieve this it did not augur well for the struggles against the three Indian spinners , who had variously been described as inexperienced and nebulous . |
| 30 | From this it appeared that the father was the principal debtor in the sum of £299 . |