Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] it [vb past] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the High Court it seemed that the " going rate " for personal injury matters in 1991 was about £65 per hour and in the county courts in London in 1991 between £55 and £60 per hour . |
| 2 | The British Cabinet committee , meeting on 14 November , turned down the US idea , proposing instead a 50–50 division of frequency of traffic on the North Atlantic ; but the following day it decided that the fifth freedom should be accepted , subject to safeguards . |
| 3 | To the outside world it seemed that the man who was providing such a detailed vision of the paper would be editor . |
| 4 | The relatively cheap and rapid transportation it provided and the elasticity of capacity the companies boasted gave a powerful boost to the mass holiday-making industry . |
| 5 | For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver . |
| 6 | If , from the Parliamentary Roll it appeared that the bill had passed through both Houses and received the Royal Assent , the courts could not inquire into what happened during its parliamentary stages . |
| 7 | By applying a strict rule of corporate personality it decided that a restriction which benefited any person other than the contracting parties was " in gross " and therefore unenforceable . |
| 8 | For long moments it gazed and the rabbits remained motionless , staring back without a sound . |
| 9 | Although a tedious task it ensured that the correct root forms was found for words . |
| 10 | To American eyes it seemed that the whole of South-East Asia was now threatened . |
| 11 | How this community developed along the intensely nationalistic lines it did and the subsequent crisis resulting from the clash of ‘ German ’ chemistry with the revolutionary ‘ French ’ chemistry , forms the main thrust of this excellent book . |
| 12 | It appears that the tea was intercepted after having been successfully landed , but during the ensuing enquiry it transpired that the bailie had also imported a considerable quantity of Swedish iron in excess of what had been found suitable by the Wigtown customs officers . |