Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb past] it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , this is a complex notion in itself , so it is hardly surprising that some respondents found it difficult to reply to the questions : Has the conceptual map of your subject changed much in the last decade ? |
| 2 | By the late 1980s , Brazilian inflation had created such a thriving ( and openly tolerated ) black market in foreign currency that some multinationals found it worthwhile to exceed the 12 per cent limit . |
| 3 | In those days few ministers thought it necessary to attend their own counts , and Baldwin had his vigil in the No. 10 secretaries ' room enlivened by the presence of Churchill : ‘ The P.M. [ sat ] with narrow slips of paper on which he inscribed the three lists as they arrived . |
| 4 | The relatively small proportion ( 5% ) of such theses made it difficult to come to any statistically valid conclusions about the differences in use between Ph D and M Sc theses . |
| 5 | If a man of such convictions felt it necessary to follow this course , how much more would have his religiously devoted colleagues . |
| 6 | Many women found it difficult to put an exact figure on the amount of time they spent on the various areas of farm work . |
| 7 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 8 | Staff in both departments found it necessary to maintain informal or social contacts to obtain information required for their tasks , and had some misgivings about the lateral flow of mutually relevant information . |