Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a sense it failed through the same sort of determination that gained him the earlier success on April 27th . |
| 2 | As for the residence requirement , despite the fact that it applied in the same way to British nationals , it constituted covert discrimination on grounds of nationality in so far as , by the very nature of things , nationals of other member states were less likely to be ‘ resident ’ in the United Kingdom than British citizens . |
| 3 | This happened once while I was at Binbrook , and we were all jailed for a week — well , con fined to our quarters , really , but it amounted to the same thing . |
| 4 | It amounted to the same thing for him . |
| 5 | It moved in the same half — crouched , shambling run as it had the night before , quietly , stealthily , purposefully . |
| 6 | It was short , like Mr Hyde , and it moved in the same light , quick , active way . |
| 7 | This effect did not depend on oesophageal acidification as it occurred to the same extent with both pH + and pH - common cavity episodes . |
| 8 | It referred to the same matters as the Financial Secretary had stated to the Committee and concluded : |
| 9 | We also tested an unrelated human osteosarcoma-derived cell line ( 13.1 ; M.P.K. and G. Attardi , unpublished observations , and ref. 18 ) , and it behaved in the same way : the cells could be induced to undergo apoptosis by either serum deprivation or staurosporine treatment , and they were protected by transfection with bcl-2 ( not shown ) . |
| 10 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know about that , but it came to the same thing , I suppose . |
| 12 | You see , it came from the same thing . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 14 | It happened with the same naturalness that had first drawn them together , and in taking her he felt the greatest fulfilment of his life . |
| 15 | It commented in the same year that , ‘ while recognizing the considerable contribution that Mr Hornby has made in building up the Council to its present position of eminence within the colleges , it was now time for the CNAA 's influence to be more widely felt ’ . |
| 16 | It began at the same time for both of us , did n't it ? |
| 17 | This was more than it fell during the same stage of both the 1973–75 and 1981–82 recessions , but less than the short , sharp fall in 1980 . |
| 18 | The leaf area/weight was as efficient in the sense that it took about the same time to detect comparable differences . |
| 19 | Interestingly , this work drew to a large extent upon the highly-theorised use of psychoanalysis and deconstruction ; it emerged around the same time that the feminist anti-pornography movement , on a grassroots and activist basis , was also seriously problematising our culture 's sight of women 's bodies . |
| 20 | John Sich founded the ‘ Lamb Brewery ’ , in 1773 , just off Church Street , Chiswick , and it remained in the same family until 1923 . |