Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 2 | Parliament announced that it would hold an emergency debate on the accidents . |
| 3 | On May 15 , 1990 , the Vatican announced that it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Romania , broken in 1950 . |
| 4 | do you think that was a deliberate decision made that it should be part of the flats rather than somewhere outside , |
| 5 | Fretilín announced that it would boycott the investigation , dismissing military guarantees of safety for those giving evidence to the commission . |
| 6 | Whittle agreed that it was a typical Mumby joke . |
| 7 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 8 | As a contribution to the reconciliation process , the FMLN announced that it would release two combatants on March 16 to stand trial locally ( rather than in the USA , as the US government had previously insisted ) on charges of murdering two US advisers whose helicopter was shot down in January 1991 [ see pp. 37956-57 ] . |
| 9 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 10 | At 3pm on Tuesday , the first closing date , the Dragon board announced that it had received acceptances from 750 shareholders in respect of 39.71 per cent of Drayton Asia 's issued share capital . |
| 11 | In January Czechoslovakia announced that it would press for the withdrawal of 75,000 Soviet troops from its territory by the end of 1990 . |
| 12 | In that case , Greenwich announced that it was to adopt an admissions policy which , in relation to over-subscribed schools , gave preference to those resident in Greenwich over those resident outside the borough . |
| 13 | Holmes agreed that it was in ‘ the homes of the children ’ that ‘ the source of the trouble so often lies ’ and concluded that ‘ the problem of the dirty school child is not one which could be solved by any enquiry into the School Medical Service ’ . |
| 14 | When it was opened , British Rail argued that it was important because it would not be necessary to improve the lines around London . |
| 15 | In a separate announcement ICL revealed that it is considering setting up a personal computer sales operation in the country . |
| 16 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 17 | Vega admitted that it was reminiscent of those halcyon days except that ‘ compared to the Clash audience , these guys are just a stream of piss ! ’ |
| 18 | Looks as if the message that an army of outsiders is needed to turn IBM Corp 's disparate businesses around is beginning to get through : yesterday the Personal Software Products division announced that it had recalled William Rich to be general manager , worldwide sales and marketing — he had left the company but had been acting as a consultant to it ; it has also tapped David Proctor as vice-president of products — Proctor is formerly president of Xerox Computer Services and had been president and chief executive of Ashton-Tate Corp ; before he took that position , he had served 23 years with IBM . |
| 19 | But Ward agreed that it would still be very difficult to stop Hamilton-Jones competing in big road races or marathons in which thousands of runners take part . |
| 20 | The Portsmouth defence creaked but it never cracked as Andy Mutch and Sean Taylor tried to get a goal . |
| 21 | The deliberations of the RDC revealed that it was intended to pave the way for the establishment of a provisional government . |
| 22 | Analyses of voting patterns revealed that it was primarily the racist demagoguery against foreign nationals living in West Germany that accounted for the party 's victories . |
| 23 | On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair . |
| 24 | The French Ministry of Defence announced that it had exploded a 35-kiloton nuclear device on Mururoa Atoll on July 5 , 1990 , the fourth such test since June 1989 . |
| 25 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 26 | The air raids and gas attacks that everyone had feared did not take place but Anne and Sarah agreed that it was the small inconveniences of war that were hardest to bear . |
| 27 | Kohl and the French President François Mitterrand had already appealed for emergency aid when they met in Assmannshausen on June 22 , and on the same day West Germany announced that it had agreed to guarantee a DM5,000 million ( approximately US$2,980 million ) loan to the Soviet Union . ) |
| 28 | On Nov. 16 Germany announced that it was disbanding its branch of a clandestine anti-communist network . |
| 29 | On April 17 Germany announced that it was increasing its aid for Kurdish refugees to DM440,000,000 ( $262,600,000 ) . |
| 30 | In a statement issued on July 19 the SOC Foreign Ministry announced that it " welcomed " the " constructive " US move . |