Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Present owners British & Commonwealth announced that it hoped to raise an estimated £130 million by putting it up for sale . |
| 2 | Although it was relatively ineffective , the fact that it was considerably safer than mercury meant that it remained in the pharmacopoeia of many countries until the twentieth century . |
| 3 | ‘ The cases in which the principle has been applied are cases in which the nature , scope and purpose of the function vested in the repository made it unlikely that Parliament intended that it was to be exercised by the repository personally because administrative necessity indicated that it was impractical for him to act otherwise than through his officers or officers responsible to him . |
| 4 | A small figure was seated beside the trainer and it was only when the two men got out of the car and walked briskly towards them that Kelly saw that it was Cy McCray . |
| 5 | In view of Nehru 's repeated rejections of the idea of any further association with Britain , this was a notable achievement , and there is no doubt that Mountbatten felt that it amply compensated for his acquiescence in partition . |
| 6 | On Aug. 21 Nikolai Zhurbenko and Pavel Creanga , the heads of the commission monitoring the Dnestr ceasefire , reported that large numbers of arms had been surrendered and that warring groups had mostly disbanded , although Zhurbenko said that it was too soon for peacekeeping forces to be withdrawn . |
| 7 | You did n't fall for that ludicrous theory — advanced , if I recall correctly , in the Sunday Telegraph — that Punch died when it was deserted by the nation 's finest cartoonists ? |
| 8 | He had been informed that John Browne spoke with a stutter but the elder of the two men in front of him spoke with such pride and composure that Claverhouse doubted if it was the right man . |
| 9 | Over 50 people were killed in unrest across the country in the period Aug. 2-4 , although police said that it was not clear whether all the deaths were related to the strike . |
| 10 | In these areas 20 per cent of the farms sampled indulged in farm tourism , but most farmers saw it as a supplement rather than as an alternative to farm income , although Davies argued that it could be a much more profitable use of the farms ' resources . |
| 11 | But then , as another hazard , this time in the shape of plant machinery on the road , was negotiated , so Fabia saw that it was hardly fair to bombard Ven with questions when he must by far prefer that she keep quiet and leave him to concentrate on his driving . |
| 12 | When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ . |
| 13 | Nothing much to add except that Redfern scored but it did n't really matter . |
| 14 | She felt entirely responsible for the accident although Berg croaked that it was all his own fault . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This qualification of support for the replacement of Friern and Claybury meant that it fell back upon regional officers , once again , to decide whether to go ahead with the initiative , or to abandon it . |
| 17 | Wheatstone 's work in telegraphy seemed to show that electricity travelled about as fast as light , and Faraday believed that it must go just as fast ; he also believed that gravity must be analogous to other attractive forces , and take time for its propagation , though there was no evidence for this . |
| 18 | It was not long after that , though , that the rain decided once again to make an appearance and Ven decreed that it was in for the rest of the day . |
| 19 | At this stage , given the scale of the fighting , EC members were divided over whether the peace conference could go ahead , and Germany warned that it would unilaterally grant formal recognition to Croatia and Slovenia ( both of which had declared independence on June 25 ) if fighting persisted . |
| 20 | As for the philosophers , Plato thought that all progress consisted in trying to approximate to a pre-existing model in the timeless world of transcendental forms and Aristotle believed that it was the realization of a form which was already present potentially . |
| 21 | The lion turned , jaws slavering , eyes ablaze with fury and Corbett flinched as it came towards him , belly crouched , its tail twitching , its hind legs tense , then it sprang . |
| 22 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 23 | Japan 's Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced that it will ban the capture of the turtles , and gradually reduce imports to zero " within a certain period of time " . |
| 24 | Separately yesterday , the Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was not referring the proposed acquisition by EFM Dragon Trust of Drayton Asia Trust . |
| 25 | For both Engels and Morgan the league typified a general political stage , and Engels argued that it could be found elsewhere in many parts of the world . |
| 26 | Their football was a credit to Hand , and Cecere ensured that it would at least be rewarded by an extra 30 minutes when he collected Maskell 's pass and tucked the ball behind Steve Sutton . |
| 27 | But Dierdriu only smiled at him , and Fergus saw that it was the cruel , charming smile of her ancestors , who had lain with the wolves . |
| 28 | Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution . |
| 29 | D'Hazeville 's was described in The Saturday Review as ‘ tame and commonplace ’ , although the assessors and Burn thought that it had sufficient merits to be placed fourth on their War Department lists . |
| 30 | This was partly because both he and Elena saw that it would require a great deal more experience and self-discipline to make Nicu fit for the role , and also because he did not want to rule out Elena . |