Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 15 , 1990 , the Vatican announced that it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with Romania , broken in 1950 . |
| 2 | Whittle agreed that it was a typical Mumby joke . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Yet to a very large extent German efforts were contradictory : Völkisch opinion wished Germany to remain as it was and yet somehow to return to the past ; they wanted to return to the past yet at the same time wished for the power to behave as they pleased . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | In a separate announcement ICL revealed that it is considering setting up a personal computer sales operation in the country . |
| 8 | 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 ! ’ |
| 9 | 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 ! ’ |
| 10 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 11 | The deliberations of the RDC revealed that it was intended to pave the way for the establishment of a provisional government . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | On Nov. 16 Germany announced that it was disbanding its branch of a clandestine anti-communist network . |
| 14 | On April 17 Germany announced that it was increasing its aid for Kurdish refugees to DM440,000,000 ( $262,600,000 ) . |
| 15 | In 1988 a visiting colleague from the Royal Ulster Constabulary asked if it was part of my role in Systems Development Department to comment on such essays . |
| 16 | In June 1873 , the STC reported that it was " scarcely possible " to speak with confidence of the numbers employed , " perhaps they may reach 50 [ overall ] … but the number is increasing at an alarming rate " . |
| 17 | Stirling shouted that it was every man for himself . |
| 18 | Despite this , Mazzin maintained that it was still a local feud . |
| 19 | On Nov. 17 the UPP announced that it was to receive a major defector from the DLP on the following day . |
| 20 | In that same year Welford Beaton argued that it was people like clerks who made up the bulk of the great movie audience and that they went to the cinema for inspiration . |
| 21 | Transforming at a stroke the state of its balance sheet , Philips Electronics NV on Friday announced that it is to sell its 35% stake in the Japan-based Matsushita Electronics Corp to its partner in the venture , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd for a whopping $1,600m . |
| 22 | Between April and August 1989 eight Palestinian activists in the West Bank and Gaza were allegedly killed by so-called " death squads " ; while the IDF admitted that it was running special undercover units , it insisted that their primary purpose was gathering intelligence . |
| 23 | Another Gothic design did win a prize , although it failed to satisfy The Saturday Review that it was a bona fide Gothic scheme . |
| 24 | More recently , at the end of 1990 the regional brewing giant Greenall Whitley announced that it was closing both its breweries at Warrington and Nottingham ( formerly the independent Shipstone 's brewery ) to concentrate solely on running pubs — contracting out its beer to be produced by former rivals Allied Breweries . |
| 25 | Ramsey realized that it was possible for a mind to inhabit a partly unreal world . |
| 26 | In February 1990 the United States announced that it was giving only $1,000,000 to the government 's economic recovery programme ( ERP , launched in April 1989 ) instead of the $6,000,000 indicated earlier and the $13,000,000 requested by Canada , the chair of the support group . |
| 27 | However , on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the United States announced that it was to cut its 1990 contribution to FAO from $70,000,000 to $18,000,000 and would consider withdrawing from the organization altogether . |
| 28 | Will he give at least gentle guidance to LEAs suggesting that it is not reasonable for students to be excluded from discretionary grants merely because their parents have moved home ? |
| 29 | Dennis agreed that it was . |
| 30 | In a statement issued on Jan. 24 the SLA announced that it was fully prepared to extend the zone " for the imperatives of security " . |