Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it ruled that in the case of Pontevedra in north-western Spain , where eight seats were at issue as the result of apparent polling irregularities , elections would have to be repeated in about 30 polling areas . |
| 2 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 3 | It is meant both to set out extraordinary expenditure which was how it arose but at the same time John pointed out that it might be a good thing if we also had an indication of the routine procedures and so therefore they are now set out in one document and are for your er final approval . |
| 4 | In subsequent correspondence Technical Division were asked to confirm that the timing of the provision of the benefit to the non-resident or non-domiciled beneficiary was irrelevant , ie that it did not matter whether the income in question was paid to him in the year of assessment in which it arose or in a subsequent year , but Technical Division refused to confirm that this was the case on the grounds that the actual circumstances of particular cases tended to vary so widely that they felt unable to answer the question without more details . |
| 5 | I have heard it objected that in every book of hers there is a smell of onions , and that this is intended to show observation . |
| 6 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |
| 7 | It transpired that during the war he had been a medical officer in the German Wehrmacht fighting on the Eastern Front . |
| 8 | Indeed the lasting effect of this period is seen better in the political pressure groups — the Gay and Women 's Liberation movements — which it spawned than in the actual pop music of the time . |
| 9 | It seemed that with every exchange the man was growing more confident , and the girl , for all she maintained her fiery calm , a little more pressed and on the defensive . |
| 10 | His Lordship reached that decision without enthusiasm because it seemed that as a matter of common sense , notice should be given in such circumstances before criminal proceedings were launched . |
| 11 | Second , it seemed that at the end of three years the debtor 's debts would be written off , although the Act 's drafting was not clear on this point . |
| 12 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
| 13 | It seemed that in a school where he was in such a minority , his language and ethnicity had been defined as particular problems requiring the rather Draconian solution of Statementing . |
| 14 | It seemed that in the days following the Earl 's death , his children displayed a hardness that even surprised me . |
| 15 | We were in line with the Craven fault it seemed and in an electric storm the tower and all its domestic equipment spat and sizzled like a jumping cracker . |
| 16 | It happened because of a deliberate , intensive strategy by the Irish government via its Industrial Development Authority ( IDA ) . |
| 17 | It commented that in the latter " there is lacking a clear legal procedure for the justification and terms for the use of the armed forces of the USSR inside the country when no state of emergency has been declared " . |
| 18 | It showed that despite the Chancellor 's unopposed re-election as chairman of his party and his tactical victory over leading rivals , voters are unimpressed with his performance and that of the CDU . |
| 19 | It showed that beneath the granite exterior emotion did exist , even if it was struggling for survival . |
| 20 | It showed that by a ratio of 2 : 1 the electorate preferred to have my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in charge of the policy than the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 21 | A further cause for concern was Recommendation 6 , with its proposal to base grant for the coming year to each Responsible Body not only on the standards of its own work but also on the needs of the area it served and on the provision made by others . |
| 22 | It warned that without the adoption of " Keynesian economic policies " , the " debt deflation " afflicting the world 's leading economies could ensure another " lost decade " . |
| 23 | It worked and for the next half hour she was able to quiz the woman whom she saw as having stolen her happiness on every aspect of her life . |
| 24 | In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia . |
| 25 | Presumably it meant that after a while you ceased to bring things to the Cabinet that you knew would produce a put-down ? |
| 26 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 27 | So it meant that by the end of the war , the railway stock , the carriages , locomotives and all that was on their last stages . |
| 28 | Oden found that Sweden imported far more pollution than it exported because of the prevailing winds . |
| 29 | As in the 1979 report , despite developments in Biblical scholarship , it asserted that throughout the Bible there was strong disapproval for homosexual practice but sinful human beings still have to make moral sense of their lives : |
| 30 | It emerged that across the very varied fleets the cost of asbestos removal would be £25,000 per vehicle , an investment producing no financial return . |