Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , it agreed that negotiations with Henry VIII for the marriage of Mary and Edward should begin . |
| 2 | Although the Schlieffen Plan , if faultlessly executed , might just have brought about the fall of France , in the event it failed because Moltke depleted , rather than strengthened , his right flank , and because , at the crucial moment , he lost his nerve . |
| 3 | It succeeded because Sigibert II was extremely young , while Chlothar II was well established . |
| 4 | And it revealed that profits jumped from just £700,000 to £3,500,000 in six months . |
| 5 | For instance , it revealed that 70% of dads believe breast is best . |
| 6 | It revealed that 79% of the sample was now aware of the term ‘ Open Systems ’ — a dramatic increase since the launch of the programme . |
| 7 | The Roslavl' Party report for 15 March hinted at the reason for this order when it revealed that peasants were of the view that the volost' authorities were imbued with self-seeking ( shkurnichestvo ) ; Soviet Russia was turning into a ‘ purely bourgeois republic ’ . |
| 8 | It expected that Scott would produce a building to vie with his great designs abroad and concluded with the hope that ‘ the recent discussions in which so much misapprehension has been exhibited will not shake your determination to carry out the selected design ’ . |
| 9 | It asked that members of the Republican Movement be permitted to take part in a civil rights march to Dungannon from Coalisland … |
| 10 | Waiting for the kettle to boil , she thought about the other night , and the more she thought about it , the more obvious it became that Donna had got it wrong . |
| 11 | And the more I considered it , the more obvious it became that Miss Kenton , with her great affection for this house , with her exemplary professionalism — the sort almost impossible to find nowadays — was just the factor needed to enable me to complete a fully satisfactory staff plan for Darlington Hall . |
| 12 | Will he also confirm that it recommended that Cardiff bay should be included in the Severn estuary special protection area ? |
| 13 | It recommended that trials of scheduled terrorist offences should be conducted without a jury ; that members of the armed services should be given power to arrest and to detain for up to four hours to establish identity ; that bail should not normally be granted ; that the onus of proof as to the possession of firearms and explosives should in certain circumstances be shifted to the accused ; and that the rules about the admissibility as evidence of confessions and signed statements should be relaxed . |
| 14 | The Board interviewed five candidates ( listed below ) and unanimously agreed that while all were suitable for the post , it recommended that Miss Valerie Muirhead be offered the post , to be taken up as soon as possible , at a salary two points below the maximum of the AA main scale . |
| 15 | It approved of ‘ progressive ’ , child-centred teaching methods , a broader curriculum and increased parental involvement ; it recommended that schools should become more involved in their communities — suggesting that there should be positive discrimination to help schools in deprived or ‘ educational priority areas ’ ( EPAs ) . |
| 16 | I turn now to consider the arguments advanced on behalf of Woolwich in support of its right to recover the payments it made as money had and received or as having been made under duress , two grounds which it was accepted shaded into one another . |
| 17 | It argued that English must be taught well in predominantly Welsh-speaking areas , and that Welsh should be available as an option for all children in predominantly English-speaking areas . |
| 18 | It argued that work is continually de-skilled and degraded through the interaction of technical change and international patterns of capital accumulation . |
| 19 | It argued that education should be child-centred ; it could take the form of either ‘ multilateral ’ schools or a dual system of grammar/technical schools and modern/technical schools ( rather than a tripartite system ) , but must take into account variation in ability and aptitude between children . |
| 20 | It argued that government control should be ‘ strategic guidance ’ and should be exercised as far as possible in the same way for all the industries by the use of economic and financial criteria , and that this should be done by one minister and one department . |
| 21 | It argued that Africa had hardly benefited from Bank programmes : though exports had improved , there had been no perceptible impact on growth or inflation , and investment had suffered . |
| 22 | It argued that outbreaks of fire in Underground stations were seen as inevitable by management , which monitored strictly financial matters , rather than safety . |
| 23 | Its growth was to cause a storm of protest in the next century from archbishops less inclined to travel than Sigeric ; but we need not doubt that it arose because Sigeric and his like were delighted to have an excuse to go on pilgrimage , and the diary he has left of his movements dwells especially on the many churches in Rome worth a pilgrim 's attention . |
| 24 | Clinical research showed how far the human circulation behaved like that of other animals , and how it changed as diseases advanced . |
| 25 | It reported that West Germany was seeking to end restrictions on the export of digital switching equipment , civilian satellites and mobile radio networks to eastern Europe on grounds that restrictions on the export of these items had not applied to China since 1985 . |
| 26 | It reported that US revenue rose slightly . |
| 27 | However , the agreements broke down almost immediately , the Armenian side on Feb. 4 declaring them null and void and suspending its participation in further talks in protest at what it described as attempts at " forced deportation " of Armenians from villages in Azerbaijan 's Khanlar region on the pretext that their security remained under threat . |
| 28 | Throughout 1989 China had been concerned at what it described as Taiwan 's " dollar diplomacy " aimed at " buying " recognition from a number of poorer countries . |
| 29 | If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic . |
| 30 | It occurred after Doreen had reached across the table to rest her hand on Silas 's arm , ‘ Silas , darling , ’ she 'd cooed sweetly . |