Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we shall find , they became embroiled in the nationalist struggle . |
| 2 | The extent to which management powers over generation were devolved depended on the central triumvirate of Citrine , Self and Hacking , and not on a statutorily entrenched position . |
| 3 | He charged the half-mile to the narrow exit lane at the eastern end of the Bay , wedged between the point and the beach , but got trapped in the surging rip current that dragged him towards Coffin Corner , the shipwrecking rocks at the west end of the Bay . |
| 4 | A working group which was debating ways of running a common staff , increasingly became dominated by the apparent overmanning of both papers . |
| 5 | Apart from generalities relating to balanced inclined planes , one patent sought to protect details of the lift as a whole ; the second sought to protect the device of gradually reducing the gradient of the upper end of the incline to balance the apparent loss in weight of the descending tank as it became immersed at the lower level . |
| 6 | She was aware that these could be developed by investigative work , but once she became immersed in the new curriculum , struggling on occasions to keep her head above water , she began to lose sight of these objectives , focusing instead on the more familiar content objectives . |
| 7 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 8 | The child climbed out of the cab and became caught in the unguarded pto of the attached implement . |
| 9 | The Government remain committed to the Anglo-Irish Agreement unless and until agreement can be reached on new and more broadly satisfactory arrangements . |
| 10 | In both types of chromatography , portions of each component remain dissolved in the mobile phase . |
| 11 | The cultivators became discouraged during the Japanese occupation and lack of export facilities , with the result that much land went out of cultivation . |
| 12 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 13 | Dositej entered the Hopovo monastery in the Fruška Gora at the age of sixteen , but he soon became disillusioned with the restricted life of a monk and two years later he escaped . |
| 14 | Beginning with the organisation of bible classes in the rural communities while he was still a student at Cumberland University , he became disillusioned with the apparent inability of the current educational system to tackle adequately the problems of social and economic mis-development in Appalachia . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received on the proposed council tax . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received about the future strength of the Territorial Army in Scotland . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what representations he has received from the Combined Heat and Power Association about the barriers to the wider use of combined heat and power ; and what action he proposes . |
| 18 | Will he confirm that all the professional advice that he has received from the Royal Navy is that only four boats absolutely guarantees an effective nuclear deterrent for this country ? |
| 19 | There are few parts of Prestel where you can get information of this quality for free and it is heartening to know that the service has been gradually tailored to users ' needs by the feedback AIS has received from the past year . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received from the Scottish steel industry . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on his replies to representations which he has received regarding the future financing of adult education . |
| 22 | A particularly dangerous trap in analysis has developed with the increasing use of computers in data analysis . |
| 23 | Fundamentally , roses are as much shrubs as any others in the garden and , like them , divide broadly into two categories as far as pruning is concerned ; those that flower in spring and summer on wood developed during the previous growth period ( i.e. last year ) , and those that flower , necessarily a little later , from mid summer on , upon wood that has developed during the current season . |
| 24 | All this has , of course , been made possible both by technological revolutions in transport and communication and by the lengthy period of free movements of the factors of production over a vast area of the globe which has developed since the second world war . |
| 25 | Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 26 | This is done only when the fluffy coat of the youngster has developed into the waterproofed fur covering of an adult . |
| 27 | I have enjoyed reading all your letters and look forward to continuing the two-way communication that has developed over the past year . |
| 28 | This happens when tension , which has developed in the rectal wall , impedes further radial expansion . |
| 29 | There has developed in the past decade or two a mass audience for previously specialized cultural forms . |
| 30 | Now , at 43 , Twiggy has matured into the breathtaking beauty of the Nineties . |