Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reflected the extraordinary complexity of the political situation which had developed in Yugoslavia during the years of the German occupation , when different ethnic , religious and political groups had formed shifting alliances , according to whether their main enemy at any time had seemed to be the occupying Germans or Tito 's partisans working to establish a Socialist state in post-war Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | In Manchester , Liverpool , the Greater London Council , and some London boroughs left-wing Labour authorities sought to implement local socialism and use the town hall to challenge Thatcherite Whitehall . |
| 3 | During a further feast , each cadet had to announce some details of the inner nature of his disguised nourishment . |
| 4 | The cost-improvement programmes had produced annual savings of between 1.1 and 1.5 per cent per year in real terms since they were introduced in 1984 – 85 . |
| 5 | On Feb. 5 the Interior Ministry renewed a security warning stating that it would " strike most severely " against anyone committing acts of " anarchy , sabotage or aggression " , and on Feb. 13 Algerian radio reported that the Saudi authorities had arrested 12 persons for " terrorism " since the beginning of the Gulf war . |
| 6 | It appears from these general observations , and from the detailed provisions of the Act of 1986 , that Parliament intended to promote two purposes relevant to receivers appointed by debenture holders . |
| 7 | Clearly Adalard 's influence was great ( Nithard was not alone in identifying Ermentrude as " Adalard 's niece " rather than as the daughter of Count Odo of Orléans , Adalard 's brother-in-law , though an obvious reason could have been that Odo had died eight years before , perhaps leaving Ermentrude in her uncle 's care ) . |
| 8 | But ultimately the ordinary allied soldier had to find some reward for his exertions . |
| 9 | Once the industrial and social changes which were transforming the West during the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries began to find military expression , of course , the limits of Russia 's resources would be fully exposed . |
| 10 | that was n't terribly elegant but anyway his blue labels had got , these little sticky labels had got blue stripes on them |
| 11 | He subjected quantities of quartz crystal to pressures similar to those occurring in active fault zones in the Earth 's crust , and he found that the piezo-electric effect did induce visible ionisation of the surrounding air , just as Persinger predicted . |
| 12 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 13 | The implication of the ad was that Labour had produced mass unemployment and the Tories would cure it . |
| 14 | On June 24 , with 98 per cent of the votes counted , Voice of Israel radio announced that Labour had won 45 Knesset seats , Likud 32 and Meretz 12 , and that Meretz leaders had decided to call on Rabin to create a coalition with their party . |
| 15 | Rural labour had internalised deferential attitudes toward authority and a fatalistic acceptance of its conditions during a protracted history of custom and dependence , but at times in the nineteenth century had demonstrated radical resistance to the imposition of capitalist rationalisation . |
| 16 | The PKO bill originated from a bill introduced in 1990 which was designed to allow Japanese forces to participate as non-combatants in support of the UN-authorized multinational force assembled to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait . |
| 17 | Re-constituted in 1979 , with a clerk provided by NACRO and administrative expenses funded by a grant from a charitable trust , MPs and peers from all the main political parties met to discuss current issues of criminal justice policy and practice . |
| 18 | The political parties began to consider future manifesto proposals . |
| 19 | It was also remarkable that Germans — thought to be so liberal — now looked to England as the last refuge of Liberty ; they applauded Nelson 's recent victories — the political wheel had turned full circle . |
| 20 | Abolitionists had to face the fact that for many of their fellow countrymen during the next thirty years open public meetings continued to have this resonance . |
| 21 | This badge had crossed hypodermic syringes and a Latin motto which when translated , read : ‘ Bodies in the cells , names in the papers ’ . |
| 22 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 23 | Nor is there any mention of the problems which would arise if ( as seems likely ) different franchisees decided to offer different levels of discount on their ‘ discount rate ’ tickets . |
| 24 | Certainly , further investigations aimed to clarify these aspects are warranted . |
| 25 | Some employers tried to make potential participants swear allegiance to heterosexuality before they would pay their conference fee . |
| 26 | They stressed German title to the lands of Pomerania , Silesia and central Poland , saying that German settlement had predated Slav settlement . |
| 27 | He argued that as old institutions failed to meet new expectations , so legitimacy in government would falter and trust in its equity and effectiveness would decline . |
| 28 | Ms McInstry said British Rail had recorded 40 cases of trackside vandalism in the region this year alone . |
| 29 | British Rail had introduced new safety measures over the last few months , but they could not legislate against criminal vandalism |
| 30 | They were upset because British Rail wanted to close 13 crossings as unsafe without offering to provide alternatives at any of them . |