Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Most importantly this project is a microcosm of the best of the Highlander ideas — the people who were most disadvantaged pooled their energies into a collective involvement which identified the sort of information which they needed in order to take further action . |
2 | Around half returned almost immediately , while half deferred their studies for a year . |
3 | According to the Algerian press this showed their reservations about the League 's functioning and political position . |
4 | Jivers young and old wiggled their bodies to the irresistible African rhythms . |
5 | I trust this answered your queries on the increase in the annual subscription and your members ' satisfaction , that they still consider it good value for money . |
6 | The six received their awards from the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain at London 's Royal Garden Hotel . |
7 | 29 aircraft claimed to have bombed the city , 21 brought their bombs back having failed to locate their targets and six jettisoned their loads in the sea . |
8 | By the end of the decade more than 1,200 had their snouts in the trough . |
9 | The accused left his clothes on a beach in Miami and resurfaced under a false identity in Australia . |
10 | The Security Council debate had been preceded by a series of statements by and an exchange of letters between de Klerk and Mandela in which each stated their terms for the resumption of constitutional talks . |
11 | In Northern Ireland in 1988 , while 1105 companies were subject to quota legislation , only 298 met their obligations under the Act . |
12 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
13 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
14 | Youngsters aged between 14 and 18 made their bids for the title of Cleveland 's Young Consumer of the Year at Middlesbrough town hall last night . |
15 | If you have a literary bent , there is a lot that will appeal to you here ; Wordsworth , Ruskin and Beatrix Potter all made their homes in the vicinity and today these ‘ shrines ’ are open to the public . |
16 | I had to repeat things again and again , hoping that something would sink in , but I was rewarded for my efforts with the satisfaction of knowing that they all passed their examinations at the end of the year . |
17 | In England George I and George II devoted their energies to the organization and discipline of their army in a way that no Stuart king had ever done . |
18 | Many directed their comments at the Indemnity as well at the Compensation Fund . |
19 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
20 | While they all took their places along the tables , Tamar 's thoughts went back to similar evenings at Aumery Park Farm . |
21 | Sun Microsystems Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp all grew their shares over the same period . |
22 | Sun , Hewlett and IBM all grew their shares over the same period . |
23 | An article based on interviews with Betty Sinclair shortly before her death in 1981 discussed her attitudes during the early months of NICRA : |
24 | They all bought their tickets from an Abingdon based company , Sportsworld Travel , which held exclusive rights to sell them in Britain . |
25 | The exhibition comprised posters tracing the development of the alkali industry and the companies Corning Glass , Courtaulds Coatings , Rohm and Haas and Sterling Winthrop , together with memorabilia from the companies , which all had their origins in the north-east . |
26 | The constituent groups of the PLO , Fatah , PFLP , DFLP and the Communist Party , all had their cadres in the territories which maintained their outward anonymity to avoid arrest . |
27 | Too many of the respectable labouring poor ended their lives in the workhouse or on out-door relief — 50 per cent of those reaching the age of sixty , according to Joseph Chamberlain in 1891 . |
28 | The Central Bank of Brazil on Oct. 29 suspended its operations on the domestic gold market , to prevent foreign exchange reserves from falling to critical levels . |
29 | The image of the miners as gladiators for women during the Grunwick strike by Asian women in London in the late seventies and the hospital workers ' strikes during the early eighties veiled their reservations about the rights of women in general , which have been entrenched in the culture of their community . |
30 | The same logic was evident in the self justification offered by one of the parents who in 1987 withdrew their children from a school in the Yorkshire town of Dewsbury because the majority of pupils were of South Asian origin . |