Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This laid down a future programme in which , among the many proposals , they called for Burma 's recognition within the family of nations and admission to the UN , and finally ‘ the establishment of a sovereign state in the very near future ’ . |
| 2 | This drove out the tawny owls . |
| 3 | This opened up a four-shot lead but at the 5th Greg hit a bad second shot and chipped up , missed the putt and dropped back to three ahead . |
| 4 | For the first time this opened up an honest discussion of feelings , and started the process of constructing a new pattern of interaction . |
| 5 | This opened up an interesting line of enquiry . |
| 6 | And he half hopped and half flew up the rough beach , stopping frequently to see that she was following , until with a final struggle they got back to safe rocks along the cliffs over the tideline . |
| 7 | This brought out a few gasps of admiration from the onlookers . |
| 8 | ‘ This brought about an artificial market surge with the result that Britain faced boom or bust . |
| 9 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
| 10 | The French carried out a successful attack on Albany , which was very close to the northern frontier of New York settlement up the Hudson Valley , but it was still not likely that they could reach the coastal towns which were the heart of English settlement . |
| 11 | Arsenal 's poor performances in January 1933 sparked off a minor panic among supporters , and Chapman was even called upon to deny the widespread rumour that the new West Stand was to be dismantled and re-erected at Tottenham , the ultimate ignominy . |
| 12 | This held up the whole meeting and finally it was decided to postpone the event for over an hour , so we all left the track . |
| 13 | On becoming choirmaster at south Hackney parish church ( 1872–5 ) Hunt gathered the support of leading organists in London and in 1872 set up an independent institution to provide better training for church musicians . |
| 14 | Though some pointed out the inherent difficulties in doing this , several respondents made constructive suggestions for possible approaches . |
| 15 | This set up a Civil Rights Commission empowered to assist blacks to exercise their right to vote . |
| 16 | After considerable lobbying , the Television Act was passed in 1954 and this set up the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to supervise a federal structure of commercially funded television companies , each serving a different region or market . |
| 17 | This set up the next cycle by index arbitrageurs , and so on . |
| 18 | This set off a major rebellion in which Russian settlements were sacked with a death toll of over 2,500 . |
| 19 | Rather , erm , one was in one position and then a second took up a different position . |
| 20 | Governments were not bound by their proposals and past history — as when Labour threw out the Foreign Office report — was ample proof of this . |
| 21 | A FORMER Marine commando of 73 beat off a masked raider armed , masked raider who burst into an elderly woman 's home . |
| 22 | Only three carried out a financial budget , and paperwork in the context of this study was very much VAT , simple cash books , and payment of bills , etc . |
| 23 | In the Habsburg territories in central Europe , which because of their exposed geographical position and limited economic strength greatly needed an effective and well-controlled foreign policy , the Emperor Joseph I in 1709 set up a new committee of nine officials for this purpose . |
| 24 | This situation began to change under the Yorkists as Edward IV built up the royal estates and improved their management . |
| 25 | A BOY of 11 beat off a drunken sex attacker who jumped on his mother as they walked through a churchyard . |
| 26 | Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers . |
| 27 | The Transport Act 1962 broke up the British Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1947 . |
| 28 | ‘ The ordering-off broke up a successful partnership between Hateley and Ally McCoist and we can not hide from that fact , ’ said Smith . |
| 29 | Most of the voluntary organisations considered it their duty to inculcate a proper sense of shame in their charges , until World War II brought about the first intimation that unmarried mothers were beginning to avoid the hostels run by charitable institutions for that very reason . |
| 30 | When all had come forward , I motioned with my head and we all marched out the right side of the auditorium through the drapes that hung along the wall . |