Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [adv prt] a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 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 . |
| 3 | For the first time this opened up an honest discussion of feelings , and started the process of constructing a new pattern of interaction . |
| 4 | This opened up an interesting line of enquiry . |
| 5 | ‘ This brought about an artificial market surge with the result that Britain faced boom or bust . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This set off a major rebellion in which Russian settlements were sacked with a death toll of over 2,500 . |
| 10 | Rather , erm , one was in one position and then a second took up a different position . |
| 11 | A FORMER Marine commando of 73 beat off a masked raider armed , masked raider who burst into an elderly woman 's home . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A BOY of 11 beat off a drunken sex attacker who jumped on his mother as they walked through a churchyard . |
| 15 | Wine glasses will look effective arranged down a long dinner table , alternating single large blooms with groups of tiny flowers . |
| 16 | ‘ The ordering-off broke up a successful partnership between Hateley and Ally McCoist and we can not hide from that fact , ’ said Smith . |
| 17 | Incidentally it did not escape our notice that Colin , his wife and John Stowell all gave up a significant part of a day for our benefit . |
| 18 | The use of the courts to end a railroad strike in 1922 ushered in a lean period for the unions . |
| 19 | Following a military coup in 1980 legislative and executive powers were assumed by a National Security Council ( NSC ) led by Gen. Kenan Evren , which in October 1981 set up a Consultative Assembly to draft a new constitution which was approved by referendum in November 1982 . |
| 20 | Last year twenty thousand set up a tented shanty town on the site , taking police by surprise and enraging local people . |
| 21 | We all sat round an enormous dining-room table for supper , which , as it was Boxing Day , was always cold turkey with all the trimmings , sausages , pork pie , beetroot and celery . |
| 22 | The Opencast Coal Act 1958 laid down a special method of control operated by the Minister of Power ( later the Secretary of State for Energy ) . |
| 23 | South West Consolidated Minerals Ltd carried out an intensive programme of drilling in the Callington area and located a ‘ sheeted vein zone ’ of Sn-W mineralisation near the old Redmoor tin mine . |
| 24 | That took up an awful lot of time in my second year , although it was good fun . |
| 25 | He reacted by behaving in a way which rammed home to the Scots memories of Edward I. The events of 1543 took on a sinister familiarity ; for Edward 's attempted annexation of Scotland had also begun with a proposed marriage , between the infant Margaret , Maid of Norway , who succeeded Alexander III in 1286 , and Edward 's son , the future Edward II . |
| 26 | Voters on Feb. 16 turned down a popular initiative to introduce drastic limits on experiments on animals . |
| 27 | And with Conor O'Shea kicking five penalty goals , the Irish kept up a steady scoring rate . |
| 28 | The last few months of '91 brought about a great number of changes , which does give hope . |
| 29 | I still remember my surprise at the changed attitudes I noticed in other people when I first put on a white coat . |
| 30 | His defeat at Culloden in 1746 ushered in a fearsome era of repression and violent change in the North ; and nowhere was this new order felt more savagely than in nineteenth-century Strathnaver . |