Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The powder left a white rim below his nostrils . |
| 32 | Boz took a quick step forward and before Seb could raise his guard the gipsy swung a wild punch . |
| 33 | The pastry took a terrible pounding at times , and Bessie kneaded the dough with a vengeance as she talked of Kate Kerrigan , one of her sworn enemies . |
| 34 | The rich oral tradition of the pesme made a great impression on writers and folklorists during the Romantic revival of the nineteenth century . |
| 35 | The case produced a significant impact at the time , and has been restrictively construed . |
| 36 | The brutality and unprovoked nature of the attacks , together with the fact that the victims were white and middle class — the jogger was a vice president of a leading securities firm — whilst the assailants were black or Hispanic , meant that the case received a massive degree of publicity and became symbolic of US racial tension and urban violence . |
| 37 | This aspect of the case provoked a vigorous correspondence in The Times . |
| 38 | The case became a hot potato for the government when Mr Yang was offered political asylum by Taiwan , China 's old foe . |
| 39 | The case became a public examination of one of the most controversial episodes at the end of the Second World War when under the Yalta agreement the British were obliged to hand over to their authorities all East European prisoners . |
| 40 | The case caused a dramatic rise in the number of developers seeking to add the additional ten per cent to their blocks of flats , much to the concern of the tenants affected . |
| 41 | The case concerned a 13-year-old girl whom the LEA accepted was a slow learner with special educational needs . |
| 42 | And this week the case took a dramatic twist with the high-seas arrest of Roderick , the dead couple 's 26-year-old son . |
| 43 | When the original allegations were made in 1983 the case generated a huge degree of publicity and sparked off an intense national debate over the safety of children in private nurseries . |
| 44 | The case aroused a great deal of comment . |
| 45 | Scarborough magistrates were told that the case involved a large-scale mortgage fraud alleged to have occurred between January 1985 and February 1988 . |
| 46 | For Branson , the case invoked a strong sense of déjà vu . |
| 47 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |
| 48 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |
| 49 | One corner of the field housed a closed funfair , the various attractions packed tightly together . |
| 50 | When he returned , every ragwort plant in the field sported a red banner . |
| 51 | The announcement of the referendum provoked a huge storm in the political world . |
| 52 | The clerk took a deep breath and hid his smile . |
| 53 | The category had a profound influence on antiracist activists and intellectuals of British Afro-Caribbean , African and Asian descent , and it can still serve as a powerful descriptive and political signifier . |
| 54 | The declaration of the reserve followed a long-running campaign by environmental groups , led by Survival International , which had threatened to organize a boycott of the 1992 UN Conference on the Environment and Development ( UNCED ) in Rio de Janeiro in protest at the Brazilian government 's repeated failure to honour promises to recognize Yanomami land rights . |
| 55 | The declaration of the reserve followed a long-running campaign by environmental groups , led by Survival International , which had threatened to organize a boycott of next year 's UNCED conference in protest at the Brazilian government 's repeated failure to honour promises to recognize Yanomami land rights . |
| 56 | In 1956 the Economist published a short survey . |
| 57 | The crossing had a vital role to play in the economic regeneration of the region , it argued in a statement , and controversy over the Oxleas link should not delay construction of the bridge itself . |
| 58 | She went out of business in April 1990 but , because the contract specified a minimum term of three years , only stopped making payments last May . |
| 59 | Welcome The Chairman extended a warm welcome to the new members via P. Hawkins , P. Hamilton . |
| 60 | Welcome The Chairman extended a warm welcome to the new members via P. Hawkins , P. Hamilton . |