Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GCP formed an electoral pact with the other opposition groups , among which the Northern People 's party ( NPP ) was the most formidable . |
| 2 | Also on Nov. 27 the FRUD declared a seven-day ceasefire as a sign of good faith . |
| 3 | The Eastons restored the ornamental paintwork , most of it imitation brickwork painted over the actual brick , and in the case of the wall paintings , have reinstated the full scheme . |
| 4 | At the time , the appointment of a practising artist rather than an academic to the Tretyakov evoked a great deal of criticism . |
| 5 | Ever since the RSPCA established a Working Party to look at the implications of fishing , we have been concerned about one of its conclusions , which is that fish should be given the benefit of the doubt with regard to their ability to experience pain . |
| 6 | The Pentagon made an unofficial translation , which did the rounds on Capitol Hill . |
| 7 | In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home . |
| 8 | For four decades after the signing of the Treaty of Paris , all the Member States of the EEC faced a common menace from the aggressive and expansionist Warsaw Pact . |
| 9 | The Inquirer proved a great success . |
| 10 | Perry 's foray to the Orient marked the true beginning of America 's global role ; it marked the emergence on the world stage of Japan , after two centuries of a xenophobia that almost bordered on paranoia ; and it allowed the creation — nervous at first , but gradually becoming more and more pronounced — of a trans-Pacific axis between , put at its most basic , California and Honshu — an axis around which the fortunes of today 's Ocean , and much of today 's world , revolves . |
| 11 | In the nineteenth century it was the native inhabitants ' turn , and the Highlands suffered the terrible injury of the Clearances . |
| 12 | The RAF made a promising start and kept up with the French until Sgt Pete Woodward mistimed his landing . |
| 13 | The RAF enjoyed a territorial advantage throughout most of the game and their pack did what was required in preventing the Army forwards from winning the quality possession they sought . |
| 14 | Any chance of the former had been negated by Britain 's failure to topple Nasser at Suez ; and the latter was unlikely for some years because the aircraft did not , as yet , exist ; and the RAF had no real enthusiasm for providing the necessary money to buy them out of Air votes , which they quite naturally wanted to use for combat and not transport aircraft . |
| 15 | The RAF had the unenviable task of bombing the Nazi munition factories , knowing that they were manned by forced labour from conquered European countries . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was a great help to me at this time that the RAF introduced a new trade into the Service — Metal Rigger — and to the horror of the old " Chippie Rigger " who fashioned the ancient wooden aircraft , and claimed " we used to have men of steel and kites of wood … sadly now the process has been reversed " . |
| 17 | On Oct. 7 the JNA bombed the presidential palace in the Croatian capital , Zagreb . |
| 18 | The JNA ordered the Croatian police to withdraw from Kijevo . |
| 19 | No doubt the Alderney and the Guernsey had a shared ancestry : both islands were colonised by Normandy monks in the eleventh century . |
| 20 | But , like so many other dairy breeds , the Guernsey suffered a sharp decline in the UK when Friesians became dominant . |
| 21 | In the north the Nevilles established a strong claim to the Justiceship of the forests north of Trent . |
| 22 | Although some progress had been made by January 1990 in dissolving the Ministry for State Security ( the " Stasi " ) [ see pp. 37107-08 ; 37170 ] , the extent to which prominent people had been involved with the Stasi remained a contentious issue [ ibid . ] . |
| 23 | At this time the Temple resembled a huge slaughterhouse as thousands of lambs were sacrificed and handed to the people for the celebration of the Passover meal that night . |
| 24 | The atmosphere and hospitality of the Orkneys made a great impression on all our crews . |
| 25 | Two minutes later the Armstrong entered the tiny village of Ham . |
| 26 | This was mostly gripping , frequently squirmworthy and occasionally hilarious telly , spoilt only be the BBC 's belief that the Wilkins represented a real family when , in truth , they were superhumanly unpleasant , stupid and dowdy . |
| 27 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 28 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 29 | And the Union made the expected noises about not appointing a forensic scientist . |
| 30 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |