Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [vb pp] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the old tradition of pilgrimage , peregrinatio , spawned or became united to the new kind of military adventure we call the crusade ; and the resources of the roads and waterways of Europe and the Near East were strained to the uttermost to meet the insatiable demands of these adventurous travellers . |
| 2 | It will frequently happen that information disclosed in confidence is or becomes known to a limited number of people or to a specific section of the public only . |
| 3 | Blake suspected that he was not the first person who had asked himself that question or had come to the same irrational conclusion . |
| 4 | ‘ It makes me sound like a parcel that got sent to the wrong address . ’ |
| 5 | Some years later , Crook and Elliot ( 1980 ) conducted a similar review and came to similar conclusions , suggesting that social class is a confounding variable that has led to a spurious association in some studies between loss and depression . |
| 6 | The development of the in-can system that has led to the successful introduction of Canned Draught Guinness and Guinness Draught Bitter is a fine example of how the application of technology and innovation can produce outstanding results . |
| 7 | Its psychogenic origin was reaffirmed with the descriptions of Ryle , Sheldon , Berkman , and Venables in the 1930s , a point of view that has predominated to the present time . |
| 8 | In stamping the image of the ‘ dark , satanic mills ’ on English consciousness , he articulated a deep-rooted aversion to industry that has persisted to the present day . |
| 9 | Curiously , one pre eminent group of creatures that included not only the dinosaurs but birds and humans — a group that has lasted to the present day — was the bipedal or two-legged walking variety that had a group of sense organs at one end . |
| 10 | As at all his power stations , Scott faced the building in a fine Worcestershire brick that has weathered to a lovely pinky-brown . |
| 11 | But on the North American mainland , colonies had been affected very little by the earlier wars among European countries ; except for the brief clash that had led to the Dutch loss of New Amsterdam the colonies had fought only with ill-armed Indians and had won their little wars without help from England . |
| 12 | The permanently curved backbone of the American buffalo is similar to that of the duckbill species of dinosaur , confirming that they were a browsing animal that had adapted to the changing growth pattern of vegetation . |
| 13 | She went to bed in her own room , still full of pictures and possessions that had belonged to a previous and vanished Phoebe . |
| 14 | These findings cover a broad range of information and issues , including identification of factors that have contributed to the widespread use of paraprofessionals around the world , detailed descriptions of their roles and utilization patterns , the nature of their relationships with professional colleagues , the types of training they receive , and the career paths open to them . |
| 15 | This is illustrated by Goodwin 's ( 1986 : 2 ) identification of locality as being concerned with ‘ those processes that have led to the uneven development and local differentiation of social and economic change ’ , suggesting causal force as the strongest use of locality in both Greg son and Duncan 's terms . |
| 16 | Such a forecast would not attempt to predict the moment-to-moment changes that have led to the steady state . |
| 17 | But if you do get one you have to be careful you get one that 's done to the proper standard because some do n't work apparently . |
| 18 | Oh , I 'm not suggesting that these groups , if they come together and mix will cause problems , I 'm suggesting that if there is only one kind of person that 's attracted to a particular site and that type of person happens to be socially irresponsible , then then you 're it 's a recipe for disaster , is n't it ? |
| 19 | Presumably the synthetic oligonucleotide was taken up by the cells and became bound to the complementary sequence on the viral RNA . |
| 20 | The right of the painter to move around an object and combine various views of it into a single image , first stated in writing by Metzinger in 1910 and elaborated a few months later by Allard , was quickly adopted by most critics as a central feature of the style , and became related to the conceptual or intellectual aspect . |
| 21 | Some of the poems were written down and became known to the outside world before the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 22 | He assures them Virgin Atlantic can and does compete on cost as well as service , but he claims British Airways is n't playing fair and has complained to the European commission that B A is offering anti-competitive deals Virgin claims it 's losing business as a result . |
| 23 | This represents a rise of a massive 140pc and has contributed to the high number of households registered as a priority for rehousing due to homelessness , currently 211 . |
| 24 | Gould has threatened to take legal action and has written to the Prime Minister claiming his civil liberties were infringed . |
| 25 | The poll tax has wasted £14 billion of taxpayers ' money , led to cuts in services and jobs , caused great hardship for thousands of people , and has led to a general breakdown in law and order . |
| 26 | A high-performance clothing system , Vent-A-Layer , was successfully introduced to the market , and has led to a whole series of further product introductions during 1993 . |
| 27 | Our expertise is recognised by boat builders and owners and has led to a constant flow of prestigious projects for yachts from the yards of Camper & Nicholson , Valdettaro , Oyster , Palmer Johnson and Jankel Schooners . |
| 28 | idea , which earned him £5,800 was for the more efficient use of pumps which supply cooling water in the E22 centrifuge plant and has led to a significant saving in energy costs . |
| 29 | This latter aspect has developed without knowledge of BSL and has led to an uninflected form of signing which has been slow to change . |
| 30 | However , its involvement in the conflict in Nicaragua , acting as the main host country to the Contras , has attracted a good deal of US aid and military personnel and has led to the increasing militarization of society . |