Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TAG creates a specific workshop programme for each production which offers pupils a platform for creative expression while investigating one man 's account of Scottish rural and town life and some of the issues that affected Scotland in the early part of the century . |
| 2 | In short , there was not much in the end that separated Churchill from the official British position . |
| 3 | Third , Paul prays that they may perceive ‘ the extreme greatness of his power to aid believers , the very power that raised Christ from the dead of God 's right hand ’ . |
| 4 | So he has given , God gives this power within , power of the holy spirit , the indwelling Christ , in you and in me , so I 've got no advantage over you , and you have no advantage over me and the person who 's been a Christian for fifty years has n't got an advantage over the Christian who 's been a Christian for one day because that same power that raised Christ from the dead , hear that , the same power that God used to raise Christ from the dead , that is the same power that dwells in you and in me , that 's what the bible says . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly Galway boss Jarlath Cloonan has given a vote of confidence to the side that shocked Tipperary at the semi-final stage . |
| 6 | But it was not an impressive performance ; indeed , recalling the swashbuckling victory in Yugoslavia that sent England to the European Championship , one questions whether any genuine progress has been made . |
| 7 | Although both were impeccably dressed in dark suits , there was just something about them that reminded Fran of the old wolf in sheep 's clothing story . |
| 8 | As it happened , Seb had far more problems with the highly strung animals than did Carrie with the steady , patient cart-horses . |
| 9 | Welcome back … later on … the Beatrix Potter story that put Gloucester on the literary map … |
| 10 | She went out and found Jack at the nursing station with Jake Hunter , the obs and gynae senior registrar . |
| 11 | Dr Neil discarded the towel , throwing it into a packing-case , checked that his patient was not needing immediate attention , and drew McAllister into the far corner of the room where their conversation could not be overheard . |
| 12 | The latter option is the more likely to produce a stable , peaceful and united Ireland in the long-term . |
| 13 | In time to come , will someone else walk these halls and remember the Wolfqueen who lived here for a time , but who brought the Cruithin out of hiding , and drove Medoc from the Bright Palace ? |
| 14 | I left him to muse on my brilliance and joined Rex in the quiet corner , where the brat was holding court . |
| 15 | Bridget winked at Loretta and followed Geoffrey into the other room . |
| 16 | I nodded , told Emil I 'd be back , and followed Zak down the Great Hall and round a comer or two and came to a buzzing gathering of people in an area like an airport departure lounge . |
| 17 | ‘ No need , ’ replied the DDI as he took a seat and waved Coy to the opposite side of the table . |
| 18 | He went to the gap in the hedge and saw Gary at the far end of the kitchen garden . |
| 19 | She smoothed a weary hand across her eyes and then looked up and saw Luke over the far side of the room , gazing at her with impenetrable eyes . |
| 20 | After his release and recovery he joined a United Nations medical programme for Third World nations , and reached Celebes in the early 1950s as part of a team of sixteen other doctors and nurses . |
| 21 | This theology thus drew an outer and an inner circle , and located Christ in the inner one : the outer circle of sin and judgement stood quite independently of him . |
| 22 | The central committee took the view , however , that there could not be a ‘ party within a party ’ and they made preparations to expel members of the DPKR and removed Rutskoi from the Central Committee . |
| 23 | I entirely agree with my hon. and learned Friend about the civil liberties issue . |
| 24 | Milton tried hard in those last few minutes and forced Bicester on the defensive , but they failed to break down and Bicester won two nil in this very very entertaining cup match . |
| 25 | One can imagine that if Xerxes had been successful and absorbed Greece into the Persian empire , Greek archaic art might have crystallised in the decorative academic formulae which characterise Achaemenian ; while the threat and its repulse can be seen as the catalyst which released the spirit of Hellenism , flowering in the fifth century as richly in literature and thought as in the visual arts . |
| 26 | Denholm was surrounded by an almost palpable aura of aristocratic exhaustion that had disturbed and irritated Talbot in the early stage of their acquaintanceship , a feeling that had lasted for no more than half an hour . |
| 27 | As a Jumièges monk , some of his information may have derived from its former abbot , Robert , who became bishop of London and then in 1051 archbishop of Canterbury , but fled England during the political crisis of 1052 , subsequently returning to Jumièges , where he died . |
| 28 | He nearly adopted music as a profession , but left Germany during the Nazi persecutions because of his Russian and Jewish ancestry . |
| 29 | Answering the indictment on Feb. 26 , Zhivkov pleaded not guilty , as did Balev on the following day . |
| 30 | Instinctively Creggan crept closer to Minch , as did Kraal on the far side of her , trying to catch her whispered words , which seemed to drift as slow and powerful as the mist into which she spoke them . |