Example sentences of "[noun sg] continued [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such hill-forts of successive races or groups living uneasily side by side continued to dominate the landscape during recurrent tribal and racial struggles for power . |
| 2 | Foreign investment continued to play a vital role in industry . |
| 3 | The programme continued to emphasize the need for " fundamental " fiscal adjustment measures , the continued deregulation of the economy and the privatization of state companies . |
| 4 | Responsibility for the land defence of Gibraltar was assumed by the locally raised Gibraltar regiment ; units of the British navy and air force continued to maintain a presence . |
| 5 | In the Celtic Church , the Old Testament continued to enjoy a status equal to the New . |
| 6 | 1986 ) concluded that Tyneside and other communities in the North-East continued to have a relatively low prevalence of heroin use compared with cities and towns in the North-West . |
| 7 | The National Administrative Council continued to support the loose federation of European " Left " Socialist Parties , described as " renegades from Communism , Brandlerites and counter-revolutionary Trotskyists " by the Communist Party . |
| 8 | Following earlier attention to the economic implications of increased environmental awareness at the 1989 International Forum , the Council continued to take an interest in changes in regulatory conditions for industry and commerce . |
| 9 | It was more of an annual rite than a business meeting , and always concluded with expressions of mutual goodwill and handshakes all round — provided the pub continued to show a profit . |
| 10 | As work continued to seal the reactor ( whose current condition was the subject of some alarming reports , despite the original claim that it had been " entombed " successfully in concrete by November 1986 — see p. 34749 ) , the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet passed a series of laws in early April which reduced the permissible radiation level , and , as a result , would lead to the evacuation of a further 73,000 people from the Chernobyl area , bringing the total moved since the accident to 250,000 . |
| 11 | The exhibition of women 's work continued to tour the country and a research project into the working patterns of women architects is being conducted by the York Institute on the group 's behalf . |
| 12 | But the smile lasted less than a heartbeat and vanished entirely when she saw that fitzAlan continued to watch the small party until it disappeared from view . |
| 13 | Its investigations were important because the Poor Law continued to provide the institutional framework and principles for most publicly-financed welfare provision by the time of the election of December 1905 . |
| 14 | The Committee continued to monitor the development of CPD and sought more resources to enable the regions to offer a service to members . |
| 15 | The record shows that the committee continued to use the greatest care in the expenditure of public money , however . |
| 16 | Following the Benson Report , the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee continued to stress the desirability of an overall strategy for the provision of legal services . |
| 17 | The training committee continued to advise the training officer , but all real initiatives were overturned or dismissed by the management committee . |
| 18 | The rich coastal plain continued to provide the base for great estates , ruled by their thegns , some of whom had their possessions ratified by charters like the one just quoted , whose boundaries can often still be traced . |
| 19 | Even so the necessities of war continued to strain the King 's resources , and the Parliament that met in November 1545 was persuaded to vote yet another subsidy , together with two fifteenths and tenths . |
| 20 | The ghosts of war continued to haunt the country for decades to come . |
| 21 | But the boot room continued to play an invaluable part in this difficult post-Heysel period , helping Kenny Dalglish to establish himself quickly as an outstanding manager with the club 's first championship-FA Cup double in 1986 , and subsequent League titles and another FA Cup final . |
| 22 | The master 's journal continued to reflect the state of the world outside the workhouse gates . |
| 23 | In 1984–8 , when incidence at ages 0–4 had declined , the rural high oil group continued to show a peak at age 2 . |
| 24 | This process continued to form the basis for planning . |
| 25 | The considerable amount of water saved was now , in effect , available southward for the Braunston stretch ( itself a summit ) , where there was a perennial water shortage , for this canal continued to carry a large through traffic from the Birmingham area . |
| 26 | Latin literature continued to be copied by Christian aristocrats ; classical learning survived in the teaching available , now in episcopal households rather than public schools ; Roman art continued to adorn the walls of churches and the sides of sarcophagi . |
| 27 | The persisting economic recession and the administration 's lack of a clear domestic agenda continued to damage the standing of Bush , whose opinion poll ratings had fallen dramatically since the 80 per cent high which they had achieved in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf war . |
| 28 | The rest continued to build the body of the caterpillar . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the organisation as a whole continued to have a large measure of credibility . |
| 30 | However , since other issues had been fully argued the court continued to deliver a comprehensive judgment of persuasive authority , some aspects of which have an important bearing on the issues raised in this appeal . |