Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] pass [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 2 | It was difficult to determine whether the explosions were from the German shells or from the Allied shells passing over , with the usual one or two dropping short . |
| 3 | Ampullaria glides along on the muscular foot , by means of muscular waves passing along its under surface . |
| 4 | British opportunities to pass on their views were enhanced when Sir David Ormsby-Gore ( later Lord Harlech ) became the British ambassador in Washington . |
| 5 | Seems that the practice is quite legal this side of the English Channel , at least for hungry British troops passing through . |
| 6 | At night when I lay awake in bed , vast processions passed along in mournful pomp ; friezes of never-ending stories … ’ |
| 7 | An ideology of greed and selfishness , passed off as self-sufficiency , and of untrammelled individual aspirations passed off as ambition , can not fail to have an effect upon upper-world crime . |
| 8 | The majority preferred to believe the picturesque stories passed down by parents and grandparents , which were , of course , accepted as the gospel truth . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you have a productive session , by the way ? ’ she added , thinking that it would be nice to have some favourable comments to pass on to Iris . |
| 10 | However , it takes longer for irregularly shaped particles to pass down a sieve column than grains which are smooth surfaced or equant ( Kennedy , Meloy & durney , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | The twin drawbridges , or ‘ bascules ’ , forming the central section of the roadway , weigh about a thousand tons each , and can be raised in a minute and a half to allow large vessels to pass through . |
| 12 | The nest is ripped apart and the pallid thin-skinned grubs passed back down the column for slaughter . |
| 13 | At present British single mothers can not pass on their citizenship to children born abroad , nor can married women pass on their citizenship to children from abroad with non-UK fathers . |
| 14 | But the multiple currents passing around and between the islands were treacherous . |
| 15 | Where , for example , children are considered at risk of physical harm it is important that medical authorities pass on relevant information about non-accidental injuries and teachers report cases of obvious neglect , or comprehensive risk registers are compiled . |
| 16 | Numerous collisions result , yet — such is the nature of class conflict in Britain — no damage is done , and the respective crews pass on their way as though oblivious of each other , hiding in silence and averted eyes the embarrassment of foreigners with no common language . |
| 17 | As the last chapter argued , many feminist psychologists pass over signification , in favour of simpler objects . |
| 18 | The agronomists ’ reports on the spring-sowing campaign reveal a long list of mainly unfulfilled bureaucratic resolutions passed down from Moscow . |
| 19 | Council workmen have had to tidy footpaths and repair roads and curbs , partly in response to the number of heavy lorries passing through . |
| 20 | A cold wind swept through the clearing and a few pinkish clouds passed out of sight . |
| 21 | Murky clouds passed over , mocking its long-dead designers ' memory of the now obscured sun . |
| 22 | I could see various expressions pass over the faces of the waiting constabulary . |
| 23 | Over one million tonnes of agricultural related products pass over the quays in Belfast each year . |
| 24 | So the ideological epithets passed back and forth , largely ignored by the workers with whose future they dealt . |
| 25 | At the back of the gap there was a hole in the metal wall where some thick wires passed through . |
| 26 | The main force of level bombers passed over to 6 8,000 feet virtually unchallenged , their bombs crashing down on Luqa where six Wellingtons were burnt out ( R1247 , 1381 , 1382 , 1383 , 1384 of 148 Squadron , plus the sole remaining aircraft of 70 Squadron detachment , T2816 ) and seven more badly damaged , as were several Marylands . |
| 27 | The neat , sturdy water-buses pass by , on their way to the railway station or over the Basin to the Lido ; they used to be steam-powered , which is why they are called vaporetti . |
| 28 | Political prejudices pass down the generations . |
| 29 | I wonder how fast other lenders pass on reductions and why the time varies . |
| 30 | However , given that only social workers have a legal responsibility to investigate allegations , and other professionals ( e.g. priests ) may be under an obligation to protect confidentiality , social services face the dilemma of undertaking the ‘ lead agency ’ role , while having no authority to insist that other professionals pass on information to them . |