Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And Ray praises highly the many people from across the country who agreed to take part in the four-part series . |
| 2 | Underlying cardinal faults were the management who failed to consider safety on the vessels and did not listen to masters ' complaints . |
| 3 | The tensions induced by the conflicts between Marxism versus Liberalism and Liberalism versus corporatism are incarnated in the figure of Salvador Allende , who tried to introduce socialism on the basis of populist support and subsequently refused to sacrifice his belief in ‘ constitutionalism ’ until it was too late to save his revolution . |
| 4 | ‘ You remember the two men who came to see Daddy at the old house , do n't you ? ’ said Mother . |
| 5 | The adjacent transept ( an unusual feature at this time ) accommodated the crowds who came to pay homage to the memoria of the apostle enshrined there . |
| 6 | Customers who declined to pay cash across the counter with ‘ real ’ money , a cheque or by direct debit , or produced a bank credit card , found the price of their purchases greatly increased if they were a store card holder . |
| 7 | She was a tall , strongly-built divorcee who aimed to walk part of the Coast to Coast route as a holiday , like most of the other thousands who trek the walk each year . |
| 8 | He shook hands with the Scotland Yard man , who left to report progress to the one o'clock COBRA committee . |
| 9 | We had originally intended to pose as representatives of Mattel Toys USA , a company who wished to take advantage of the fact that Play School had become a cult hit among children in the Midwest . |
| 10 | For those who wished to retain belief in the conspiracy explanation of modern political events , an alternative version was supplied by the Morning Post , the Patriot and the publications of the Boswell Publishing Company . |
| 11 | In Britain , the French model became a focus of political debate between conservatives who wished to keep science under the control of the aristocracy and radicals who pressed for increasing public involvement . |
| 12 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 13 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 14 | Table 4.7 compares the action and control samples between first and second assessments , omitting all those who died or moved away before the second interview , and any who refused to take part in the tests on either occasion . |
| 15 | Compare that with the fence-sitting gutlessness of Honest John Major , our very own world leader and ‘ EC President ’ who refused to take part in the French TV debate for fear of upsetting Tory rebels . |
| 16 | Until recently the most serious problem noted by outside observers was the approximately 1,000 former members of the National Guard who were held in Tipitapa and who refused to take part in the five-stage programme of rehabilitation . |
| 17 | The inquiry also heard that the actual tests had been carried out by a then 18-year-old trainee , who refused to give evidence at the hearings . |
| 18 | They were already acting to cut costs in June 1990 , moving the company from four locations to one ; last year 's small pre-tax loss arose mainly from the costs of relocating employees who wanted to move house with the unification . |
| 19 | And there was now a British company as large as any American maker , under a leader , J. Arthur Rank , who wanted to breathe life into the dream that British films could conquer the American market . |
| 20 | In this , he had the support of many educationists , intellectuals and students , including the Rector of Madrid 's Central University , Pedro Laín Entralgo , that of the University of Salamanca , Antonio Tovar , and the Falangists in the SEU who wanted to adapt Francoism to the new era . |