Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 CO molecules adsorbed in the vicinity of this charge will , to a first approximation , have their orbital binding energies rigidly downward-shifted , allowing increased electron transfer from the substrate into the lifetime-broadened CO 2 antibonding orbital .
2 We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment .
3 When the Secretary of State endorsed the curriculum framework proposed by Munn he also intimated that the assessment proposals foreshadowed in the Dunning report would be implemented .
4 Nevertheless , the reactor 's core was seriously damaged , radioactive fission products escaped to the environment , and there was considerable public alarm , leading to a spontaneous evacuation of the area by a large number of people .
5 defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt .
6 The category award winners ranged from a housing co-operative in Dundee to a children 's play area in an Essex village .
7 Paper seller Gerard O'Hare , 18 , had just got home when two members of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters burst into the house with guns blazing .
8 Boys and girls from Stirling District primary schools competed in the schools soccer challenge .
9 Silver cross belts blazoned battle honours across their chests and silver spurs gleamed under the table .
10 However , from the mid-1980s onwards , a series of research projects emerged on the consequences of the programme , particularly within the Partnerships .
11 Such a slope form has been variously attributed to the effects of lava flows emitted from the summit crater , the changing angle of slope stability in response to a change in the particle-size characteristics of the tephra ejected , and the effects of slumping .
12 In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries .
13 Car bombs exploded near the police headquarters in Burgos on Aug. 17 , injuring 48 people slightly ; at Bilbao docks on Sept. 2 , killing a civil guard and one passer-by and injuring two people ; and outside a civil guard barracks in Cartagena , south-eastern Spain , on Sept. 11 , injuring eight people including three civil guards .
14 Moiré patterns drifted around the console .
15 The fighting cocks lived in the house with us , sleeping under their owners sarongs , and periodically exploded , at all hours , with stentorian " cock-a-doodle-doos " — or , rather , their Indonesian equivalent , for here , of course , the animals speak differently .
16 Croatia 's 12 main opposition parties asserted in a statement on May 10 that the plan threatened the sovereignty and integrity of Croatia , which was at war , and that citizens and the authorities must employ all means to defend the republic .
17 A joint government and opposition commission had been set up in late September with the aim of preventing a repeat of the first-round chaos ; however , two opposition parties withdrew from the commission on Oct. 11 .
18 The country 's failure to ban such fishing methods led to the US adopting an embargo on Mexican tuna in 1991 , followed by other European and Asian nations [ see EDs passim ] .
19 A pair of pied wag tails alighted on the path .
20 The practice questionnaires asked about the presence of 16 items of equipment on the premises .
21 They include substance P and neurokinin A that are both derived from processing of the precursor polypeptides encoded by the preprotachykinin A gene ( PPT ) ( 2 ) .
22 She reached for the desk lamp and was just about to turn off the light when the sudden glare of car headlights flashed into the office , illuminating everything .
23 Third-World countries appealed to the USA to reconsider its stand , saying that unless it did so , countries which had not signed the Montreal protocol would be unable to do so , rendering efforts to save the ozone layer fruitless .
24 Treaty , Ireland submitted that such measures were justified having regard to article 56(1) on the ground that the protection of the rights of local fishing communities fell within the concept of ‘ public policy . ’
25 Last year , without warning , Defense Department officials pounced on a meeting of photo-optical engineers , and , invoking that concept , prohibited the release of some 100 research papers that had previously borne no restrictions .
26 Three of the four opposition seats went to the Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP ) and one to the Workers ' Party .
27 The three killer dogs burst from the trees in hot pursuit , their gleaming white fangs bared for the attack .
28 Even then , it was not free from disaster , and the central and the south-west towers collapsed in a storm of 1210 and had to be rebuilt .
29 As a result , unit labour costs grew during the year , particularly in comparison with the other Asian newly industrialized countries ( such as Taiwan , Hong Kong and South Korea ) .
30 A few fishing boats sat in the lagoon , some outrigger canoes were drawn up on the sand and one small pleasure yacht , which must have come from another island , was anchored to a buoy .
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