Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refinements of surgical technique eventually culminated in the selective shunt procedures developed by Warren et al which were designed to decompress the gastro-oesophageal varices while preserving portal blood flow and liver function . |
| 2 | In general , though , it was considered taboo — a place scientists should not tread — until the tide apparently turned at the 1986 international conference of human geneticists in Berlin , where participants openly discussed the possibilities . |
| 3 | He caressed the baseball bat , then holding it down by his side slowly walked down the uncarpeted stairs . |
| 4 | The Guardian and Daily Mail alone stayed in the same ownership throughout the period . |
| 5 | One view put forward by A. G. Dickens in the mid-1960s held that because Protestantism greatly appealed to the many lay people who had been alienated by the formalistic , clerically dominated Catholicism of the later middle ages , the Protestantization of the country was achieved very quickly . |
| 6 | By contrast , wind-dispersed species in a Mexican study normally fruited during the dry season , producing a large amount of seeds , which were simultaneously dispersed on days with low relative humidities . |
| 7 | She began to say , ‘ Thank God … ’ then halted , as the door swung open and she saw a figure momentarily silhouetted against the pale evening light . |
| 8 | The substance of one interview always conflicted with the next . |
| 9 | Is it necessary to show that the defendant subjectively knew of the dishonest design or merely that he ought to have known ? |
| 10 | The mill pond still existed during the 1950s , but has now been filled in . |
| 11 | Episodes of intestinal obstruction usually occurred in the first year of operation but in seven patients admission to hospital with obstruction occurred after the first 12 months . |
| 12 | Labour yesterday put on the biggest gathering of the glitterati in the election campaign so far to underline its claim to be the party most famous people will vote for . |
| 13 | NASHWAN 'S owner and trainer yesterday decided against the only course of action that could have restored the reputation of their Derby winner as one of the outstanding racehorses of the post-war era by opting to by-pass the richest and usually most competitive race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . |
| 14 | The wrecked Wellington bomber still smouldered in the open field . |
| 15 | Protests about professionalization also came in the 1960s from the prominenti of Oxford English . |
| 16 | Many members of the opposition also disapproved of the planned change , arguing conversely that it would strengthen the LDP 's hold on power . |
| 17 | A cost cutting programme also contributed to the better figures at the company . |
| 18 | In Japan the accumulation rate peaked at the end of the sixties and the increasing weight of the Japanese capital stock also contributed to the upward trend in the ACC accumulation rate over the 1960s as a whole ( figures 11.2 and 11.3 ) . |
| 19 | Eddie and Nancy McNally of the Falls Club also advanced in the Mixed Pairs , beating P and R Doheny 23–13 for a Section A semi-final place where another Ulster bowler will be in opposition , Wally Taylor partnered by Nora Harford . |
| 20 | The economy-minded president even stayed at the four-star Buda Penta Hotel rather than the grander Grand Hotel overlooking the Danube . |
| 21 | The adviser then spoke to the whole department , pointing out to them that , ‘ the appraisal is a thing we as advisers are required to do . |
| 22 | He held it up triumphantly as though it were a trophy then knelt beside the nearest keg and traced his finger around the seal of the small bung . |
| 23 | However , the amended agreement is not likely to appear for some time because , in September , the Publishers Association again appealed against the interstate decision . |
| 24 | Rosalba never went to the trysting place , because Caterina could not bring herself to tell her sister about the assignation Tommaso had proposed in the byre . |
| 25 | He will also know that manufacturing investment actually rose in the third quarter of last year . |
| 26 | It is not surprising that Nizan 's gaze eventually alighted on the French communist party , a source of ideological certainty , a small community defending itself by rigid discipline against the fluidity , compromise and unreliability of centrist politics in Third Republic France . |
| 27 | The judge effectively looked at the overall plan and examined the position before and after the plan in order to see where the element of bounty lay . |
| 28 | The issue rarely surfaced in the showery south-east until a string of droughts in the 1980s . |
| 29 | But Cherwell council successfully appealed to the High Court in November . |
| 30 | But my bad mood soon disappeared in the relaxed , carefree and friendly atmosphere that greeted me . |