Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he encountered no opposition based on nationalism , but his fervent support of Islam led him to abandon the tolerant policy his predecessors had adopted towards the Hindu majority , and this probably intensified resistance to his advance . |
| 2 | As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . |
| 3 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 4 | Your editorial on page one of the Summer 1991 issue prompted me to record the following thoughts which have a direct bearing on the subject of active participation . |
| 5 | He was never a precise golfer in the mould of Hogan , but his magnificent tactical management enabled him to calculate the exact odds in moments of high tension . |
| 6 | They reconstructed their Y6N17 compositions from averages of microprobe data and modal analyses of three groundmass minerals , including albite ( see figure ) , asserting that this technique allowed them to avoid the contaminating effects of xenoliths and secondary mineralization that pervade the sample . |
| 7 | just as a desire to understand absolute holism led us to analyse the substantive claims of Althusser and Poulantzas , so we must now consider work inspired by an attachment to concessive holism in order to reach a clearer view of its guiding interests . |
| 8 | He wondered afterwards whether his unlooked-for success in the examination caused him to read the wrong subject at the university . |
| 9 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 10 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 11 | Sandra began collecting several years ago after a large repair bill for a timepiece prompted her to learn the intricate ins and outs of their workings . |
| 12 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 13 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |
| 14 | His father encouraged him to read the historical books of the Bible . |
| 15 | The helmet allowed us to have the last few hours of his life together before his airlift to hospital , and this would not have been possible otherwise . |
| 16 | After his death , members of the wine trade enabled her to become the first person outside the trade to study for and sit its examinations . |
| 17 | Intact , the collection enabled you to study the entire element of the Cubist style ’ . |
| 18 | There can be little doubt that Nizan was ideologically committed to the view that a writer 's allegiance to communism enabled him/her to grasp the true significance of political developments from the inside , that is to say , from the perspective of the proletariat . |
| 19 | A photographic memory enabled him to avoid the obvious suspicions which Special Branch officers noting the proceedings obviously fell under at such meetings . |
| 20 | Coming out of Beckley a wandering Triumph Herald forced us to check the anti-lock brakes ( they work , and well ) . |
| 21 | The raider forced him to open the safe and fled with cash . |
| 22 | With no revenue , many magazines cut down on their pages but we are glad to say that the Ski Club of Great Britain , who publish Ski survey backed us to produce the usual number of editorial pages , so we could fit in all the information you need as committed skiers . |
| 23 | Those who are inclined towards reform reversal , place much more weight on the way the long dominance of the Conservative LDP party allowed it to pack the Supreme Court with its own nominees , so that the independence of the Judiciary is a myth . |
| 24 | Their affinity with the right rather than the left allowed them to overlook the genuine nature of the fascist threat . |
| 25 | Kerr was Millwall 's leading scorer and a contender for Player of the Year until an ankle injury forced him to miss the closing weeks of last season . |