Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1844 he became a regional committee member of the newly formed British Archaeological Association and began to conduct larger excavations , communicating his discoveries through the Association 's Journal . |
| 2 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 3 | ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 4 | The results of the survey were published in the spring of 1988 : the views expressed in it naturally reflected the fact that the Action Plan 's implementation had been done at almost breakneck speed and had required much effort on the part of FE lecturers . |
| 5 | The profits to be made out of wine in the first half of the century encouraged substantial farmers to let out their outlying fields , landowners and municipalities their hitherto unproductive wastes , on rabassa morta — a lease of land based on the life of the vine and intended to bring bad land into cultivation . |
| 6 | Ulster 's Lord Chief Justice Hutton said Christie had carefully planned the murder and had made sustained efforts to evade being caught , showing that her ‘ residual mental responsibility was very considerable . ’ . |
| 7 | So saying , he slotted a video into the telly and began to watch old films of air fights in the Great War . |
| 8 | Results of the first round indicated that the PLA had obtained over 60 per cent of the vote and had won 160 seats outright , even before the run-off elections . |
| 9 | Tony reversed his car and turned to take another look at the theatre — there was nothing there . |
| 10 | Her colleagues included a Roman Catholic principal of a teacher 's college , an Anglican and a man who was starting a united mission teacher 's college and had written several books on teacher training . |
| 11 | In fact , by then Reagan had served a valuable apprenticeship in the communications industry and had completed two terms as governor of the most populous state in the union with a GNP comparable to that of Canada and exceeded by only six national economies . |
| 12 | The ex-Croydon Corporation E/1s were still in sound condition and lived to see another day ; they were transferred to New Cross depôt . |
| 13 | US State Department official Margaret Tutwiler stated on March 5 that the US government had insisted for more than a month on a public inquiry into the current political violence and had offered technical assistance in its investigations . |
| 14 | The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances . |
| 15 | Ideally , the hotel name should feature prominently on a large sign , either over the gateway opening or mounted above the wall each side of the entrance and angled to face incoming traffic . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , they allowed his notice to expire without further action and proceeded to recruit new employees . |
| 17 | The compensation claim was of symbolic importance to the Sandinistas and followed a 1986 ruling by the International Court of Justice that the US had broken international law and had committed illegal acts in its support of the former contras . |
| 18 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 19 | One day , on his way to do the ploughing , he met a man who 'd just come back from the south and had passed several flocks of sheep on the other side of Chhakuri Lekh . |
| 20 | He was a very keen and accomplished sportsman and had skied several times before . |
| 21 | J. Croll was the son of a Perthshire crofter and had suffered ill health most of his life . |
| 22 | Men who , since sunrise this morning , had fought in Siward 's first battle and had ridden thirty miles and more to arrive here , with two further skirmishes . |
| 23 | Even this further devaluation failed to restore confidence as the US treasury secretary announced that the United States would not intervene to support the dollar and intended to remove all controls on capital exports . |
| 24 | The Iraqis had also carried out widespread looting and had caused serious damage to the country 's infrastructure . |
| 25 | The Committee concentrated on the Scottish LFA and failed to take proper note of more severe problems elsewhere . |
| 26 | Several times he tore his hands and barked his shins , and once he missed his footing and came crashing several yards down the slope before he got a desperate grip with fingers and toes and knees , and clung sweating till he recovered his breath . |
| 27 | Other attacks included : ( i ) an explosion at the offices of the French Banque Nationale de Paris in Athens on March 10 , 1989 , which a group calling itself Revolutionary Solidarity claimed was in support of the French urban guerrilla organization Action Directe ; ( ii ) a bomb attack on April 10 on a judge 's apartment in Athens for which the May 1 Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility and threatened to attack any judge supporting the extradition to the USA of Muhammad Rashid [ see p. 36667 ] ; ( iii ) a bomb attack on the Justice Ministry on June 1 and on three government offices in Athens and Piraeus on June 13 for which the Revolutionary Popular Struggle ( ELA ) claimed responsibility ; ( iv ) car-bomb attacks on three US vehicles near Athens on Oct. 22 in which four Greeks were slightly injured and for which ELA claimed responsibility ; ( v ) a car-bomb attack on March 19 , 1990 , which injured a former senior British Petroleum executive ; and ( vi ) attacks on 12 cars belonging to East European and Arab diplomats on March 27 , for which an organization called Social Resistance claimed responsibility on behalf of the " vested rights of Third-World countries " . |
| 28 | It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time . |
| 29 | When the judging of the dishes was done , our host 's cousin produced his guitar and sang haunting Portuguese fados to us . |
| 30 | He says they picked it up on the radar and had to take evasive action . |