Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agricultural institutions also began to play a major role in applying biological theory to the problems of agriculture . |
| 2 | Working-class political parties also came to serve a useful integrative function for monopoly capital . |
| 3 | Slim spires still soared to support the ebon umbrella shields . |
| 4 | Exotic substances owed part of their prestige to their mere difference from ones available in the home environment , but even more to the fact that obtaining them from a distance might and in civilized societies normally did reflect the exercise of power . |
| 5 | Medieval travellers usually had to pick a way over boggy ground as they came off the hills . |
| 6 | Aisha 's annual visits home had sown the seed of travel in my spirit and this seed had grown and opened out and reached my eyes and tongue . |
| 7 | Linfield 's shamed opponents yesterday admitted making a 5,000 dollar payment to the Turkish referee before their 2–1 first leg win in Georgia on August 18 . |
| 8 | The experimental birds now tended to avoid the viceroys , and the control birds to peck at them ( Table 5.1 ) . |
| 9 | The curriculum in secondary schools also began to take a predictable shape , mathematics , English , RE and PE for all plus a ‘ choice ’ from six option columns . |
| 10 | Such conscientious couples even tried to share the child bearing as far as possible . |
| 11 | It should be stressed again , however , that although a specialized function might well exist , many small towns ultimately came to possess a range of functions , not least those which were most conveniently placed to exploit their full urban potential . |
| 12 | Right-wing military rebels also vowed to overthrow the government , and continued their bombing campaign . |
| 13 | The removal of many married women from wage labour , the innovations such as the Education Act of 1870 , and ideological forces also tended to rigidify the gender divisions . |
| 14 | Having massively increased in numbers and importance since 1939 , the armed services quickly came to fill the vacuum which existed in the political system as the United States strove to find its post-war role in world politics . |
| 15 | Assorted pundits and government ministers have in recent times deliberately tried to create the impression that reducing interest rates is the main , or even the only , way to haul the British economy out of recession . |
| 16 | Over a hundred other organizations also came to oppose the plan , including trade unions , environmental groups and parish councils . |
| 17 | Syrian forces immediately began dismantling the " Green Line " separating Moslem west and Christian east Beirut . |
| 18 | FORMER Soviet republics yesterday agreed to join a unified team for the Olympic Games in Barcelona this summer . |