Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These reflected the extraordinary complexity of the political situation which had developed in Yugoslavia during the years of the German occupation , when different ethnic , religious and political groups had formed shifting alliances , according to whether their main enemy at any time had seemed to be the occupying Germans or Tito 's partisans working to establish a Socialist state in post-war Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | In Manchester , Liverpool , the Greater London Council , and some London boroughs left-wing Labour authorities sought to implement local socialism and use the town hall to challenge Thatcherite Whitehall . |
| 3 | The cost-improvement programmes had produced annual savings of between 1.1 and 1.5 per cent per year in real terms since they were introduced in 1984 – 85 . |
| 4 | On Feb. 5 the Interior Ministry renewed a security warning stating that it would " strike most severely " against anyone committing acts of " anarchy , sabotage or aggression " , and on Feb. 13 Algerian radio reported that the Saudi authorities had arrested 12 persons for " terrorism " since the beginning of the Gulf war . |
| 5 | But ultimately the ordinary allied soldier had to find some reward for his exertions . |
| 6 | that was n't terribly elegant but anyway his blue labels had got , these little sticky labels had got blue stripes on them |
| 7 | He subjected quantities of quartz crystal to pressures similar to those occurring in active fault zones in the Earth 's crust , and he found that the piezo-electric effect did induce visible ionisation of the surrounding air , just as Persinger predicted . |
| 8 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 9 | Rural labour had internalised deferential attitudes toward authority and a fatalistic acceptance of its conditions during a protracted history of custom and dependence , but at times in the nineteenth century had demonstrated radical resistance to the imposition of capitalist rationalisation . |
| 10 | The PKO bill originated from a bill introduced in 1990 which was designed to allow Japanese forces to participate as non-combatants in support of the UN-authorized multinational force assembled to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait . |
| 11 | Re-constituted in 1979 , with a clerk provided by NACRO and administrative expenses funded by a grant from a charitable trust , MPs and peers from all the main political parties met to discuss current issues of criminal justice policy and practice . |
| 12 | The political parties began to consider future manifesto proposals . |
| 13 | It was also remarkable that Germans — thought to be so liberal — now looked to England as the last refuge of Liberty ; they applauded Nelson 's recent victories — the political wheel had turned full circle . |
| 14 | Abolitionists had to face the fact that for many of their fellow countrymen during the next thirty years open public meetings continued to have this resonance . |
| 15 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 16 | Nor is there any mention of the problems which would arise if ( as seems likely ) different franchisees decided to offer different levels of discount on their ‘ discount rate ’ tickets . |
| 17 | They stressed German title to the lands of Pomerania , Silesia and central Poland , saying that German settlement had predated Slav settlement . |
| 18 | He argued that as old institutions failed to meet new expectations , so legitimacy in government would falter and trust in its equity and effectiveness would decline . |
| 19 | Ms McInstry said British Rail had recorded 40 cases of trackside vandalism in the region this year alone . |
| 20 | British Rail had introduced new safety measures over the last few months , but they could not legislate against criminal vandalism |
| 21 | They were upset because British Rail wanted to close 13 crossings as unsafe without offering to provide alternatives at any of them . |
| 22 | PC Richard Parry said the car was very dirty and a detailed inspection failed to find any sign that it had made contact with the two pedestrians . |
| 23 | Higher social groups appeared to make more use of health services in relation to need however ( Brotherston 1976 ; Forster 1976 ) and research published shortly after the Black Report argued that they also obtained a disproportionate share of NHS resources when ill ( Le Grand 1982 ) . |
| 24 | In Russia English merchants had gone some way south of Moscow , and trade was also being carried on in the Eastern Mediterranean or Levant . |
| 25 | The judge at first instance granted the injunction and the Court of Appeal upheld his decision , Lord Denning MR saying that there was no evidence that the blacking at the Daily Express had had any effect on the provincial dispute . |
| 26 | One lieutenant-colonel in his prime died of a heart attack , and the German M.O.s began expressing serious concern about the physical state of the troops . |
| 27 | I 'd always suspected big-wave riders had to have more cojones than the average human being , and there was at least one of that species who seemed to bear out my hypothesis . |
| 28 | If any foolish mine-owner tried to cheat Blue Cap of his rightful wages , the ghost would assume the form of a blue flame and scorch the inside of the mine-shaft , weakening the pylons which supported the roof . |
| 29 | The Old Testament had laid special stress against disobeying , rather than doubting , the Word of God . |
| 30 | The selective use of vous and tu forms in dialogues involving different characters suggests that the French translator had to make conscious decisions about the nature of the relationships among different characters in the story and about the social standing of these characters as reflected in their adoption of certain conventions to do with approved/non-approved expression of familiarity and/or deference . |