Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese government in May 1990 rescinded the martial law order in Lhasa ( imposed in March 1989 following outbreaks of secessionist unrest ) , although a heavy armed presence remained in the city [ see p. 37454 ] . |
| 2 | Particular attention is given to the provision of financial services for industrial development and agrarian improvement ; the extent of movement into and out of Edinburgh ; the social structure and occupational zoning within Edinburgh ; demographic change ; the role of the law and of secular and ecclesiastical institutions in helping or hindering change ; the nature of social relationships within the town and the extent to which new and more progressive values existed in the city . |
| 3 | Daphne studied the menu a new one , a friendly dinosaur snaked down the side holding the printed menu between its paws . |
| 4 | Difficulties of a more acute kind began with the arrival of Charles Lloyd on 22 February . |
| 5 | Evidence that drug-related corruption had penetrated Venezuelan institutions came with the arrest in June of Adolfo Ramirez Torres , a former governor of the Federal District of Caracas , who was accused of being part of a cocaine smuggling ring . |
| 6 | At the same time , disputes between France and the rest over institutional , political and economic plans grew to the extent where they called into question not just the desirability and possibility of the ultimate goal of political union , but also the current shape and even the viability of the Community . |
| 7 | His broad chest heaved from the cold and his exertion . |
| 8 | That of the southern European states led to the establishment of commonplace majority voting , as enshrined in the Single European Act . |
| 9 | First his Y-reg Yugo crunched into the back of a trailer behind a broken-down Austin Ambassador . |
| 10 | She turned on the maxiscreamers , and the riot-control noise boomed through the town , shaking teeth loose , bursting eardrums , bringing rickety buildings down . |
| 11 | In the 1890s about 60 per cent of European emigrants went to the United States , but this proportion tended to drop while South America 's share grew steadily . |
| 12 | A law amending the Constitution and enabling President Aylwin to pardon some 250 political prisoners incarcerated under the Pinochet dictatorship was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on Jan. 22 . |
| 13 | My right foot hovered over the accelerator pedal and I balanced Armstrong on the clutch . |
| 14 | Stirling accelerated and immediately a loud screaming noise came from the front of the vehicle . |
| 15 | A narrow rio ran past the bottom of Calle Nerone , and waiting by some steps was a small boat . |
| 16 | Once back in the ops room , I laid the boy flat on his back , so far down the mattress that his dropped foot hung over the edge at the bottom , just as I had seen the Australian nurse do when I watched her during her London visit the previous year . |
| 17 | For many the main non-farm income came from the forest with 94% of the forest properties owned by farmers . |
| 18 | Determined to defuse the crisis , the Croatian authorities complied with the Presidency 's directive and began a withdrawal on Oct. 3 . |
| 19 | while helpless blood broke through the mattress . |
| 20 | No tall figure loomed over the till as she was serving , or appeared suddenly from behind the window displays . |
| 21 | Every coherent thought fled abruptly as a tall figure appeared round the side of the building . |
| 22 | A wounded horse limped in the wheat , trying to catch up with the other cavalry horses . |
| 23 | Her hazel eyes glinted across the table at him . |
| 24 | She nodded and her alert hazel eyes flickered around the room , taking everyone in . |
| 25 | The dull red glow was all about them now and the baleful light fell across the Robemaker 's cloaked figure so that , although his face remained hidden , Nuadu caught the glitter of his eyes , red and inverted and , despite the belching heat , he felt ice close about his heart . |
| 26 | Some of the rallies were violent , if only because of the resentment which Labour supporters felt at the splitting of the anti-Conservative vote . |
| 27 | The Arundel-trained colt came to the course having shown up so well on his home gallops that he held a Royal Ascot date . |
| 28 | On the night of Oct. 4-5 small-scale fighting occurred in the capital , Kigali , but the RPF failed to consolidate its position beyond the north-eastern area . |
| 29 | Strong opposition remained to the growth of state interference . |
| 30 | As he passed out of sight behind a column another strange figure appeared from the direction in which he had come . |