Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The acoustic front-end failed to detect the first vowel .
2 The inability of the States of Western Europe to play a decisive role in the solution of these new questions was shown clearly by the impotent resentment with which the French government had to watch the first partition of Poland in 1772 and the Russian annexation of the Crimea in 1783–84 .
3 Beset by mounting criticism at home , and abroad , over the way the issue had been handled , the Japanese government agreed to defer the fifth group of demands and in May 1915 delivered the remainder in the form of an ultimatum .
4 Many no doubt sincere Christians continued to celebrate the first day of January in defiance of their clergy 's disapproval , or liked to greet the rising sun from the steps into the church , and , most of all , to attend the great festive games and shows .
5 Holly coming back to the bench after an hour 's walk that had taken him to the ski jump where the young people gathered to watch the first of the winter 's athletes propel themselves into the dizzy air flows .
6 O'Rourke appeared in court on Sept. 17 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds which carried a possible prison sentence of up to one year ; under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement , the federal prosecutors agreed to drop the third and more serious felony charge .
7 MARC BOLAN is the subject of a new book published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of his death .
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