Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun prp] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the risk to humans was believed to be remote , manufacturers reduced DEHA in the film . |
| 2 | For centuries young bloods had been sent off by indulgent parents to tour Europe in the hope that they would return cultured , educated , their manners refined and their address books packed with useful contacts , but Cook 's was the first group tour of European countries organized by an excursion agent . |
| 3 | At Notting Hill , Carnival was rained on but still managed to struggle past the 7pm curfew in parts , though sensible southerners spent Monday in the marquee at the Full Circle all-dayer . |
| 4 | Foreign sorcerers enter Piaroaland in the guise of butterflies ; thus , even those who inflict violence upon Piaroa are unseen in human form . |
| 5 | Hoeveler 's decision appeared to make it almost impossible for the US authorities to imprison Noriega in the type of high security facility as expected , without violating his prisoner of war rights . |
| 6 | Fundamentally , comparisons crucify Eugenius in the sense that Pavement , Mercury Rev , Unrest et al are pushing out the boat , the train and any passing planes , while Eugenius , erm , are n't . |
| 7 | He made great efforts to include Dexter in the conversation , the sergeant noticed , embracing him in his replies . |
| 8 | When agricultural improvers visited Sussex in the war years they had little favourable to say about the situation in general and the Weald came in for wholesale condemnation , although there was some disagreement about the details . |
| 9 | She helped monks to resettle Iona in the west , and in the east contributed lavishly towards the religious houses of St Andrews on their breezy promontory above the North Sea . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with local education authorities in Wales regarding the provisions affecting Wales in the Education ( Schools ) Bill . |
| 11 | Certainly , none of the 20 or so currently available soloists matches Gilels in the concerto 's slow movement where the playing is astonishing in its absorption and intense , concentrated quiet . |
| 12 | The teller of tall tales poked Rex in the chest with his pistol and steered him to the far end of the room . |
| 13 | Pentecost did not only mean the offering of the firstfruits to God ( and what remarkable firstfruits of the Spirit were offered to the Lord that day as three thousand people believed , were baptised , and joined the company of the disciples praising God in the temple ) : first-century Jews would also have recalled the giving of the law on Mount Sinai ( see Jubilees 1:1 , 6:17 ) . |
| 14 | This table of the Nations in Genesis 10 can hardly be more ancient than the seventh century B.C. Not much later Ezechiel or one of his disciples included Yavan in the lamentation for Tyre ( 27.13–19 ) . |
| 15 | The Achaemenid monarch Cambyses conquered Egypt in the year 525 BC ( his predecessor Cyrus had conquered Babylon in 539 BC ) and so the replacement of the ‘ Old-Avestan calendar ’ , as the one formerly used by the Iranians is now called , presumably occurred after that . |
| 16 | The EC is broadly agreed to end the European single market in waste , wherein toxic materials traverse Europe in the search for the cheapest and least-regulated outlet , but can not agree on how to do it . |
| 17 | As soon as they knew that Bella had been assigned to her , the other two trainees cornered Marie in the canteen and briefed her on what to expect . |
| 18 | Holders Edinburgh Burger Kings meet Dunfermline in the final of the Bank of Scotland Junior Cup next month . |
| 19 | If there had been only two men holding Alison in the room , this meant that they 'd left her unguarded and she 'd be able to slip away . |
| 20 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 21 | An examination of Soviet attitudes to Western schemes to neutralise Afghanistan in the wake of Soviet military intervention in that country is particularly revealing since such Soviet attitudes are sharply at variance with those expressed in connection with the Soviet-sponsored Persian Gulf plan . |
| 22 | Tories claim Major in the dark over US election aid |