Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is serious doubt about whether Italy can achieve the norms laid down by the Maastricht Treaty , and qualify for membership of the European Community single market next year and full monetary union by 1997 or later . |
| 2 | Village communities anywhere are notoriously conservative , so when two young cyclists wandered in to the Gasthof Löwen with shoulder-length hair and matching headbands , they received some doubtful glances from the table where five farm-workers sat steadily drinking their way through the evening . |
| 3 | This function is primarily undertaken in a school ( within the parameters laid down by the LEA ) by the governors , the headteacher and the deputies . |
| 4 | But as Percy Makepeace twittered through the hall and down the corridor with his clerical acquaintance , two more cars drew up in the Burleigh driveway . |
| 5 | Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear after just 1,987 fans turned up for the Coca-Cola match against Bolton |
| 6 | The fiery Scot was first to react when two supporters ran on to The Dell to stage an injury-time protest . |
| 7 | One of soccer 's great trouble-shooters clocked in at the Cadbury 's chocolate factory where Rovers train but the last thing that greeted him was the sweet smell of success . |
| 8 | ( e ) Every member state adopting nationality requirements consistently with international law would be in breach of Community law , presumably since the end of the transitional periods laid down by the E.E.C . |
| 9 | The lectures laid on at the Sorbonne were of an abysmal simplicity , and given by lecturers who grossly though understandably underestimated their audience : they bored her as she had not been bored by work for years . |
| 10 | Before 800AD , bones dug up in the Ohio valley are relatively poor in the heavier form of carbon . |
| 11 | Bolton-born Bannister , who dwarfs influential team-mate Alton Byrd by 19 inches , is so huge he gets all his clothes and shoes shipped in from the States by mail order . |
| 12 | All but one of the 12 videos ( ‘ Stop Me ’ ) are so dull one requires tentative electric shocks to the eyelids to keep awake , while five ( ‘ What Difference ’ , ‘ Heaven Knows ’ , ‘ Shoplifters ’ , ‘ Boy ’ and ‘ Sheila ’ ) are n't even proper videos at all , just Top Of The Pops appearances dusted down from the BBC archives . |
| 13 | William Shirer , whose CBS broadcasts went out from the Rundfunkhaus , noted in his diary that Goebbels 's Ministry of Propaganda thought the drawling nasal voice ‘ wholly unfit for broadcasting ’ . |
| 14 | Due to my forward speed the mat and my feet ended up under the AOC 's desk at the same time saluted , and my Wolseley sun helmet sped to the opposite corner of the room . |
| 15 | A piece of shrapnel hit her helmet when six mortar bombs rained down outside the BBC 's base near the UN headquarters in Sarajevo . |
| 16 | Springhill now is much the same as it was in 1953 when itwas handed over from the RAF . |
| 17 | It was nearly midday when the worshippers came out of the Emmanuel Chapel after the prayer meeting . |
| 18 | The result was a general strike early in September 1946 in which police and government workers camped out in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda where they were guarded against any persuasive attempts from authority . |
| 19 | On Jan. 11 Cambodian officials turned over to the USA remains thought to be those of two US servicemen killed during the Vietnam war . |
| 20 | The Junkers tolerated the troublesome middle classes only because they guaranteed the Junkers their place in German society ; the middle classes looked up to the Junker traditional leadership , and regarded them as the German image of itself . |
| 21 | Section 3(1) ( d ) permits a market maker to do ‘ any particular thing in relation to any particular securities ’ which would otherwise be in breach of the prohibitions laid down in the CSA 1985 ‘ if the information was : |
| 22 | This marked the recommencement of the peace process which had been under serious threat in recent months as both the FMLN and the government accused each other of not abiding by the conditions laid down in the January peace treaty [ see pp. 38716 ; 38809 ; 38906 ] . |
| 23 | Those who prepare courses of initial teaching training must ( in addition to meeting conditions laid down by the CNAA ) also satisfy the requirements of the Government 's Advisory committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers ( CATE ) . |
| 24 | For all this to take place in so remote an area required not only payment of high wages but elaborate logistic arrangements on a massive scale , particularly with the strict conditions laid down by the Shetlands Islands Council to protect both the environment and the local way of life . |
| 25 | Doherty , from Strabane , had joined Derry on a one-month contract after being released at Old Trafford , the intention being to see how things worked out at the Brandywell . |
| 26 | In 1966 both sides recalled their ambassadors , and in 1969 open military hostilities broke out along the Ussuri river , which marks the Sino-Soviet border in Siberia . |
| 27 | Users had to present their data in ways laid down by the DP department ; they found themselves bound by the DP department 's priorities rather than by their own ; and , in addition , they had to compete with colleagues for use of the computer 's facilities . |
| 28 | An advance group of undergraduates moved in for the Michaelmas Term . |
| 29 | An acrimonious argument and clash of personalities flared up between the BMC and MLTB , which ended up in a London arbitration court that suggested a formula for reconciliation , Lord Hunt reported on the way forward : a key element being that the BMC should retain and foster its influence and activity in the training sphere . |
| 30 | Although the sums remitted back from the US were much lower than expected , and continuing high taxation rates caused a drain on domestic box office receipts , no attempt was made to rein in film budgets . |