Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The directory will then be made available to students , trainees , and researchers who are better placed to carry out the studies . |
| 2 | The earl had successfully held minor raids near Carlisle , apparently launched to sound out the defences of the western march , and at Berwick the garrison , with the help of George Dunbar , that angry refugee from over the border , poacher turned forester , had decisively defeated a party of four hundred Scots . |
| 3 | In this sense professionals have already attempted to break down the norms of public discourse to bring on the clients of welfare who have suffered in silence . |
| 4 | The new British prime minister , Sir Anthony Eden , who had finally managed to take over the reins of power from Churchill only in 1955 , was determined to try to moderate the hostility between Britain and her former wartime ally after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 . |
| 5 | He 'd never once forgotten to lock up the hens when she 'd asked him . |
| 6 | The basic framework of that popular culture was fairly obvious for urban workers not only lived close together in distinctive communities but had also begun to pick up the rudiments of an education and they had both savings and time to spare . |
| 7 | In fact , the V&A is in danger of getting a reputation for being a peculiarly bad bet ; Pearson 's lost £600,000 when the equally populist ‘ Sovereign ’ exhibition earlier last year also failed to bring in the crowds . |
| 8 | For example , you are often asked to write down the numbers of the questions answered in the order in which they are attempted . |
| 9 | Counselling is seldom provided in such matters : the social worker is often left to pick up the pieces . |
| 10 | Police inquiries have so far failed to track down the culprits and now the victim has appealed for his heroic rescuer to come forward and help the investigation . |
| 11 | The summer term , following the practice was then used to follow up the students ' own interests ; to deal with examinations ( both school and public ) and advanced level work . |
| 12 | Orders in Council were then passed setting out the conditions for participation in the fund . |
| 13 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |
| 14 | Robin Horton , in a widely cited article on African systems of thought ( 1967 ) , likewise attempted to break down the elements of scientific thinking in order to demonstrate that so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples such as the Azande did in fact make use of the same elements of thought , although applied to different content . |
| 15 | Television therefore helped make up the minds of those who were newly interested in politics , or unusually interested in politics , interested in the election campaign but not very interested in politics more generally . |
| 16 | Agrippa , although he objected at first , reluctantly consented to write out the warrants and disburse the necessary silver for our journeys . |