Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Soldiers had since picked up the habit of wine-drinking in France during the war and upon returning to England had educated the middle classes , further increasing the popularity of Champagne in the immediate post-war years .
2 Louis XIV duly carried out the letter of the Treaty of Utrecht by forcing the self-styled James III to move into Lorraine , technically a separate province , 100 miles [ 160 km ] from Paris , but James II 's widow still resided at St Germain , a centre for Jacobite intrigue , from which messages were carried to England by French diplomatic couriers .
3 The partnership was successfully liquidated over a period of years and it was left to John Baring to rebuild the business in the form of a limited company .
4 We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels .
5 During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us .
6 She had long given up the tussle with French and lapsed into straight English ( which Therese , damn it , was supposed to understand ) .
7 He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them .
8 In one of the many meetings on Nov. 8-9 , Rajiv Gandhi , leader of Congress ( I ) ( which with 193 of the 525 Lok Sabha seats had led the opposition to Singh 's government and had constituted the largest single party block ) , apparently turned down an invitation from President Venkataraman to form a Congress ( I ) government .
9 The researchers have therefore not only separated out the effects of gluons from those due to quarks , but have also learned something about the still little understood way in which these building blocks turn into conventional particles .
10 The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ .
11 But it was still unreal when he reached out and , bending over her , gently pushed back the wisps of hair that had loosened from beneath her headband .
12 This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it .
13 This incident was an isolated one , but it served to highlight the overlap between the possible measures of performance that had been considered ; an undetected error not only slowed down the payment of the expenses , but could also have bought into question the honesty of the individual and thus affected the status of the section head .
14 In that final year , the income from the sale of lace , vegetables , fat and lard , pigs , horses , hay and firewood together brought in a total of only £74 .
15 The blue top and bottom trims not only set off the looks of the tank , but also obviate the need for a layer of polystyrene under the tank .
16 Victor , sensing that there would be little sleep but much talking and soul-searching that night , thoughtfully brought up a tray of coffee and a bottle of cognac .
17 I mean , why have you suddenly brought up the subject of Elise ? ’
18 He argues that the arrival and conquests of the Spanish not only brought about the destruction of a sophisticated culture but also had a ruinous effect on the environment .
19 In response to the first task , 72 per cent of the pupils obtained an acceptable height measurement for the label but 44 per cent only cut out the label with acceptable accuracy .
20 It composed a tortured symphony , and impulsively printed out the score on fabrex in the Midlands clothe factory .
21 Delays in the determination of the final form and decoration of the palace constantly put back the date for the grand house-warming party .
22 We have not only taken on the status of the older generation , we are beginning to look and behave that way too .
23 These avenues have not only taken up a lot of the time and energy of the present generation of activists but they have also reduced the reliance on the politics of the street demonstration by presenting alternative means of expression and action .
24 The Inquisition was an ineffective irritant , slow and erratic in its procedures ; it merely put up the price of books , forcing readers to all sorts of subterfuges in order to consume often out-dated heresies .
25 Kimon 's attack on Skyros was done on orders from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi ; and Kimon perhaps put up a thank-offering in the sanctuary there ( see Plut .
26 It can be extremely frustrating for people who have to travel to London and face the expense of preparing a case — sometimes employing parliamentary counsel to put their case — knowing that decisions are not necessarily taken on the merits of the arguments but on political considerations .
27 When she stood up to leave , Colin suddenly put out a hand to her .
28 Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ .
29 And though she was certain she 'd only sent out a couple of hundred invitations , it felt as though there must be at least ten times as many of the little darlings present .
30 As it was , de Lattre constantly held out the prospect of Chinese intervention , apparently believing it himself and certainly capitalizing on it in the US .
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