Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Second Congress of the RSDWP those who opposed Lenin — the Mensheviks — sought to dilute the revolutionary purity of the party and weaken its discipline . |
| 2 | 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . " |
| 3 | My predecessor planned to borrow the thick end of £100 billion in the next three years . |
| 4 | These works lie in the area between computer-generated works and works made using the programmed computer as a tool . |
| 5 | But he recovered to plant a glorious chip over Kelly from 20 yards . |
| 6 | this geezer from Bedlam yeah got stopped the other day in this car yeah , he was pissed , he was tripping and he was speeding yeah , no M O T , no licence , no tax , no ruddy insurance yeah |
| 7 | With one eye on the next deal and the other on the one after that , its grandees failed to spot the long-term slide in profitability , let alone reverse it . |
| 8 | In light of the many problems connected with the passage of title as a basis for the right to sue , the Law Commissions recommended allowing the lawful holder of a bill of lading to sue the carrier in contract for loss or damage to the goods covered by the bill , irrespective of whether title to the goods passed by reason of the consignment or endorsement . |
| 9 | The AUT 's governing council , meeting in York , agreed to support a National Union of Students proposal for a one-day shut-down of universities in protest at the scheme with teach-ins on campuses . |
| 10 | A grouping of eight opposition parties , including the Movement for Democracy in Algeria ( MDA ) and the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) , met on April 7 and agreed to support a single candidate in each constituency . |
| 11 | In the Royal Docks the London Borough of Newham in 1987 agreed to support the broad pattern of land use in three consortia schemes and co-operate with LDDC plans on land development and transport change in the area in return for the provision of 1,500 rented houses , a minimum of £60 million of social facilities and training measures to ensure maximum local employment . |
| 12 | The line to Bathgate , reopened to passengers on 24 March 1986 ( including two new stations at Uphall and Livingston ) at a cost of £1.5million shared by six public bodies expected to see a top figure of 400,000 passengers annually . |
| 13 | She was dismayed to see these strangers accosting her when she expected to see an old man in a cowboy hat with a black and white photograph face . |
| 14 | The study to which Minerva refers , by Sepkoski et al , compared women who received epidural analgesia , without randomisation , with poorly matched controls who had no pain relief ; matching was based on criteria expected to affect the placental transfer of the local anaesthetic bupivacaine . |
| 15 | If physical integrity is so highly valued , would it be inappropriate to make it clear that an offence would be committed by any normal adult who failed to see an obvious risk of physical harm to another ? |
| 16 | Prowling on through the foul open area , wrapped in such pleasant fantasies , I almost failed to see the furtive movement on the edge of my vision . |
| 17 | The Royal Dutch Navy made a detailed survey of the whole group of islands immediately after the eruption , and the maps they produced revealed the full extent of the effects of the explosions which had reverberated round so much of the world . |
| 18 | It had retained no suitable system of books and records , failed to implement an appropriate system of internal controls and it had lacked appropriate segregation of functions . |
| 19 | It is alleged that Guinness Brewing Worldwide failed to provide a safe procedure for work near high voltage electrical equipment so that non-employees were put at risk . |
| 20 | But here as elsewhere , though the emphasis on cost and utility was helpful in curbing bureaucratic empire-builders , it failed to provide a full definition of the public service which should be provided . |
| 21 | If the Church of England , which many preferred to call simply ‘ the Establishment ’ or , copying the Scots , ‘ the Episcopalian Church ’ violated its ‘ contract ’ and failed to provide a Protestant religion for England , then the Nonconformists , cooperating through the Council , would willingly take up the contract and deliver the appropriate religion . |
| 22 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 23 | This was misplaced , they claim , for the franchisors failed to deliver stock , failed to provide the requisite level of back-up and consistently over-estimated the level of sales that franchisees might expect . |
| 24 | ROAD sought to provide a credible alternative to the Solidarity Centre Alliance political grouping , which had been established in May [ ibid. ] and advocated that the Solidarity trade union chairman Lech Walesa should be appointed by parliament as President . |
| 25 | A post mortem examination failed to establish a definite cause of death and the results of further forensic tests are awaited . |
| 26 | They failed to catch the popular imagination in the way the inhabitants of Coronation Street , Albert Square and Ramsay Street have done . |
| 27 | Henry Ii planned to provide a legal framework for the continuance of his empire by asking both Richard and Geoffrey to do homage to their elder brother ; doubtless he also hoped that this clear recognition of his seniority would do something to allay the Young King 's sense of frustration . |
| 28 | The ECM being essentially free and unregulated is governed by the principles of competition while most domestic money markets have been riddled with monopolistic elements and restrictive practices , e.g. credit ( loan ) allocation rules , which sought to secure a privileged position for certain vested parties such as government borrowers and domestic banks . |
| 29 | Cromwell returned from Ireland in 1650 to lead the English resistance to the threat from the Scots , and by his subsequent victories at the battles of Dunbar and Worcester he thwarted not only those who wished to see the return of the house of Stuart , but also those who sought to impose a Presbyterian church on the English people . |
| 30 | While tempered by experience and ( according to Beard ) self-interest , the framers of the United States Constitution were informed by Lockean values and sought to impose a political framework in line with a Lockean conception of society . |