Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial succeeded in finding several organisational problems but did not achieve its secondary objective because it became clear that the breadth and depth of knowledge needed by the individuals were implicit in the experience needed to do the job and that the individual could work quicker and chop and change subject more easily than the expert system . |
| 2 | Inevitably the first two months of 1951–52 promised little or no improvement and the directors decided that Dawes and his colleague would have to go . |
| 3 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |
| 4 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 5 | However , even given that restriction , the report gave more than a nod and a wink in the direction of the collective security that trade unions could provide if they nominated members of safety committees . |
| 6 | His aunt had little or no English and Edward the merest smattering of a few isolated Welsh phrases . |
| 7 | They had little or no permanence and cohesion and therefore no organisation and no prospect of standing up for their rights . |
| 8 | But the smile lasted less than a heartbeat and vanished entirely when she saw that fitzAlan continued to watch the small party until it disappeared from view . |
| 9 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Drake had told jurors to remember that the ‘ hurt ’ caused to Mr Donovan lasted less than a year and would end with a verdict in his favour . |
| 10 | Although the revolt lasted less than a month and its effects were confined to a small region , Gubec became a folk hero to the peasants . |