Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ANC 's letter described it as inconceivable that the authorities lacked the capacity to stop the factional fighting , in which 1,200 people had died in the past seven months . |
| 2 | Despite a wealth of playing experience , Gray lacked the motivation to lift a struggling side . |
| 3 | He lacked the fire to take a firm hand with the woman . |
| 4 | It was recognized that accurate message construction presupposed the capacity to identify the critical features of an item-that is , those features that uniquely identified the target . |
| 5 | If we made the scheme cover the self-employed , then their costs would increase too . |
| 6 | They can never take that championship away for us , and at the same time made the scum pay the ultimate price ( he-he-he ) . |
| 7 | Maria made the decision to sacrifice a certain amount of advertising revenue and turn the radio station into a temporary community service , as other stations and television channels were doing , monitoring the situation and providing updates , broadcasting official government warnings and advice to those districts likely to be affected by after-shocks and urging their local listenership to donate blood against a possible depletion of existing supplies . |
| 8 | It was at this nadir that de Gaulle made the decision to create a new political movement , which he called the Rassemblement du Peuple Français ( RPF — Rally of the French People ) . |
| 9 | Once John Tiller made the decision to become a professional manager , his business acumen surfaced . |
| 10 | In burgh politics the habit of taking quarrels to law made the ability to suspend a legal process or to threaten its resumption a regular tool of the Administration 's local managers . |
| 11 | More than 300 Londoners made the trip to improve a poor crowd to just under 1,000 and manager Phil Holder was delighted with the performance at the Del Duca Stadium . |
| 12 | Oh , let there be someone around , she prayed silently , as she made the car fly the last few metres . |
| 13 | But for the men on the shop floor , the new technology presented a difficult choice — either learn new ways , or face redundancy , Those who made the transition found the new working environment very different . |
| 14 | The small but respected Republican Party has campaigned effectively against the old system which made the party bosses the real power brokers and not the elected candidates . |
| 15 | I am sure that the people who inserted the notice had the best of motives . |
| 16 | He expected the Archon to make a rousing speech , denouncing the forces of ill-reason and pleading for a suspension of the conflict , pending negotiations . |
| 17 | Analysts said they expected the group to have no big problems persuading shareholders to approve the restructuring plans at an extraordinary general meeting on December 21 . |
| 18 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 19 | Come holidays abroad it became the thing to sport a deep tan . |
| 20 | Ian Dixey , prosecuting , offered no further evidence and Judge Fallon asked the jury to return a formal Not Guilty verdict . |
| 21 | When the marriage broke down the husband asked the wife to leave the matrimonial home . |
| 22 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP ) in March asked the government to draft a new bill by April authorizing Japanese military personnel to assist UN peacekeeping operations . |
| 23 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 24 | The plaintiff asked the defendant to value a bookselling business that he wished to purchase . |
| 25 | " And Monsieur Joseph is a budding " deadeye " too ? " asked the captain rolling the unfamiliar expression off his tongue with a grin . |
| 26 | And then we added eight two , which asked the director to explore the long-term viability of the estate , now we made that , and I said so at the time , the answer to that could be either positive or negative . |
| 27 | Resolution 44/142 expressed alarm that drug trafficking and related criminal activities were now a threat to the political stability and security of states , as well as to their social and economic fabric , and asked the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive study of the problem . |
| 28 | The court asked the Commission to answer the following question : |
| 29 | DRDOS seems to have drivers only for 286 and upwards machines but I eventually got EMM.SYS which was also to be found locked away in my ROM and got the machine to recognise the expanded memory . |
| 30 | And er we 'd done quite a l we 'd he 'd refurnished his who Th You know they got the contract to furnish the whole house and it was beautiful you know . |