Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Royal charters bore witness to renewed vigour outside the demesne as in it . |
| 2 | Buchsbaum and Fedio ( 1970 ) , for example , reported that the visual evoked response to lateralised presentation of words and nonsense patterns differed for the two types of stimuli , most markedly over the left hemisphere . |
| 3 | Coming from an administration whose leader laid claim to effective action on global issues such as the hole in the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect ( see Chapter 11 ) , this revealed a remarkable weakness in the position of the DoE . |
| 4 | His brothers deserved to share in his success — family obligation could not be neglected — but they could also serve a useful purpose by occupying positions which blocked access to real power by other people from outside the clan . |
| 5 | By the first decade of the twentieth century the majority of medics saw return to enforced regulation of VD as out of the question . |
| 6 | Of these , a quarter took exception to general unfriendliness among the staff and management , while 16% found the staff ‘ offhand , indifferent , surly or even downright offensive and insulting ’ . |
| 7 | However , the more ‘ realistic ’ mentioning of the hard fighting taking place gave rise to deepening depression in November and December , and despite the silence of the official media rumours could be heard by the end of the year about the encirclement of the 6th Army . |
| 8 | The first oil crisis gave rise to renewed demand for dollars , since payments to oil exporting countries are made in this form , but in the late 1970s this was followed by another dollar crisis which undermined its integrity as the key international reserve asset . |
| 9 | This conflict gave rise to repeated friction between the Chad and Sudan governments , the latter protesting that it was not allowing rebel groups to operate from its territory and insisting ( notably in a statement on Nov. 20 , 1989 ) that Chadian troops ( who claimed rights of pursuit ) should themselves withdraw . |
| 10 | These fears have grown apace since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan gave rise to bitter hostility towards the Russians among many Afghans . |
| 11 | These fears have grown apace since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan gave rise to bitter hostility towards the Russians among many Afghans . |
| 12 | The mention of the word poison and the clear inference gave rise to considerable criticism in the little village . |
| 13 | Such men gave continuity to royal activity in Wales and there was no question of their being superseded . |
| 14 | Such men gave continuity to royal activity in Wales and there was no question of their being superseded . |
| 15 | But her early surge soon gave way to predictable ring-rust after five years off the professional circuit . |
| 16 | In 1957 , delay gave way to open defiance of the Supreme Court in the Deep South state of Arkansas . |
| 17 | St Mary 's Street , containing three inns and a few grander houses , gave way to open country before reaching St Mary 's Church and Stowey Court , the latter a mansion of the sixteenth century with formal gardens and a gazebo . |
| 18 | It is not surprising that the nobles ' traditional attitude of hostility to foreign war gave way to growing enthusiasm for continental campaigns that brought them both riches and renown . |
| 19 | It was only when the colours gave way to plain gold before subsiding into diminishing fountains of silver that she realised she had moved closer to Rune , seeking instinctive protection against the sharp noise of the exploding rockets and that he had gathered her to his strong male body , pinning her to his side by the power of his arm , his hand firmly pressed against her waist . |
| 20 | There was a tension in Tawney 's thought between the demands of the exceptional , the wasted talents of children denied access to secondary education by poverty and lack of provision , and the demands and needs of the average , who had no secondary education at all , but subsisted on the same educational diet throughout their school career . |
| 21 | Sobhuza , however , possessed political skills in abundance and he cunningly blended appeal to tribal custom with a capacity to manage economic and social change for his kingdom without weakening his autocratic power base . |