Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [verb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | If we made the scheme cover the self-employed , then their costs would increase too . |
| 4 | They can never take that championship away for us , and at the same time made the scum pay the ultimate price ( he-he-he ) . |
| 5 | Oh , let there be someone around , she prayed silently , as she made the car fly the last few metres . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In 1966 he instigated a military attack led by Idi Amin on the kabaka 's palace and made the arrangements to terminate the other three traditional kingships of Uganda . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I am sure that the people who inserted the notice had the best of motives . |
| 10 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 11 | They let it be known around school that they were collecting waste paper and asked the others to do the same so they could weigh it all in . |
| 12 | When the marriage broke down the husband asked the wife to leave the matrimonial home . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " And Monsieur Joseph is a budding " deadeye " too ? " asked the captain rolling the unfamiliar expression off his tongue with a grin . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Johansson and Rumar ( 1966 ) stopped over 1,000 drivers by the roadside 710m along the road from a road sign placed there by the experimenters and asked the drivers to describe the last road sign they had seen . |
| 17 | The court asked the Commission to answer the following question : |
| 18 | However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So thought I. The first part was okay when we got the squad marching the 50 yards , but I was the only one that did not see that someone had dug a trench in the line of march , and in one step leapt over the trench in perfect style . |
| 22 | Anthony Coburn got the commission to write the first story by a notable stroke of good fortune . |
| 23 | The increases were met by a series of strikes and protest demonstrations which , together with the threat of a national strike , led the government to withdraw the second price rise on Dec. 10 . |
| 24 | This broad philosophical sweep led the Committee to consider the following areas : |
| 25 | It was the Press which led the battle to cut the Civil List and persuade the Queen to pay tax . |
| 26 | Lack of any firm action by the police even led the Board to take the whole issue to the High Court . |
| 27 | This provided the opportunity to widen the High Street . |
| 28 | Following the UNCED Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , the AIA modified the theme to reflect the post-Rio interest in ‘ sustainability ’ . |
| 29 | Rickey Henderson 's nerveless brilliance between the bases helped the Athletics beat the Blue Jays 6-3 in Oakland and earn a 2-0 lead in the American League play-off series . |
| 30 | That is why I stooped to traffic with the Man-greedy Frost Giantess , and why I intrigued with her to drive out the Gruagach and why I helped the Gruagach to vanquish the High King and take Tara . ’ |