Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only its large size and large stock of FDI inhibited creditors from over-reacting to the crises . |
| 2 | However , at a recent service I found signs of burning on the spark plugs and I have reverted to leaded . |
| 3 | When Geoffrey son of Sarah of Empingham resisted this illegal demand , the forester raised the hue and cry upon him , and distrained him until he gave him two shillings and found sureties for appearing at the attachment court . |
| 4 | When they arrived in Aswan , they found problems in getting to the Oberoi ; the river was patrolled and few people were allowed across . |
| 5 | Others described problems in dealing with the influences of culture and the ingrained systems of status attributed to ‘ real police work ’ . |
| 6 | The government , while praised by local politicians for letting Mr Yang travel to the US , was criticised after police on Tuesday raided two television stations to seize films of a clash between police and demonstrators last Friday Police stopped protesters from marching to the World Trade Centre , where Xinhua was hosting a celebration to mark Communist China 's 40th anniversary . |
| 7 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 8 | However , the government 's implementation of strict price controls and a rigid quota system hindered farmers from benefiting from the shortage or from the black market sales . |
| 9 | But , as the great loyalist protest rallies faded out and a section of the Official Unionist Party showed signs of succumbing to the bait of office in a new Northern Ireland Assembly , he became confident that the main danger was past and that there would be no ‘ loyalist backlash ’ . |
| 10 | I also pay tribute to the professionalism of the emergency services , who naturally faced difficulties in getting to the injured and in getting them out of the tunnel for treatment . |
| 11 | The mice showed symptoms of poisoning by the Alexandrium toxins produced by phytoplankton , but comparisons with known Alexandrium toxins proved negative . |
| 12 | ( i mean the way he have sticked with specially dino shows us that — dino himself who expressed wishes for playing at the international level himself when he joined leeds — i guess he is a farther away now : the likes of Shearer , Wright ( a flop in the internationals ) , Cole ( hey there is one that puts them in the net ) and Ferdinand will have no problems keeping him out … ) |
| 13 | It was reported that immediately after the close of the congress around 120 of these delegates began discussions on splitting from the Estonian CP and setting up a rival communist party in Estonia which would be subordinate to the CPSU . |
| 14 | York and Exeter have been mentioned as areas where traffic-calming schemes have reduced speeding and deterred motorists from coming into the city centres . |
| 15 | Blackwell Retail , which used to produce its own catalogue , broke with tradition this year and took Books for Giving for the first time . |
| 16 | Until the middle of last year firms wishing to adopt them were in danger of falling foul of the Companies Act , which prohibited companies from assisting in the purchase of their own shares . |
| 17 | And it 's no exaggeration to say that it took years of sifting through the wreckage of myself to find a woman I could begin to take some pride in again . |
| 18 | On Nov. 13 Clinton unveiled a new ethics code for those in his transition team which prohibited members from lobbying for the first six months of the new administration . |
| 19 | But the company outstripped competitors by remaining in the black . |
| 20 | Arriving at Napo , I discussed plans for collecting with the INIAP technician , José Baquero , who was to be my assistant on the project . |
| 21 | He also attended a meeting at which the lessors and their solicitors discussed tactics for dealing with the lessees . |
| 22 | A former Prime Minister accused Conservatives of selling off the silver . |
| 23 | He resisted temptations by relying on the word of God . |
| 24 | ‘ I once had ideas of sailing around the world , doing a Sir Francis Chichester , you know , but work got in the way , and I had to lower my sights . ’ |
| 25 | SUEDE 's past has come back to haunt them in the form of a former business associate with whom they had dealings before signing to the Nude label . |
| 26 | Even those who had formal qualifications in English had difficulties in communicating with the monolingual English line-managers in their work places and with others in the public services . |
| 27 | Academically , he was a bright pupil , though it would appear he had difficulties in concentrating on the day-to-day routines — perhaps through boredom , often an indication of the brighter child . |
| 28 | He had hopes of following in the footsteps of Dositej and becoming minister of education . |
| 29 | Moved to rectify this situation , he abandoned plans of working in the missionary field , and offered his services to the Netherlands Indies civil service . |
| 30 | In the local elections of 1981 a number of Labour Party manifestos highlighted economic issues , and suggested ways of moving beyond the traditional approach to local economic strategies . |