Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | This process analysed a matrix of the returns of n assets for t + 1 periods . |
2 | The two men maintained contact and Frank Francis-Francis often visited Henley and provided a seat for the Artisans which was given , in turn , to the Club in 1971 . |
3 | During this period he collected well over 80,000 ancient coins and other objects which first provided a chronology of the dynasties of central Asia in the unknown centuries after the death of Alexander the Great . |
4 | Here , particularly in the destruction of manorial court rolls , which provided a record of the obligations owed to the lords of the manors , one sees the desire to be free of the legal burdens which were laid on peasant tenants . |
5 | The Science and Engineering Research Council provided a list of the names and departments of the 171 information engineering research students whose grants were due to end in 1984 . |
6 | I drew a pattern in the raindrops on the window for the kid while she thought about it . |
7 | The trial heard Ballantine 's Volvo car struck Louis after mounting a grass verge as he overtook a lorry on the outskirts of Poolewe . |
8 | After the incident , the infant had been taken into care but a sheriff held she had not been the victim of an offence and dismissed a referral to a children 's hearing . |
9 | A committee led by Karl Barth proposed a message for the Churches to adopt . |
10 | However , Hezbollah , which maintained a stronghold in the suburbs of southern Beirut , reportedly informed the government that it was not yet ready to make a decision on the security plan . |
11 | There 's no way it should be that complicated a lot of the problems are caused by the rules being so complicated that you have to be working in that particular field |
12 | Estimate on the JHL Jet Provost was £75–£90,000 and this underlined a problem with the airframes — wildly optimistic estimates/reserves . |
13 | Most of the victims were buried in the village churchyard of St James where the LMS erected a memorial with the names of those laid to rest there . |
14 | Men 's immorality not only threatened the stability of the family but in the end posed a danger to the foundations of good government . |
15 | The movement found a home in the universities , particularly in their black-studies departments , and enjoyed the enthusiastic patronage of many deans . |
16 | In the universities , anti-imperialist students were discovering Marx but generally had little of substance to propose as regards the development of the domestic economy , or at least little which found a resonance among the masses . |
17 | On the second floor they found a light in the typists ' room and heard the mumble of voices . |
18 | She moved a couple of the sheets to make way for the saucers . |
19 | She tried her legs next , and they moved a bit within the straps , but her boots prevented her from pulling her legs through the loops . |
20 | One of the most devoted of the pupils of Cyril and Methodius , Clement ( Sveti Kliment ) of Ohrid , built a monastery on the shores of Lake Ohrid , which was to be a centre of Christian learning for the last thirty years of his long life ( he died in 916 ) . |
21 | On March 10 , on the anniversary of the 1959 uprising , a large show of military force stopped a repetition of the protests . |
22 | This involved a survey of the records of official agencies concerning known drug users ( multi-agency enumeration ) ; and interviews with natural networks of heroin users to establish the ratio of the number of ‘ unknown ’ users to those known to official agencies ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
23 | It was also brought to bear on the disputes between the textile mill-owners and labourers in Ahmedabad , and involved a strike by the workers . |
24 | Piggott was knocked unconscious when his mount Mr Brooks severed a foreleg during the Breeders ' Cup Sprint at Gulfstream Park , the opening event of racing 's unofficial world championships . |
25 | She crumbled a slit between the lips , and knocked in broken teeth . |
26 | So for the next few months she used a variant of the tactics she had tried to perfect with her parents : do what you 're told and keep your head down . |
27 | In much of British industry the absence of exclusive bargaining jurisdiction for any one union created a hiatus in the lines of authority and communication between shop stewards and national union organisations . |
28 | In much of British industry the absence of exclusive bargaining jurisdiction for any one union created a hiatus in the lines of authority and communication between shop stewards and national union organisations . |
29 | Poseidon was so grateful that he created a constellation in the dolphins ' honour called Delphinus , just west of Pegasus . |
30 | Sir Francis Bacon dedicated a translation of the psalms to him , and Bishop Andrewes , according to Walton , carried a letter in his bosom which Herbert had written to him about predestination . |