Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The original regulations of the College stated that candidates for entry must not be under 15 nor over 22 years of age , and that preference would be given to those youths who had received the elements of a good education . |
| 2 | However , minor changes which would not have altered the views of a reasonable shareholder may be disregarded by the court ( see Re Minster Assets plc [ 1985 ] BCLC 200 ) . |
| 3 | Indeed , does every creature , given the constraints of a changing environment — plus the biological loosening of periodic Sat yugas — have the capacity to change ? |
| 4 | The hospitality extended to a good meal , and before leaving we were given the facilities of a nearby chateau , where the jeep driver and I had the luxury of a hot bath , laid on by the local Mayor . |
| 5 | Over the past two years , archaeologists have excavated the remains of a medieval village — including its corn and cloth mills — as well as four farm sites , and three buildings constructed of cob . |
| 6 | Local analysts regarded the arrests as a serious blow to Sendero , but warned that its military command remained untouched , and cited Sendero 's complex cell structure and proven ability to regroup . |
| 7 | ‘ A high-class combination ’ , concluded the Sportsman loyally : ‘ Those croakers who had likened the visitors to a fifth-rate team must now be hiding their diminished heads . ’ |
| 8 | This puts the Law literally and metaphorically on the side of the blacks , who are also deemed ‘ out of order ’ for having broken the rules of a fair fight . |
| 9 | Despite his appearance , the erstwhile executioner treated the princes with a rough kindliness that set him apart from the other attendants — taking it upon himself to ensure that the food was to their liking and the fire well-tended . |
| 10 | In an interview with Arab journalists on March 8 US President Bush had said that the PLO had " lost credibility " after siding with Iraq ; Bush had dismissed the chances of a quick resumption of US-Palestinian talks . |
| 11 | So , with none of his rearguard involved internationally , Howard Wilkinson , who has constantly highlighted the shortcomings of a congested fixture list , had the luxury of 11 free days to work on the problem . |
| 12 | The scientists have approached the tests with a decent mixture of the deadly serious and light-hearted . |
| 13 | The Asunción treaty committed the participants to a first tariff cut , of 47 per cent , in June 1991 , following ratification of the treaty by the member countries ' parliaments . |
| 14 | People may buy shares in a target company simply because it has attracted the attentions of a potential offeror which is known to have a good eye for investment opportunities . |
| 15 | We have also included the observations of a leading pub designer in order to give the report more breadth . |
| 16 | Weissberg and Taylor ( 1984 ) have summarized the results of a full analysis of the data to that time . |
| 17 | If to this were added the effects of a special pension at 60 for those who were unemployed , a new invalidity pension , the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen and a uniform forty-hour week , a total of 2,000,000 jobs would be redistributed to the unemployed . |
| 18 | At the time when the survey was conducted , the vast majority of Oxfordshire 's schools had already reported the results of a whole school review to their governors and to the LEA , and the rest were about to follow suit . |
| 19 | The company , based in Calstock , Cornwall , has turned the poems into a 64-page volume entitled Daddy Edgar 's Pools . |
| 20 | He claimed that Japan discriminated against American firms in its public-sector procurement practices , and announced that he was reviewing whether Japan had met the terms of a 1990 agreement with America to purchase supercomputers . |
| 21 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 22 | Their work has withstood the storms of a hundred years and more . |
| 23 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 24 | They 've uncovered the remains of a first century village and graveyard … but they only have a short time to dig up the relics , before work continues on a pipeline straight through the site . |
| 25 | Simone de Beauvoir expressed great irritation when someone implied that anyone could have written The Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter . |
| 26 | Recent building work on a private villa in the countryside of Scafati , 2.5 km from Pompeii , has revealed the remains of a Roman house and tomb belonging to the influential Lucrezi family . |
| 27 | Aggie had then sought the services of a good ratcatcher . |
| 28 | Instead , she had pushed the memories into a dark cupboard in the very farthest corner of her mind , and she had thought they were safely locked away , only now Julius had found the key and he was opening the cupboard . |
| 29 | Although the meeting was originally planned as a preparatory session for a conference in Tombouctou on Dec. 27 [ see p. 38563 ] , at the end a memorandum was issued which stated that the Tuareg representatives had " accepted the principles of a negotiated settlement " . |
| 30 | The offer of a truce followed a statement broadcast on Kabul radio on May 22 saying that the government had accepted the terms of a comprehensive peace settlement set out by the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on May 21 . |