Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morgenthau 's approach was also criticized for ignoring the domestic environment of states , for failing to specify whether human nature was the determining or merely one potential cause of political action , and for being unable to account for mistakes ( if human nature is based on objective laws , then how can individuals make mistakes ? ) . |
| 2 | She added that Miss Owen had been sacked for asking the elderly residents their views about another member of staff . |
| 3 | This massacre of the innocents I blame on The Silk Plant Company whose trees , plants and flowers are so lifelike , one can be forgiven for doubting the real thing . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a cynic could be forgiven for finding the penal crisis uncannily reminiscent of the supposed ‘ crisis of capitalism ’ , which some Marxists were once ever assuring us was real , severe , ever-worsening and likely to prove terminal in the near future . |
| 5 | Bufi met Pope John Paul II in the Vatican on July 4 , when Albania and the Holy See agreed to re-establish the diplomatic relations broken off following the communist takeover in Albania in 1946 . |
| 6 | Situated above the Port of Crouesty this resort is ideally placed for enjoying the famous seafood and the surrounding sandy beaches and areas of interest . |
| 7 | With him come 13 exciting new hair products , including PN36 which keeps hair smooth , shiny and well protected — it was formulated after observing the well-groomed appearance of ducks ! |
| 8 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 9 | After a good deal of broad mockery of the group 's thespian pretensions , there follows yet another change of tack as the troupe 's hitherto self-absorbed leader , Genesius ( Louis Hilyer ) , converts to Christianity and is martyred for denouncing the oppressive regime . |
| 10 | Among the men the discussion of politics , the destruction of game , or the dissipation of the ale house was substituted for the duties of their occupation during the former part of the week , and in the remaining three or four days a sufficiency was earned for defraying the current expenses . |
| 11 | It is ideally located for exploring the beautiful scenery of Lakeland by car or , as most people prefer , by foot . |
| 12 | Thus , while Sharpe , White , and Bernard do not believe that the Arminians should be blamed for causing the civil war of the 1640s , Tyacke , John Morrill , and other historians have conversely argued that Laud and his fellow prelates should bear a major part of the responsibility for provoking what they regard as ‘ England 's wars of religion ’ . |
| 13 | RTZ 's Tinto Holdings Canada Ltd subsidiary has a controlling interest in a company which mines uranium at Elliot Lake , Ontario , which has been blamed for destroying the fishing-based economy of the local Anishnabe Indians . |
| 14 | Tight German recycling laws had been blamed for encouraging the illegal disposal of waste in neighbouring countries . |
| 15 | As far as total dust veil is concerned , it seems to be roughly the same size as the veil from the Agung eruption , which has been blamed for cooling the northern hemisphere by about 0.3 °C in the mid-1960s.There is one key difference , though : El Chichón 's eruption occurred in the northern hemisphere , Agung 's in the south . |
| 16 | The division on the Determination of Needs Bill debate in February 1941 was reprinted from Hansard , citing all 173 who had voted for the continuance of means calculations together with the ‘ sincere few ’ ( nineteen ) who had been carpeted for defying the Labour whip . |
| 17 | For a blind with a shaped hemline , a further allowance should be added for facing the shaped edge ; allow a depth of between 8 and 15cm ( 3–6in ) for this depending on the depth of the edging below the lath . |
| 18 | Disillusioned with managing the national team , Andy Beattie chose the most inappropriate moment to tender his resignation . |
| 19 | Therefore , Piaroa boys are not constrained into learning the aggressive stance of young warriors to fight men of this world ; they do not learn to accept the dominance relationships of groups of men over other groups of men . |
| 20 | It was agreed that NIPSA should be pressured into changing the poor attitude many staff have towards claimants . |
| 21 | Much of the data on the health effects of radiation has come from studying the surviving victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs , where the Japanese people 's exposure to radiation was of an extremely large dose in a matter of seconds . |
| 22 | The former part of their duties aroused a protest from Libya 's Colonel Qaddafi during the pilgrimage to Mecca that year : unbelievers were traditionally forbidden from overflying the Holy Places in Saudi Arabia 's Western Province , the Hedjaz . |
| 23 | Substantial progress has been reported in understanding the molecular pathology of presenile Alzheimer 's disease but this can not be extrapolated to senile forms before the epidemiology of presenile disease is known . |
| 24 | Given this situation , the particular configuration of state , ideology , custom , kinship etc. , can be seen as having a significance previously underrated in determining the precise nature of a mode of production . |
| 25 | However , if the original social and education objectives of the course have not been met it has nevertheless succeeded in tapping the hidden intellectual and educational potential of many working-class men and women . |
| 26 | His photographs from this time succeeded in capturing the real China in a way that would have been impossible to a foreigner . |
| 27 | From an initial position of advantage in immediate post-war Britain — when food was required almost at any cost — the agricultural interest succeeded in capturing the regulatory mechanism through the exercise of highly successful pressure-group politics . |
| 28 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 29 | In the event , minor engineering work to the existing twin-catalyst 6.7-litre pushrod V8 has succeeded in achieving the desired results . |
| 30 | In practice , a number of dealers had not succeeded in passing the little BIDS exam , and obviously had n't bothered to cheat their way through it either . |