Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joyce and his kind had given the Communists a ready argument for enlisting working-class Jews in an anti-Fascist crusade . |
| 2 | The chairman of the SLORC , Saw Maung , had on Oct. 18 given the monks a three-day ultimatum to end their protest or face " serious consequences " . |
| 3 | But at the same time he totally disagrees with the way she has given the banks a free hand to put resources behind new ‘ non-industries ’ such as the service industries , and concentrate economic wealth in the south . |
| 4 | One of the miners , Jim Hunter , said last night that it had given the men a tremendous boost . |
| 5 | A traditionally minded bishop had given the advertisements a welcome boost by complaining in the pulpit and in The Times that the campaign glorified adultery as well as Trumper 's Tea Bags . |
| 6 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 7 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 8 | The varied conditions over the week , biasing towards the lighter end , had given the sailors a good range without the Swedish walkover which seems to have become a regular feature of late . |
| 9 | Fifa had already fined the Brazilians a minor sum for crowd disorder . |
| 10 | David Winnick , the Labour MP for Walsall North , who called for Mr Birt 's removal , said : ‘ I very much regret that Mr Birt decided not to offer his resignation , which would have saved the governors a great deal of embarrassment . ’ |
| 11 | So the Government has made the valleys a Special Development Area where grants are made to help to start new industries . |
| 12 | North said he would have offered the Iranians a free trip to Disneyland or a ride on the space shuttle ; George Cave , the interpreter , offered to send the Second Channel to Miami Beach . |
| 13 | Already highly successful in popular music , dance and commercial television , blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack . |
| 14 | Their guilt is exacerbated by the fact that their evident unwillingness to intervene has allowed the aggressors a free hand in ordaining unlimited parameters within which to pursue their monstrous activities . |
| 15 | In Catalonia there was little criticism of a territorial aristocracy that took little or no interest in its lands : the large farmers were confident and secure in an aristocratic rural society where an early and major defeat of the economic power of the nobility had left the masovers a rural bourgeoisie . |
| 16 | It had taken the mice a long time to explore , they had made short excited scurrying runs across the floor , then back to the hutch , nervous , unsure , limiting themselves to a small prescribed space , only later stepping out of it , extending their freedom . |
| 17 | Fifty minutes later shareholders at the annual meeting of United 's parent company were being assured by chairman Professor Roland Smith that cash was available any time Alex Ferguson wanted it — but no mention of the fiasco that had scorched the airwaves a short time before . |
| 18 | ‘ We thought we 'd denied the wolves a good meal . |