Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is ideally located for exploring the beautiful scenery of Lakeland by car or , as most people prefer , by foot . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Tight German recycling laws had been blamed for encouraging the illegal disposal of waste in neighbouring countries . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Disillusioned with managing the national team , Andy Beattie chose the most inappropriate moment to tender his resignation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was agreed that NIPSA should be pressured into changing the poor attitude many staff have towards claimants . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | His photographs from this time succeeded in capturing the real China in a way that would have been impossible to a foreigner . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 25 | However , it would be simplistic to conclude that the two Mcs ( McLuhan and McDonald 's ) have succeeded in shaping the global village in the form of a fast food outlet or that the ‘ real ’ world is in the process of being reconstructed as a universal theme park along the lines of Disneyland . |
| 26 | In Tallinn , Estonia 's capital , on May 15 around 2,000 members of Estonia 's Russian minority opposed to Estonian independence staged a noisy demonstration during which part of the crowd rushed the gates of the Supreme Soviet building and occupied the courtyard , and briefly succeeded in replacing the Estonian tricolour flying above the building with the red flag of Soviet Estonia . |
| 27 | We left our particular section of this story back in 1910 , when the male trade-union movement had succeeded in stopping the future recruitment of women . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that swordfish have succeeded in piercing the bottom planking of boats , but if any were ever sunk in this way is unknown . |
| 29 | Until then I had succeeded in holding the impinging world at bay as well as in the desperate attempt to establish my own identity , but it was only at a bitter cost to myself . |
| 30 | Although so far no one has succeeded in interpreting the Etruscan language we can fully appreciate their sculpture , painting and craftsmanship . |