Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , she was stripped down to the bare essentials of her person , trying to deal with her knowledge . |
| 2 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 3 | Not so many spectators had trudged out to the furthest holes along the seashore . |
| 4 | At the extensive St Aldhelm 's Quarry architectural stonework is carried out to the highest standards . |
| 5 | I am determined that the highest and most stringent safety requirements should be adhered to , and the regulatory bodies must be satisfied that any work done at Dounreay is carried out to the highest standards . |
| 6 | Someone carried out to the nine men a tray of bottled beer and the spell broke . |
| 7 | The scene was illuminated by large floodlamps bolted on to the striated walls of the huge cavern which enclosed the whole place . |
| 8 | ‘ Water Babies ’ featured Linda Frew and June Milligan feeding our sea-lions , and starred the new baby sea-lion ; and then moved on to the young penguins next door . |
| 9 | In Thackeray 's Pendennis ( 1848–50 ) , for example , Lady Clavering , whose London house has been made over to the interior decorators , is put out of countenance by the result . |
| 10 | Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to the high-rise blocks miles away . |
| 11 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 12 | Under the terms of the new bases agreement Clark Field was to be handed over to the armed forces of the Philippines by Sept. 16 , 1992 , the date which the USA claimed marked the expiry of the current agreement . |
| 13 | Handed over to the Five Nations committee by its saviour Michael Davies — building contractor and exhibition organiser , the trophy commenced its official life once the content of five bottles of champagne was emptied in it , at the aftermatch function . |
| 14 | All necessary information had been efficiently handed over to the new Teachers ' Representative , , who was then introduced and warmly welcomed by . |
| 15 | For some of their land to be handed over to the Roman soldiers was a bitter pill to swallow , for it meant the loss of the Colne peninsula and much else , which left them only the Essex marches and lands to the north and the area round modern Chelmsford , which probably became their tribal centre . |
| 16 | By the time Robertson sent his signal from AFHQ [ KP 103 ] on the night of 14/15 May , the decision had been taken in principle that the Cossacks in 5 Corps area should be handed over to the Soviet forces . |
| 17 | In particular , as a first step towards clearing the area , he was suggesting that , as Macmillan had advised , the Cossacks should be handed over to the Soviet authorities , although , as he had made clear to Tolbukhin 's HQ , he could not do this without Gen McCreery 's authorization . |
| 18 | But , as events had unfolded , what it turned out had not yet been settled was precisely which formations should be handed over to the Soviet authorities . |
| 19 | Adopted by 237 votes to 24 , the amendment to the Constitution , known as the power-sharing law , stipulated that the federal government would retain competence over foreign policy , defence and economic and fiscal strategy , while broad economic powers would be handed over to the two republics . |
| 20 | The six trains for which the LMS were responsible were handed over to the Military authorities in less than three weeks . |
| 21 | Although he has completed five years , he will continue for another couple of years until the parish is ready to be handed over to the local clergy . |
| 22 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 23 | [ PAMELA enters and is shown off to the visiting aristocrats . ] |
| 24 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |
| 25 | were writing , however , there has emerged an argument that capital is actually increasingly finding itself drawn back to the European countries . |
| 26 | They have to reveal all , and if something goes wrong how are they to know that all that information will not be handed back to the secret police from whom they are trying to escape by seeking asylum ? |
| 27 | The First Granny , as Mrs Bush is becoming affectionately known , marched up to the uniformed bell-ringers beside the big Christmas tree , put ten bucks into the Big Red Kettle , and loudly announced how much she preferred patronising a mall that had the sense to permit the Salvation Army . |
| 28 | The benefits of sustained economic growth in the developed countries had not filtered down to the developing nations during the 1980s . |
| 29 | Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes . |
| 30 | Spooning the garlic and ginger paste into the snapper and over their skin , he dropped the first three fish on to the grill and called down to the other Latinos to bring plates and cutlery from the galley . |