Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secluded that is , until climbers began to explore the crag . |
| 2 | But if subjects failed to recognize the stimulus in the Hall and Schachtman ( 1987 ) study ( as indicated by the occurrence of dishabituation ) , how could they show latent inhibition to that stimulus ? |
| 3 | For checking their estimate further cubes were provided but if pupils attempted to fill the box , they were prompted that not all the cubes were needed . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammed warned that if environmentalists planned to use the summit to criticise Malaysia , " there 's no longer a need to attend " . |
| 5 | This was not necessarily because parents failed to recognize the value of education for their children . |
| 6 | Their role and legitimation were further strengthened during the war since governments tended to incorporate the associations in order to assist in war-time economic administration . |
| 7 | Iraq 's Scud attacks on Tel Aviv brought delirious joy , while governments struggled to contain the emotions . |
| 8 | Orcadians , for example , apply informal means of familial control to under-age drinking , whereas newcomers wished to inform the police . |
| 9 | But before operations began to assess the prospects , the multinational giant exercised an option to lower its stake to 20 per cent , leaving British Petroleum as the operating partner to shoulder the rest of the costs . |
| 10 | A driver who forgot to pay a parking fine is in hospital with his arm broken in three places after bailiffs tried to collect the money . |
| 11 | After parents agreed to use the exchange ( and not all of them did agree ) , they were summoned with their child to an interview by a selection of the members of the local JAC , which had a list of vacancies , and the young person was sent to one of these . |
| 12 | When researchers tried to mimic the results on other animals , such as chick embryos , it did not have the same effect . |
| 13 | In fact , the notational shortcomings of writing only became apparent when authors tried to reproduce the talk of individuals . |
| 14 | The warning of delays came as workers tried to get the offices , which are in the devastated area around the Mall , back into working order . |
| 15 | The initial row started when managers wanted to change the technicians ' working conditions . |
| 16 | HILL fires in the Peak District , which stretched national park resources at the end of May , as rangers fought to contain the damage , may have been started deliberately . |
| 17 | THE gates of Moss No.3 were the scene of mass demonstrations during the summer as strikers attempted to stop the coal trucks getting into the plant . |
| 18 | The Holden temperament was let loose on location in Italy when locals came to watch the filming , sitting on a bridge while Holden and other members of the cast waded through fast-flowing , freezing cold water . |
| 19 | Lib Dem councillors and the Liverpool Labour group joined forces in a frequently altered amendment which was still being thrashed out as councillors attempted to debate the issue at a special education meeting . |
| 20 | The other clear major factor was that a result of public consultation er and clearly this was an important consideration when members came to choose the route , that seventy percent of those consulted favoured the outer northern route , the blue route . |
| 21 | The result has been a steady decline in membership as members began to demand the type of facilities that they saw in squash and golf clubs . |
| 22 | The body of a 30-year-old man thought to be from the Accrington area was found when police arrived to search the floor of the steep-sided quarry near the Ponderosa Restaurant . |
| 23 | The Pioneer Corps was non-combatant , though volunteers had to accept the risks ‘ of being employed in any theatre of war ’ . |
| 24 | It must be one of the last parks to be made in England , for landowners began to feel the pinch of falling rents soon after that . |
| 25 | Yesterday , as detectives continued to search the area around the flat , Janice refused to answer reporters ' questions . |
| 26 | Five girls and one boy were arrested as police struggled to control the brawl . |
| 27 | The conference outside the gates had ceased , and the torches wavered as men turned to seek the disturbance . |
| 28 | It was bad enough when pensioners had to pay the standing charges on their gas , water and telephone bills . |
| 29 | Another ten shillings was put aside for food ; they rarely learnt to cook as landladies preferred to prepare the food the Girls had bought . |
| 30 | A little later , as filmmakers began to expend the medium 's storytelling capacities , they drew from the techniques developed for the magic lantern or diorama and audiences saw a woman interrupting her husband in the act of kissing the maid , or a miller grappling with chimney sweeps in front of a windmill . |