Example sentences of "ended in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the easy life of acting as Britain 's larder ended in the 1970s , they have been slow to add value to produce before exporting it — oven-ready lamb rather than frozen carcasses , fancy cheeses rather than plain cheddar . |
| 2 | A further round of peace talks between the Simón Bolívar National Guerrilla Co-ordinating Board ( CNGSB ) and the Colombian government [ for previous rounds see pp. 38283 ; 38387 ; 38433 ] ended in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Nov. 10 with a joint 13-point statement indicating the willingness of the two sides to continue their dialogue by Feb. 1 , 1992 . |
| 3 | In addition to the Pahlavi rugs , Persia produces workshop items in styles that have evolved from those made during the Qajar dynasty ( which ended in the 19th century ) , and there are also numerous village and nomadic groups who , allowing for some minor modifications to the market , still make rugs that have hardly changed for generations . |
| 4 | There were 14 British players — 12 of them English — in the field , yet home interest ended in the second round , with only Peter Marshall showing any prospect of progressing further . |
| 5 | After the murder of Gaveston the baronial opposition disintegrated and Edward was able to prepare for a campaign against the Scots , but when this ended in the humiliating defeat of his forces at Bannockburn in June 1314 the earl of Lancaster again united the hopes of the disillusioned baronage . |
| 6 | A consequent strike by outraged Ford workers ended in the entire plant being wrecked . |
| 7 | When it ended in the mid 1960s , to be replaced in quick succession by sociology , anthropology , and linguistic theory , it turned introspective in its defeat , wasting its energies on the grimly unavailing task of seeking , and never finding , a theoretical basis for what it did or had once done . |
| 8 | But behind this there lies a period , obscurely documented , in which there was far greater freedom and equality among the cities — an era brought to a sharp end by the threat of foreign conquest , which drew the Greek cities together in heroic resistance to the Persian invaders — and thus began the process which ended in the effective dominance of Sparta and Athens over their neighbours . |
| 9 | Where Annie had got an average degree , taught English ‘ O ’ Level , married Mike and had Sally and Alex , settling in London , Sheila had sailed close to the fringes of student politics in the late 1960s , been arrested for demonstrations against the American presence in Vietnam in the war which ended in the early 1970s , squatted with the squatters , and done a variety of part-time nomadic jobs . |
| 10 | When there was a party , it often ended in the complete sacking of the local hotel ; which simultaneously shocked and impressed the more orderly French pilots . |
| 11 | The Reich ended in the Thirty Years War of the early seventeenth century . |
| 12 | While the majority of research students were holding SERC awards that ended in the third quarter of 1984 , just over one in ten had other end dates , as Table 6.1 shows . |
| 13 | He was the only British fatality during the regiment 's six month tour of duty which ended in the war-torn former Yugoslavia last month . |
| 14 | Celebrating a new $3m contract in 1921 , the 34-year-old comic threw a three-day party in a San Francisco hotel which ended in the fatal rape of 25-year-old starlet Virginia Rappe , who died from a ruptured bladder . |
| 15 | And in one village , a protest demonstration of thirty to forty inhabitants , ended in the local school , where in front of the crucifix and a picture of Hitler they prayed for ‘ the warriors , the fallen warriors , and for Führer , people , and Fatherland ’ . |
| 16 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 17 | He went over to her and placed his hand on the small of her back , running his fingers down the smooth channel that ended in the tight hole of her anus , feeling her shudder at his touch . |
| 18 | He always escaped because the dream ended in the last frame . |