Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Down in the basement , what is effectively a small warehouse holds and dispatches all RSGB publications and other radio books purchased by mail order , with the income earned providing a useful supplement to the Society 's funds . |
| 2 | Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar . |
| 3 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 4 | The majority preferred to believe the picturesque stories passed down by parents and grandparents , which were , of course , accepted as the gospel truth . |
| 5 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
| 6 | Russian illwill grew when the Prince wanted to marry a Prussian princess , a granddaughter of the kaiser . |
| 7 | On the other hand , lifting a genuine wineglass a few feet in the air by sheer mental energy required several hours of systematic preparation if the wizard wished to prevent the simple principle of leverage flicking his brain out through his ears . |
| 8 | As well as having undertaken the nominated activity within 1990 and being members of the BAPC , entrants for the award had to assemble a small report giving the ‘ whys ’ and the ‘ hows ’ of their particular project . |
| 9 | It is not clear what view of the section the court would take in a case in which there was a clash between shareholder and employee interests , and there was evidence that the board had favoured the latter . |
| 10 | By the time the Board decided to build a second power station at Hinkley Point in the 1960s , an accepting local population had got accustomed to an industrial development in the middle of the countryside . |
| 11 | During the preceding years the hairpin had perforated the inner end of the vagina and eventually turned through 180° . |
| 12 | In November 1558 , she was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth , who within a few months of coming to the throne had authorized a new religious settlement which once again left the country officially Protestant . |
| 13 | One of the first attempts to treat the effluent involved building a small lagoon , the idea for which Dai discovered in a book . |
| 14 | The money went to found the Scottish International Educational Trust , a fund based in Edinburgh which is meant to ‘ benefit Scotland ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It would have been a different story if the brewery had done the earlier repairs . ’ |
| 16 | Yeast from the beer beer in the brewery had caused a scaly rash to grow on her forearms and across the backs of her hands . |
| 17 | The case had made the front page ; eight column inches in the bottom right-hand corner : |
| 18 | A magistrate , Ian Baker , said the case had aroused a great deal of interest because of the film . |
| 19 | Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC , sitting at Southwark Crown Court , said the case had disclosed a disturbing picture of the use of ‘ a wide range of dangerous drugs ’ by customers at Darby 's parties . |
| 20 | If the case did concern a public function , the court would have to decide whether the applicant had sufficient standing , whether the case was brought in time , and whether the case was a hopeless , frivolous , or vexatious one . |
| 21 | If the damage occurred following a specific storm , the Policyholder should be asked : |
| 22 | The LTTE had launched a major assault on July 10 on the Sri Lankan government 's army base at Elephant Pass . |
| 23 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 24 | The , by contrast , normally sober reports of the District Leader of Augsburg City added that belief and trust in the Führer had reached an unprecedented level , and that ‘ if an increase in feeling for Adolf Hitler was still possible , it had become reality with the day of the return to Berlin ’ from the western Front . |
| 25 | The decision had seemed a natural one at the time . |
| 26 | Yanto shouted , as the gang began to slap the heavy deal planks into slings . |
| 27 | Simon the tiler had done a good job . |
| 28 | By the time Pie had played both the children to sleep , and rose to come and join his guest at the table , the liquor had brought a pleasant buzz to Estabrook 's head . |
| 29 | The Archdeacon liked to get a sequential narrative . |
| 30 | The camp had acquired a new ‘ amenity ’ since Seb 's last visit : ale and spirits were being dispensed from a wooden-sided enclosed wagon by a leather-aproned vendor . |