Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The second section shows the action taken on the particular version of the module , and the name of the LIFESPAN user who carried out the action .
2 Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before .
3 In the 1989 Budget , the Chancellor brought in a new ceiling limit of £90,000 , based on earnings of £60,000 to be revalued every year in line with price increases .
4 The housekeeper brought in the first dish .
5 The Group brought in a new President at its Miami headquarter to coincide with a massive publicity launch .
6 Expertly , the gardener pinned down the last of the net with a wire stake .
7 And viewers on both sides of the globe lapped up every sugary second to the dream story-line as the ratings soared .
8 An illustration of the complex pattern of cross-party allegiances in the early 1690s is provided by the stance taken on the abortive Triennial Bill of 1693 .
9 And that was the reason that the government brought in a new initiative after the Warner Report , and there 's a specific training grant that you now get to ensure that your training staff , your , your residential staff get trained .
10 The Government brought in the new law after inspectors found that 97 per cent of ‘ pints ’ contained less .
11 In 1838 a troop of Nottinghamshire dragoons and the metropolitan police were attacked with stones and bricks and in 1839 the government brought in the 5th Dragoon guards to suppress the bull-running once and for all .
12 Its attempts to strangle the revolutionary movement at birth during May 1968 were consistent with the approach taken over the previous 30 years , including the immediate postwar period ( part I ) .
13 The commotion brought in the new duty officer , a tall and muscular young lieutenant with a sad , world-weary face .
14 The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 .
15 The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 .
16 He attacked the Government for its complacency over the issue and compared the time taken over the taking stock package with the quick unveiling of the Conservative proposals on the future of water and local government .
17 Increase the time on the outbound leg by half the difference between the time taken on the first turn from the entry heading ( 145° above ) and from the hold axis .
18 " Take as much lean of boiled ham as you please , and half the quantity of fat , cut it as thin as possible , beat it very fine in a mortar , with a little oiled butter , beaten mace , pepper and salt , pot part of it into a china pot , then beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning ; it is to qualify the ham , put a lay of chicken , then one of ham , then chicken at the top , press it hard down , and when it is cold , pour clarified butter over it ; when you send it to the table cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond , and lay it round the edge of your pot . "
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