Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The GCP formed an electoral pact with the other opposition groups , among which the Northern People 's party ( NPP ) was the most formidable . |
| 2 | Also on Nov. 27 the FRUD declared a seven-day ceasefire as a sign of good faith . |
| 3 | The Eastons restored the ornamental paintwork , most of it imitation brickwork painted over the actual brick , and in the case of the wall paintings , have reinstated the full scheme . |
| 4 | At the time , the appointment of a practising artist rather than an academic to the Tretyakov evoked a great deal of criticism . |
| 5 | Ever since the RSPCA established a Working Party to look at the implications of fishing , we have been concerned about one of its conclusions , which is that fish should be given the benefit of the doubt with regard to their ability to experience pain . |
| 6 | The Daltons became the second husband and wife team in the Commons , but three months later he came North to bag the seat for himself . |
| 7 | The Pentagon made an unofficial translation , which did the rounds on Capitol Hill . |
| 8 | The second reason , strategically more important , was that the Pentagon wanted a closer look at what was going on between Aoun and Saddam Hussein . |
| 9 | In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home . |
| 10 | For four decades after the signing of the Treaty of Paris , all the Member States of the EEC faced a common menace from the aggressive and expansionist Warsaw Pact . |
| 11 | The Inquirer proved a great success . |
| 12 | Perry 's foray to the Orient marked the true beginning of America 's global role ; it marked the emergence on the world stage of Japan , after two centuries of a xenophobia that almost bordered on paranoia ; and it allowed the creation — nervous at first , but gradually becoming more and more pronounced — of a trans-Pacific axis between , put at its most basic , California and Honshu — an axis around which the fortunes of today 's Ocean , and much of today 's world , revolves . |
| 13 | In the nineteenth century it was the native inhabitants ' turn , and the Highlands suffered the terrible injury of the Clearances . |
| 14 | The RAF made a promising start and kept up with the French until Sgt Pete Woodward mistimed his landing . |
| 15 | The RAF enjoyed a territorial advantage throughout most of the game and their pack did what was required in preventing the Army forwards from winning the quality possession they sought . |
| 16 | Any chance of the former had been negated by Britain 's failure to topple Nasser at Suez ; and the latter was unlikely for some years because the aircraft did not , as yet , exist ; and the RAF had no real enthusiasm for providing the necessary money to buy them out of Air votes , which they quite naturally wanted to use for combat and not transport aircraft . |
| 17 | The RAF had the unenviable task of bombing the Nazi munition factories , knowing that they were manned by forced labour from conquered European countries . |
| 18 | Perhaps it was a great help to me at this time that the RAF introduced a new trade into the Service — Metal Rigger — and to the horror of the old " Chippie Rigger " who fashioned the ancient wooden aircraft , and claimed " we used to have men of steel and kites of wood … sadly now the process has been reversed " . |
| 19 | On Oct. 7 the JNA bombed the presidential palace in the Croatian capital , Zagreb . |
| 20 | The JNA ordered the Croatian police to withdraw from Kijevo . |
| 21 | No doubt the Alderney and the Guernsey had a shared ancestry : both islands were colonised by Normandy monks in the eleventh century . |
| 22 | But , like so many other dairy breeds , the Guernsey suffered a sharp decline in the UK when Friesians became dominant . |
| 23 | In the north the Nevilles established a strong claim to the Justiceship of the forests north of Trent . |
| 24 | Although some progress had been made by January 1990 in dissolving the Ministry for State Security ( the " Stasi " ) [ see pp. 37107-08 ; 37170 ] , the extent to which prominent people had been involved with the Stasi remained a contentious issue [ ibid . ] . |
| 25 | At this time the Temple resembled a huge slaughterhouse as thousands of lambs were sacrificed and handed to the people for the celebration of the Passover meal that night . |
| 26 | The atmosphere and hospitality of the Orkneys made a great impression on all our crews . |
| 27 | Two minutes later the Armstrong entered the tiny village of Ham . |
| 28 | This was mostly gripping , frequently squirmworthy and occasionally hilarious telly , spoilt only be the BBC 's belief that the Wilkins represented a real family when , in truth , they were superhumanly unpleasant , stupid and dowdy . |
| 29 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 30 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |