Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A team of experts had examined the nuclear plant at Kozloduy , north of the capital , Sofia , and warned that four of the six reactors there were so unsafe that " continued operation would be imprudent " . |
| 2 | carried out an experiment in which four- , eight- , and twelve-year-olds were asked to indicate which member of a pair of blocks had made the other block move . |
| 3 | This confusion of responsibilities had forced the National Transport Committee , Unity House , London to circulate a telegram on 7 May , with the approval of the General Council , to the following effect : |
| 4 | From the sixteenth century a series of colonists had realised the economic potential of the area and established plantations growing cash crops such as tea , coffee , cocoa , rubber and pepper . |
| 5 | By end-December 1991 , the combined effect of a small number of new entrants and a larger number of withdrawals had reduced the total number of firms to 18 and aggregate capital was down to £432 million . |
| 6 | " Dozens " of policemen had demonstrated the previous day against the judicial system , the media and immigrant Colombians . |
| 7 | There was also the additional point that a large percentage of employees had accepted the new terms , which led to the conclusion that they must have regarded them as reasonable in the circumstances . |