Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've prefaced that and the , the heading , I should have a copy , what ? |
| 2 | However corporacy became strained when the acute unit wanted to apply for self-governing status . |
| 3 | Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch . |
| 4 | It seemed like only moments after Shiona had fallen asleep that the light snapped on in the compartment and a strong hand was dragging her from her bunk . |
| 5 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 6 | Rangers nevertheless extended their lead over Aberdeen in the championship to ten points after a performance which had seemed destined to go unrewarded before the floodgates opened . |
| 7 | The scramble to partition Africa into colonies — made possible once the wide availability of quinine solved the problem of fever — typified this more militaristic phase of imperialism . |
| 8 | The power to negotiate , which is central to compliance systems , is one which exists by implication only but one made possible because the law is not made concrete or specific . |
| 9 | The inland areas became lower than the silty areas near the coast and lower than the river channels . |
| 10 | Bank lending and consumer credit remain depressed and the analysts are still hopefully waiting for today 's figures on retail sales in January to provide some conclusive evidence that demand is poised to recover . |
| 11 | Where at that date , any payment was accruing due , ie where payment in arrears was stipulated , the creditor may prove for the amount which would have fallen due if the debt had accrued from day to day ( r 6.112(2) ) . |
| 12 | Previously people were as likely to talk of a ‘ public broadcasting system ’ ; , but this became confusing when the distinctive US Tv network with that name was established , often using British programmes . |
| 13 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
| 14 | If patients are forced to go private because the local dentists opt out of the National Health Service , fees will triple . |
| 15 | On those figures , neither the Liberal Democrats or any other single party would be able to sustain Labour or the Conservatives in office . |
| 16 | Some estimates put the close of year figure at 2,050 — 150 points lower than the worst of last week 's pessimists . |
| 17 | The majority of the workforces in the Middle East remain multinational and the vast labour forces of the Subcontinent and far East are readily available and accessible to companies operating in the Middle East . |
| 18 | Colin Hamilton 's Gogar and Douglas Dryburgh 's Aviemore were on five wins each and the four looked likely to make tomorrow 's semi-finals , though David Aitken 's Galleon were still in with a chance . |
| 19 | After a brief , acid interval , the terms became right and the bargain was struck . |
| 20 | The stamps got intercepted but the watch |
| 21 | When it became possible that the assailants might be other children , the fiend could only be collectivised : an anti-society of the dispossessed , those beneath Christian morality whose drugged souls are already forfeit . |
| 22 | The glass canopy , dating from when the property was used as a garage , and the existing facade would remain intact but the building behind would be demolished and rebuilt . |
| 23 | Could that remain intact as the channel strives to keep advertisers happy ? |
| 24 | The 14th Army issued an ultimatum on April 2 that it would order troops to combat alert if the fighting in the area did not subside . |
| 25 | Worst of all was the four-year reign of terror when a female chimp , Passion , turned killer ; during this gruesome time only one infant survived Passion and her daughter 's cannibalistic attacks , until they both became pregnant and the deaths stopped . |
| 26 | Happily , I became pregnant and the hair disappeared . |
| 27 | At age 20 she became pregnant and the pregnancy was complicated by episodes of small and large bowel obstruction . |
| 28 | Gower and Lamb both produced sixties and actually managed a century stand , but no other batsman passed eight and the total was no more than 176 . |
| 29 | They then remain seated while the rest leave for the next trip . |
| 30 | The separate Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun gradually became extinct and the Red Poll was East Anglia 's dominant breed for many years . |