Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sceptics argued that there was no real difference between a right and a duty ; once it was laid down when auditors would be expected to use their right to report , it effectively became a duty . |
| 2 | And so it was , in 1950 , that Edouard effectively became the baron de Chavigny . |
| 3 | ‘ I started screaming so loudly that crowds ran to the scene which eventually made the policemen stop . ’ |
| 4 | The Morley/Penman project had a negative thrust — ‘ rockist ’ duly became a term of abuse as casually applied by pop fans as ‘ selling out ’ had been by 1960s rock fans — but its tone was relentlessly optimistic and Morley was duly rewarded for his faith in market forces ( and in Dollar in particular ) by being invited into Trevor Horn 's record label plans . |
| 5 | That effectively made the game safe for the tourists , but there was little to commend in a cold and often bitter contest . |
| 6 | Much more seriously , the House of Lords in Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd v. ACAS ( 1978 ) effectively made the resolution of recognition disputes dependent on the co-operation of employers . |
| 7 | I rather got the impression that they would take him er , er , continue interest in what would happen , I 've got the impression they have a representative here to give their view of how it was er |
| 8 | However , the House of Lords , when hearing the appeal in Davis v. Johnson [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1132 , expressly affirmed the rule in Young v. Bristol Aeroplane Co . |
| 9 | Left-wing critics furiously attacked the Chancellor 's cynicism and blatant inegalitarianism . |
| 10 | So those who persistently demanded succour when they were no longer entitled to it and irritatingly pricked the conscience of the rich were particularly apt for denunciation as witches . |
| 11 | On the other hand , Whitaker avidly devoured the kind of Boy 's Own adventures typified by such heroes as Bulldog Drummond and any of John Buchan 's creations . |
| 12 | Essex 's alleged impotence was the central issue facing the royal commission set up in 1613 , which duly ruled the marriage unconsummated and granted a divorce , freeing the countess to marry Carr . |
| 13 | The backers rather misjudged the mood of the populace at the time , and far from attracting crowds of culture-hungry theatre-goers , the actor-managers of the day had to be protected from the mob by the soldiery . |
| 14 | Ford — and indeed the unions — badly misjudged the mood of the workforce . |
| 15 | And woe betide both of them if Leonard failed to phone her if he decided to stay out and thereby wasted the food ! |
| 16 | WHEN Capenhurst employees raised money 16 years ago to send cerebral palsy sufferer Alan Barnes to America for treatment , they little realised the heights to which he would rise . |
| 17 | The full manufacturers ' list of 24 models which were considered not satisfactory ( and presumably failed the government test ) is : Boots 500 ; Brother MF1200PW and MF3200DB ; Electrolux NF4061 , NF4065 and NF4076 ; Goldstar ER350ME and ER535ME ; Hoover H6312 ; Matsui 260TC ; Moulinex 059 ; Philips AVM625 and AVM734 ; Proline M3030 ; Russel Hobbs 8504 ; Samsung RE570D , RE576D and RE990CT ; Sanyo EM2714BR ; Sharp R-7A50M and R-8H50(B)T ; Toshiba ER9610EW-1 and ER9630E ; Tricity MH1081 . |
| 18 | Their thesis maintains that as technology — seen as the driving-force of change — and industrialisation become more uniformly applied the countries involved will tend , over an extended period , to develop more similar industrial features , including their industrial relations arrangements , practices and ‘ web of rules ’ . |
| 19 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 20 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 21 | Yvonne joined the class , became ‘ hooked ’ and herself eventually became a Medau teachers . |
| 22 | Eric was going to do a trip around the world when he left Mayall , which eventually became a trip to Greece . |
| 23 | His power eventually became a threat , so the emperor had him taken prisoner and murdered in 1634 at Cheb ( Eger ) by two of his own officers , the Scot Leslie and the Italian Piccolomini , both of whom were rewarded with palaces of their own ( see pp. 81 and 152 ) . |
| 24 | An important example is George Crabbe , who grew up in poverty but eventually became a priest ; although his poetry is deeply informed by the experience of poverty , he is alienated in many respects from the class into which he was born . |
| 25 | Farming became geared to the demands of regional and national markets and harvest crises eventually became a thing of the past . |
| 26 | He began by building up the scout movement in the NorthEast and eventually became a scout commissioner . |
| 27 | The band , who promised to be massive after an effortless rise to the top during the Manchester thingy in 1990 , eventually became a figure of fun in the music Press . |
| 28 | He eventually became a prebend of St. Paul 's and Archdeacon of Leicester ; had it not been for his friendship with Bishop Crewe who sympathized with the Stuarts , he could have expected to become a bishop . |
| 29 | After Zarathustra 's death his religion was taken up by the old priestly class known as the Magi and eventually became the faith of the Achaemenid dynasty . |
| 30 | GRAHAM Fowler from Puma Sunderland , appearing in his fifth final eventually became the Durham and Cleveland County Closed Men 's singles champion at Tennis World , Middlesbrough . |