Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was , in 1950 , that Edouard effectively became the baron de Chavigny . |
| 2 | That effectively made the game safe for the tourists , but there was little to commend in a cold and often bitter contest . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Left-wing critics furiously attacked the Chancellor 's cynicism and blatant inegalitarianism . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ford — and indeed the unions — badly misjudged the mood of the workforce . |
| 12 | And woe betide both of them if Leonard failed to phone her if he decided to stay out and thereby wasted the food ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As a star , Bette Davis was of the type commonly designated ‘ inimitable ’ , which tends to mean ( as it did in her case ) that she eventually became the butt of countless imitators ; and these imitators merely accentuated symptoms of self-parody that were already detectable in her own screen presence . |
| 16 | And then we had the er the battledress was issued , the khaki , and erm we was had our head headquarters were started , the headquarters were started in an office at , one of the office rooms at the at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company by the , the top offices we used to call them , by the gates , we had one of the rooms there for and it eventually became the armoury when we got some equipment because rifles etcetera was in very short supply after Dun Dunkirk So eventually we had a few rifles and er when the er we got a few rifles and er the sirens went it was the practice at the beginning when the sirens went in this area for everything to stop and everyone down the shelter but it happened four or five times , everybody realized how non-productive this was , that the time that was lost and there was nothing happening in this area so it was decided by the R T B that we , the , the people off the shop floor would n't stop work until the attack was really imminent or it had started because if this , this was happening all over the Midlands area and of course if you , if you multiply that by the number of people at work you can imagine how much production was lost erm and also when the sirens went Major at the factory used to get the chappies out from off the shop floor , get the few rifles we 'd got , take we in to King George 's playing fields there was a , a brook running across King George 's playing fields then , it had n't and a trench which was extended to stop er aircraft from landing in King George 's cos it was just a big open space . |
| 17 | Millend stood idle for about eight years until it eventually became the home of The Mechanical Malting Company , later The Automatic Malting Co , who remained there until 1931 . |
| 18 | This sister , Elisabeth , was to count for a good deal in Nietzsche 's later life , favourably and otherwise : she eventually became the custodian of all his surviving works during the long period of incapacity that preceded his death and continued in that influential role , which she executed in a highly questionable way , for thirty-five years afterwards . |
| 19 | Amongst the projects that benefited immediately were the Vertical Take-Off ground attack fighter , P1127 , which eventually became the Harrier , and its supersonic variant the P1154 air defence fighter . |
| 20 | As you know , this early and admirably simple document eventually became the basis of the U N convention on the rights of the child adopted unanimously by the U N in nineteen eighty nine and since by the majority of member states as mentioned by the Princess Royal this morning . |
| 21 | This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man . |
| 22 | Because of the activities of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) in holding it up , I eventually became the wrecker of every other private Bill . |
| 23 | The palace was never finished and eventually became the property of the powerful Schwarzenberg family who created a beautiful formal garden on the site . |
| 24 | No wonder the train eventually became the focus of bandits , thieves and pickpockets . |
| 25 | Three days later King Bhumibol effectively legitimized the coup when he formally appointed Gen. Sunthorn as NPKC head . |
| 26 | They duly processed the information and despatched warning letters stating that offenders had five days to make a payment arrangement — with a 10 per cent surcharge — before a court order , a summary warrant , was activated . |
| 27 | Half a dozen men lay behind an overturned banqueting table which effectively divided the room in two . |
| 28 | Police chased the thief and eventually recovered the ball . |
| 29 | It was held that he could not , since by accepting the seller 's offer on the telephone he had accepted the goods and thereby affirmed the contract . |
| 30 | The Llanelli back row successfully countered the threat of Dean Oswald , the New Zealand No 8 who , returning to the Pontypool side after a 10-week absence , made an attractive contribution but rarely crossed the gain line . |