Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 2 | The certificate asked the wrong question and merited the short shrift which it received . |
| 3 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 4 | Champagne became the sole refreshment , and topless girls sported trays of Havana cigars and hashish cigarettes . |
| 5 | Such dreary teaching could be eliminated if literature were separated from language , theory from practice , and literature became the chosen subject only for those who had a particular aptitude for it , or a desire to learn to criticize and analyse . |
| 6 | For magazines such as the Illustrated London News the solution was to bolt a number of small blocks together ; but for full-page scientific pictures the technique of lithography became the standard one . |
| 7 | The measure met the qualified support of Labour in Parliament who argued , as always and reasonably enough , that the scheme gave too little . |
| 8 | The duchess registered the sudden brightening of her daughter 's expression and the my Richard with some exasperation — but it was Joan 's face that caught her attention . |
| 9 | As Julian Leff points out : ‘ it seems likely that if the uniqueness of the individual 's inner experience became the dominant value in society , the bonds between people would be so attenuated that such a society would probably not be viable . ’ |
| 10 | The bravery of men swimming ashore in these pioneer beach reconnaissances is beyond question , and knowing Norman Teacher as a friend , as well as being his CO , the Commander feels there is a strong probability that the young Lieutenant made the supreme sacrifice in swimming to his death rather than risking his capture , as others , too , may have done . |
| 11 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |
| 12 | No major developments in military technology occurred but , significantly , in 1704 pikes were finally phased out , and in 1706 a musket and socket-bayonet became the standard small-arm . |
| 13 | This clone revealed the ND4-ND4L transcripts ( 1700n . ) . |
| 14 | This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious ; some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years : |
| 15 | In the event of any shortcomings in a document with respect to enterprise content , the subcommittee agreed the following two courses of action : — |
| 16 | The hourly off-peak service from Euston to Liverpool and Manchester was an early casualty when the service was cut back to a ninety-minute headway , but the most far-reaching change concerned the Anglo-Scottish services between Euston and Glasgow . |
| 17 | Navarre lost his castles and was lucky not to lose his life ; he was to attempt further intrigues with the English , but his double-dealing made the English wary of him . |
| 18 | But he was in a sense revivified : his heart withstood the weakening effect of his illnesses much better than it had done in the same period of the previous year , and this was the first winter for some time when he had not been forced to seek treatment in a clinic . |
| 19 | She was rehomed , but the story made the front page of the local Sunday paper . |
| 20 | ‘ A steward had his head cut through being struck , it is believed , with a spanner , ’ the Times correspondent wrote , ‘ The chairman read the Public Meetings Act 1908 in the presence of a large number of police . |
| 21 | In the early stages both Pat Eddery on Dancing Brave and Gary Moore on Bering held up their mounts towards the rear , but had improved to the middle of the pack as the field made the downhill run towards the straight . |
| 22 | However , junior officers upholding the sanctity of Japan 's rural heritage led the physical attack on politicians and zaibatsu leaders in a series of assassinations . |
| 23 | In 1885 , Parliament passed the Criminal Law Amendment Act . |
| 24 | In order to provide for such a constitutional amendment , Parliament passed the European Communities Act in 1972 , which stated that the requirements arising now or subsequently from the Treaty ‘ are without further enactment to be given legal effect or used in the United Kingdom ’ ( European Communities Act , section 2(1) ) . |
| 25 | On July 13 parliament passed the necessary legislation to privatize 7,600 state enterprises which comprised 80 per cent of the economy . |
| 26 | On June 21 , parliament passed the Internal Security and Intimidation Bill to reform the 1982 Internal Security Act under which the government had powers to ban organizations , to restrict publications and individuals , and to detain terrorism suspects without trial . |
| 27 | Khaki chinos and a matching short-sleeved shirt skimmed the muscular angles of his body to perfection . |
| 28 | The open neck of the white shirt revealed the smooth dark column of his neck , the beginning of dark hair on his chest . |
| 29 | A vinegary smell pricked the still air for a moment , then faded . |
| 30 | The remarkable navigator and cartographer circumnavigated the Antarctic but was killed in Hawaii on his third voyage . |