Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun sg] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , though , the procedure of the auctioneer was somewhat different , for at first the most attractive girls were auctioned to the highest bidders and then a sort of reverse auction took place in which the unattractive ones were distributed : instead of ascending , the bidding descended until the man prepared to accept the least payment got the girl . |
| 2 | Normally that particular tone could quell a charging bull at ten paces , but this man , she thought , must have skin as thick as leather because he did n't look in the least bit intimidated . |
| 3 | It was more irritating still to realise he was n't in the least bit put out by the woman 's comments . |
| 4 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 5 | In general , the most work and the least distraction occurred in the rarest activities . |
| 6 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 7 | Pre-tax profits for the half year rose by 123% to £6.296m ( v £2.814m ) . |
| 8 | British Bio-technology Group achieved a total income of £1.95m during the half year ended 31 October 1991 , against £2.35m in the previous year Income from Research Division was £342 000 and from Laboratory Products Division was £1.61m . |
| 9 | St Ives last week reported pretax profits of £10.5m for the half year ended 29th January 1993 , an increase of 4.1% over the same period last year . |
| 10 | You you never get to the this way did you ? |
| 11 | I putting the old car in the garage last night , straight up the this car went slow |
| 12 | When the latter siege had ended successfully , Molla Yegan came to Mehmed II to congratulate him and remarked that his prayers had continually been with him . |
| 13 | The latter type provided a wide central opening for vehicular traffic and two smaller side ones for pedestrians . |
| 14 | The latter formation had been created since the March election under the leadership of former Prime Minister Maj.-Gen. |
| 15 | Although the Donoughmore Report dealt not only with delegated legislation but also with administrative adjudication , the latter subject continued to exercise concern . |
| 16 | The latter finding arose from an observation by Brown and his colleagues ( 1966 ) that patients discharged to live alone or in a hostel often fared rather better than those who went to live with a spouse or parent . |
| 17 | The latter proposal had aroused deep resentment among many influential LDP members , and particularly faction leaders whose power relied on the interdependence of party members in the multi-member constituencies . |
| 18 | The latter camp took heart yesterday from Mr Rocard 's insistence that any decision must be based on a consensus , but realise that they have a tough fight ahead persuading others of the logic of their arguments . |
| 19 | If the victim in the latter case had known of the facts , he would presumably not have bought the car . |
| 20 | The latter case found its way on the front page of the Sunday People under the headline BEAUTY QUEEN 'S LIFE OF CRIME Terrorised wife 's story . |
| 21 | The latter course kept the family together , a consideration which became increasingly important during the first half of the twentieth century , but which was believed to be open to abuse unless the state assumed the role of the male breadwinner and insisted on good household management and sexual fidelity . |
| 22 | All except the latter unit meant some form of withdrawal from the use of acute admission facilities at either Claybury or Friern . |
| 23 | The latter gambit failed , since many in the party who were sceptical of the benefits of further nationalisation saw the removal of clause four as an unnecessarily provocative step , ‘ removing Genesis from the Bible ’ as Harold Wilson put it . |
| 24 | The latter document re-emphasized the need for a national curriculum framework and for the delineation of a common core of learning for all pupils . |
| 25 | The latter document dealt , among other topics , with the obligation to celibacy , but , — before it could be voted on , Archbishop Felici read a letter from the pope effectively banning discussion of celibacy , and insisting upon the observance of celibacy throughout the Latin Church . |
| 26 | It is striking , in fact , how much the latter idea seemed at the time to dominate as a first priority . |
| 27 | The range in the latter direction seemed to be closer , and some of the highest peaks were capped with what looked like snow . |
| 28 | His statements on the latter issue threatened to revive the scandal which had followed discovery in February of the sale [ see p. 38019 ] . |
| 29 | But the defeat of Labour in the latter year led , as usual , to a critical examination of conscience and record . |
| 30 | Furthermore , although the first poll-tax was sufficiently successful as a fiscal measure for it to be repeated in 1379 and 1381 , the hostility shown to it in the Great Revolt of the latter year led to its abandonment as a form of taxation ; not until the sixteenth century do further governmental records become available which can be employed to estimate the size of the national population with even a modicum of confidence . |