Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the dynamic of four sessions did have a remarkable effect not unassisted by the fact that when Cardinal Montini became Paul VI , this meant that one of the most thoughtful and determined of the moderately progressive conservatives was now pope . |
| 2 | IT is something of a cliche to say that the printed word has faced growing competition from new technology , but throughout the Eighties consumer spending on books did maintain a steady growth . |
| 3 | To convince the reader of my findings in any subsequent report on the study I would have had to show that the points made by my informants did produce a coherent and logical pattern . |
| 4 | The coordinating of the various world pick-ups did try the patience of all concerned and the long waits at 5am on a chilly Christmas morning were no laughing matter . |
| 5 | His early speeches did include an address on the fiftieth anniversary of the Karachaevo-Cherkessk autonomous region , which was administratively subordinate to Stavropol , and in December 1972 , on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the USSR , an article on the ‘ Great union of friendly peoples ’ appeared in the regional newspaper . |
| 6 | Despite these problems of appointments arid salaries , the great majority of the senior managers and engineers did join the new nationalised organisations . |
| 7 | Although the Duke of Monmouth and a number of other exiles did lead a rebellion in the west country in 1685 , the rebels were unable to gain the support of any men of substance , and the ease with which the rebellion was crushed provides further testimony to the strength of the government 's position at this time . |
| 8 | ‘ The views of our community were forcibly put at this meeting and to their credit the contractors did halt the work during the community festival , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Despite the deterioration in inter-Korean relations , the two countries did reach an agreement on Feb. 12 to enter joint Korean teams for two international sporting events . |
| 10 | 258 it had been held that a request for money in such circumstances did constitute an offence under the Larceny Act 1916 , s.29(1) ( i ) . |
| 11 | It would not be possible to talk of error of law at all unless such elements did have a ‘ given ’ meaning because , says Gould , such language implies a departure from a criterion laid down by the courts . |
| 12 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
| 13 | That Palestinian Arabs did cultivate the land in the nineteenth century — as a glance at Roberts ' lithographs clearly proves — went unnoticed by Aumann , who concluded his thesis by stating that the contention that 95 per cent of the land of the state of Israel had belonged to Arabs ‘ has absolutely no foundation in fact . ’ |
| 14 | Though utterly distant from his own life , he was nevertheless aware from the confusing gossip of his elders that Marines did maintain a fortress-monastery in a spire of the Palatine . |
| 15 | But Rovers did claim the next goal to make it 2-1 . |
| 16 | But we can surely reconstruct the pattern of events whereby the lectures did become the basis of the book that in fact materialized . |
| 17 | But if political calculations did enter the minds of the Conservatives ( Alexander 1982b:46 ) then they have been disappointed . |
| 18 | Classic FM was not a competitor for Independent Local Radio stations , but those stations did face a significant threat from tycoon Richard Branson 's national commercial rock station , Virgin 1215 . |
| 19 | This time balls did strike the walls , some going over the top , but no real damage was done . |
| 20 | However , although one or two balls did reach the land and even struck masonry , these were spent shot and did no real damage , the rest throwing up spouts of water harmlessly . |
| 21 | So , for this period , the expectations did satisfy the unbiasedness property of rational expectations . |
| 22 | It is certain , however , that some of these primitive insects did develop a much swifter and less laborious method of getting down . |
| 23 | If any of the trialists did catch the eye of Glenn Hoddle and his staff , they 'd still need work permits . |
| 24 | The point made by Mr Bishop about employment , shopping and other land I also wish to respond to , I think one of the other participants did mention the issue of existing provision , it 's been quite clear from the work of the Greater York authorities that certainly shopping terms there is an oversupply of shopping companies in and around the edge of the urban area at the present time , we have a number of major outstanding consents which have not yet been taken up . |
| 25 | In the south , however , foreign workers did present a narrower spectrum , and those from the more disadvantaged countries were prominent . |
| 26 | Her Majesty 's dogs did make a bit of a dent in the corgi image when one of them bit the Queen 's hand during a fight last year , but like King Charles the second and his spaniels , the Queen is inseparable from her corgis . |
| 27 | More seriously , however , Priestley 's work on gases did influence the development of balloons . |
| 28 | Since most of the money being offered was raised through Federal taxation , especially income tax , these mechanisms were being used to try and ensure that State governments did operate the welfare programmes seen as desirable by the Federal government ; if they did not , then their residents were paying taxes to Washington , but receiving relatively little in return . |
| 29 | There is little evidence suggesting that unemployment and the poor economic conditions did undermine the overall economic position of the working class during the inter-war years , although monetary wages were reduced constantly until the mid-1930s and wages did decline as a proportion of home-produced income during the early and mid-1930s . |
| 30 | The discussion of military issues was postponed until February , but delegates did agree the military oaths for servicemen in the CIS strategic forces , and in the armed forces which seven states were to have in common ( i.e. not Ukraine , Byelarus , Azerbaijan , Moldova ) . |