Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lists also show that the Elizabethan era was a period of considerable economic change as the woolstaplers were replaced by the butchers and the tanners ; cattle rather than sheep became the basis of local wealth , especially after 1541 when the disappearance of the Wyggestons removed a family which had dominated the town 's economy for two or three generations . |
| 2 | However , a tax credit of £1.8m checked the slump in Pergamon 's net result with earnings per share holding up at 2.9p ( 4.1p ) . |
| 3 | 45% of the respondents were non-enrollers , of whom 14% lacked the entry qualifications to get onto the courses we covered in the study . |
| 4 | Data revealed the majority of victims to be female ( 94 per cent ) . |
| 5 | " Moustachio , " the US intelligence agent who had already visited him in February , returned.He met the Shah in the palace in Rabat and told him of all the dangers that the US systems would pose for him-lawsuits to find his money , congressional subpoenas and demonstrations . |
| 6 | On the 27th the same combination of crew and aircraft attacked the U-Boat pens at Farge , near Bremen , but this time the flak was really close , causing seven small holes , including one of the crew windows . |
| 7 | Radio SPLA on Aug. 26 denied that the plane had been deliberately targeted , but said that relief aircraft used the airport " at their own risk " . |
| 8 | The election in Martinique Saint-Luce went to a second round in July when the PPM defeated the UDF . |
| 9 | When the children were young " big sister " was delegated to get the smaller ones ready for bed while her mother shared the leadership of the evening services.Joyce told the children fairy stories or Bible stories and they sang Army songs and choruses . |
| 10 | With the advent of the single-pilot bomber aircraft came the problem of conversion to type . |
| 11 | The rebels abandoned the Bancasi army camp in Butuan , the headquarters of the 402nd brigade , after government aircraft bombed the camp 's main buildings and communications systems on Oct. 5 . |
| 12 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 13 | In the Calder Valley district , the Yorkshire Water Authority 's data showed the EC limits were met less than half the time in 1988 . |
| 14 | Analysis of SaO 2 data showed the number of patients exceeding the set criteria of hypoxia in the control and oxygen treated groups were eight and one respectively . |
| 15 | She heard distant traffic from the road that skirted the far side of the wood ; she heard machinery and men shouting in Ron Paget 's yard ; she flinched as an aircraft ripped the sky , miles above . |
| 16 | The furry brown vole joined the hedgehog at the water 's edge and they started across the canal together . |
| 17 | Wheelchair travellers used to cross the track on boards laid down for mail trolleys.But now the disabled are being forced to make an eighty mile detour via Shrewsbury to get to Hereford because British Rail have taken up the boards for safety reasons.We joined the Leominster Disabled Access group on a trip to Hereford . |
| 18 | The geophysical data confirmed the presence of these channels , and enabled the subsurface chalk topography to be interpreted with some confidence . |
| 19 | In view of the fact that £20 constituted the base line for richer taxpayers , it is difficult to explain why mere husbandmen , who typically were small farmers , should have formed three-quarters of the £20-£39 class , far outnumbering yeomen , businessmen , and even gentlemen . |
| 20 | The data included the days just before delivery when , for most futures ( but not index futures ) , volume falls sharply . |
| 21 | The data established the depth to basement rocks , and are of hydrogeological interest because anomalous conductivities arising from saline water at the base of the chalk aquifer are readily detectable . |
| 22 | During that time interim replacement aircraft included the Supermarine Scapa and Short R24/31 Knuckleduster prototypes . |
| 23 | The aircraft hit the top of a nhangar and came down out of control on the edge of the runway at RAF ST Athan . |
| 24 | N.C. Downie 's aircraft hit the sea and crashed . |
| 25 | The aircraft hit the runway flat and at speed with unavoidable consequences . |
| 26 | Mike , though he not have thought it at the time , was extremely lucky , as the aircraft hit the ground the fuselage broke open , his helmet came off , became lodged in the opening and was then crushed as the fuselage closed again . |
| 27 | The pilot died of a heart attack in the air and he was probably dead before his aircraft hit the ground . |
| 28 | The aircraft crossed the overrun , rolled down an embankment for an additional 250 feet into Mountain Creek Lake and came to rest fifty feet off shore . |
| 29 | German aircraft crossed the Line in a constant stream : two-seater observation planes , single-seater scouts , twin-engined bombers , heavily escorted photographic planes . |
| 30 | The aircraft departed from Bristol Airport for a non-scheduled flight to Base and there was no evidence that the flight was other than routine until the aircraft reached the Base/Mulhouse terminal area . |