Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | At its greatest extent in the late eleventh century the Croatian kingdom reached down to the Neretva , where its frontier met that of medieval Serbia . |
2 | Conditions then vary from those in which the cultural institutions and their producers are wholly subordinated to general state policy — a condition often made harsher by full or attempted monopoly of all means of cultural production — to more nuanced situations in which , while general policy direction is exercised , the practical relations are not significantly different from those in modern patronal and intermediate bodies , which of course also , in varying ways , have general policy directions in accordance with the social order in which they are working . |
3 | In 1663 an Act of Charles II had placed a partial ban on the importation of foreign cattle to England ; the ban became total in 1666 and permanent in 1680 . |
4 | But in the 1983 and 1987 elections the Conservatives averaged nearly 60 per cent and led Labour by 14.8 per cent and 11.5 per cent of the votes respectively in the two elections . |
5 | Although GEMMs in the aggregate made substantial losses during the years 1987 – 89 , the market as a whole became profitable in 1990 and remained so in 1991 . |
6 | A leading Western authority on the reincorporation of the nationalities into the Soviet Union opined that of all the minorities the Belorussians had the weakest urge to set themselves apart . |
7 | He and Greenidge made 119 in 27 overs , and although Richards went near the end for 65 Greenidge remained unbeaten on 98 . |
8 | What is there about the river terrace site in the drawing which met each of Chief Onlaf 's requirements ? |
9 | This complementarity was , of course , developed through the massive emigration which the Trans-Siberian made possible from European Russia . |
10 | First , as economies grow , rising productivity levels made possible by technological advances allow workers to pass into the next sector . |
11 | Other therapeutic optins made possible by percutaneous puncture of the gall bladder include contact dissolution of gall stones with solvents and percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
12 | And the attraction for them is not the crystal clear images of HDTV , but the prospect of broadcasting up to a dozen channels carrying pictures of today 's conventional clarity over cables or satellite transponders that now carry only one channel , a marvel made possible by digital compression . |
13 | Causality irrespective , we argue that many of the competitive innovations made possible by new technology could not be realised in corporate strategy without the simultaneous changes in finance . |
14 | Earls Court made a successful return to hosting seated events last year , in a move made possible by new developments in demountable seating and the speed with which they can be constructed and dismantled . |
15 | Will the surveillance made possible by modern information technology only apply at the frontiers , or shall we have to live with it in our daily lives ? |
16 | More significant though was a displacement into , a condensation within , the homosexual of a whole range of political fears and anxieties made possible by existing and long established representations of homosexuality : |
17 | The most humane and ecologically sound management policies , made possible by constant inputs of money from the south , combine elements of Inuit culture with the elements of southern life that are most useful to them . |
18 | It concludes by detailing retention issues and suggesting approaches to the issues made possible by this type of media . |
19 | When Cathy got pregnant at fourteen by the lodger who until recently had lived in her family 's home , her parents decided to take him to court . |
20 | When Michelle got pregnant at sixteen in the television series Eastenders , she brought the situation of teenage mothers to the attention of the nation . |
21 | RACHEL got pregnant at 15 because she wanted to leave school and get her own home . |
22 | She got pissed on one bottle ! |
23 | The ninth-wicket stand of 183 equalled that of debonair Chris Greetham and that purveyor of suicidal singles , Harold Stephenson , at Weston in 1963 . |
24 | 135 for 3 became 138 for 6 and the writing was in its usual place on the wall . |
25 | If you got eight to twelve questions , you 've this is what the answer is . |
26 | Alikhan made 963 at 31 , and is likely to start the season as Bicknell 's opening partner . |
27 | I indeed er in the er companies act in nineteen eighty nine the minister himself er argued that for any system to be effective there had to be a distance between regulators and regulations but the only people who have done any inquiry into B C C I which is the Institute er it itself is the mafia regulating the mafia auditors trying to regulate er the the auditors . |
28 | But if comital liegelordship ( that superior bond to which all lesser allegiances must , in case of conflict , yield ) was less advanced in Champagne than in Normandy or Flanders , it completely outclassed that of any other secular or ecclesiastical lord within the county . |
29 | ‘ The Flying Falcons , ’ bellowed the Chairman , as the stage became alive with muscular men leaping and somersaulting . |
30 | The problem was solved and reliable set-up and running became possible by minor changes to the program , including relaxation of the consistency checks . |