Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet looking from one to the other , he now realised where the similarity lay : it was in the eyes . |
| 2 | He failed too , removed by assassination ; but the failure goes deeper : Macedon succeeded where the tyrants of Thessaly did not , precisely because the polis life in Thessaly , which on the economic level made possible the rise of a tyranny , prevented one man from imposing his authority permanently like an Archelaos or a Philip ; that was because on the political level the word polis implied what it had not implied in 650 BC : self-determination . |
| 3 | In the former case the profits arose where the property was situated and in the latter case where the rights were exercisable . |
| 4 | We can examine individual finds or groups of them in different ways , depending on how the find was made , the area in which it occurred or the problem on which it might throw light . |
| 5 | So too with all other conditionals : letters in lower case for events , conditions , and the like , the same letters in upper case for the statements that the event occurred or the condition existed . |
| 6 | On the contrary , he wandered where the spirit lead him . |
| 7 | Compulsory admission occurred where the doctor ascribed the sick role but the patient did not accept it or did not react at all . |
| 8 | some of the poorest work in reading occurred where the organization and management of the class were weak . |
| 9 | In Benton v Campbell , Parker and Co Ltd [ 1925 ] 2 KB 410 , it was held that the auctioneer was not liable to the purchaser for the sale of a car when it transpired that the person who put the car into the auction was not the owner . |
| 10 | It later transpired that the Russians knew perfectly well what had happened , but were obviously enjoying the confusion their seemingly naive questions were provoking . |
| 11 | It subsequently transpired that the conveyancing arrangements I have described were part of a fraudulent scheme of the Hammonds to obtain money for themselves using the property as security . |
| 12 | It later transpired that the Hargrave vehicle customs-cleared its load of Spanish refrigerated produce in Dover as it would have done on any night of the year , up till now . |
| 13 | It transpired that the foundations of the chimney were inadequate , with the result that the entire structure sank some ten inches , taking floors and arches with it ! |
| 14 | It also transpired that the couple owned their own house and if they did move to Huntingdon , they would have to live in a council house . |
| 15 | It swiftly transpired that the document handed to the fathers for discussion was not that drawn up by the Preparatory Commission , but one revised by members of the Commission who were also members of the curia . |
| 16 | It transpired that the engine had fouled the points at Eaton . |
| 17 | ‘ It transpired that the Archdiocese of New York had allowed the state to defame , prosecute and condemn me , not only without offering me any aid , but also keeping from my attorney any information which might have helped me . ’ |
| 18 | Well , no one could make that out , but it transpired that the lad had a sense of humour . |
| 19 | If it transpired that the intervention notice was not justified , and Lautro rescinded it , a press notice might already have caused substantial damage to the person affected . |
| 20 | It appears that the tea was intercepted after having been successfully landed , but during the ensuing enquiry it transpired that the bailie had also imported a considerable quantity of Swedish iron in excess of what had been found suitable by the Wigtown customs officers . |
| 21 | Later it transpired that the INAO ( Institut National des Appellations d'Origine des vins et eaux -de-vie ) would accept this 10% as a stock régulateur , a reserve without appellation to be kept for possible classification should any future shortfall require it . |
| 22 | It transpired that the snow went as quickly as it had come , the road was opened and supplies began getting through regularly again . |
| 23 | I can only assume that , as the matter was extensively discussed earlier , they thought that the issue was dead and that there was no point in discussing it , because the arguments had been so effectively canvassed and dismissed that the Government would not contemplate introducing such an offence . |
| 24 | Two years ago a consultative document from the Inland Revenue proposed that the loan-back be limited to 25 per cent . |
| 25 | I proposed that the Government should initially retain a 51 per cent stake in the new company . |
| 26 | Under Maastricht ( Article 104C ) , it is , for instance , proposed that the authorities in Brussels should be able to impose fines on countries which do not obey the edicts of EEC institutions . |
| 27 | William Stukeley further elaborated the legend in the eighteenth century when he proposed that the St. Peter 's area of Stamford was the site of Hengist 's town , despite the fact that Stamford has never been in Lindsey . |
| 28 | In 1983 , Jim Hartle and I proposed that the state of the universe should be given by a sum over a certain class of histories . |
| 29 | In June 1788 Clarkson proposed that the London committee promote widespread agitation through forming local committees . |
| 30 | In 1962 Neel proposed that the persistence of diabetes mellitus must mean that the diabetic genotype holds some survival advantage . |