Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun] [vb past] the " 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 | In the main ballroom , the lights blazed from all sides and the many mirrors reflected the light a thousand-fold . |
| 3 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 4 | When the All Blacks managed to square the rubber at one-all when they won at Eden Park last year — after losing at Sydney — the All Blacks retained the Cup . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Both the latter railways climbed the mountains in spectacular fashion with breathtaking views at 3,000 feet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The latter group had the most difficulties and the greatest number of demands from the children . |
| 9 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 10 | The legal profession in England and Wales is divided into solicitors and barristers , with the latter being considered the senior branch of the profession . |
| 11 | The latter move prompted the government to retaliate by establishing a blockade around the island and withdrawing all services from the inhabitants . |
| 12 | Obviously the more donations made the better . |
| 13 | The paradox was that the more ideology stressed the role of sex within conjugality , the more it was necessary to describe and regulate those forms of sexuality which were outside it . |
| 14 | In UN parlance the former classification entailed the right to self-determination , while the latter generally did not . |
| 15 | On March 7 Mogadishu radio reported that a USC-sponsored " peace committee " would travel to the Gedo region ( the south-western homeland of Siyad Barre ) to explain that the area " would not come under attack as long as the former dictator left the region " . |
| 16 | The former system involved the operative having to attach more than 20 bands at a time to hold a mould in position . |
| 17 | The former skipper had the misfortune of conceding the own-goal which gave Swindon a play-off victory at Wembley two years ago but he still led the team out in the First Division the next season . |
| 18 | The former Start-forward pounced the ball in the net and Norway was ahead on the Sun Devil Stadium . |
| 19 | The former subgroup showed the same upward shift observed for the polyp group as a whole , but the differences , with respect to normal controls were even more noticeable , involving significant increases not only in the labelling indices of compartments 3 and 4+5 , but also in the total labelling index . |
| 20 | The second prohibited steps order prevented the mother from having any verbal or personal contact or contact by correspondence with the father and in the same way prohibited the father from having any form of contact with the mother . |
| 21 | A page-one column in the same newspaper admired the play 's moral honesty , insisting : ‘ It is worth Prime Minister Kaifu 's time to see the musical before his trip to South-East Asia . ’ |
| 22 | The same spirit produced the recent publication of a posthumous work by a 35-year-old French writer , Gilles Barbedette , who died a year ago in Paris before he could correct the proofs . |
| 23 | To some extent , though less so than with survey researchers , the same spirit informed the early exponents of participant observation . |
| 24 | Yet the numbers of women choosing not to marry receded in times of rising real wages , and the same conditions lowered the average age at marriage Hence , it is wise to remember that many women remained unmarried only because they did not have the means to start a new household with a husband . |
| 25 | As two econometric historians have succinctly expressed it : " Those who were the beneficiaries of the uncaptured social gains were the residents of the geographical area served by a particular canal … and the same groups constituted the main recipients of private returns . " |
| 26 | The second contract could not be ignored since it was not an ‘ independent and disconnected ’ transaction ; the same buyer bought the same goods from the same seller . |
| 27 | The same act gave the prince a life interest in the remaining moiety , so deferring the inheritance of the other heir , John Lord Howard . |
| 28 | The same act gave the prince a life interest in the remaining moiety , so deferring the inheritance of the other heir , John Lord Howard . |
| 29 | The same breed topped the heifer department when Francis Curragh , Donaghadee , sold an animal , ten days old for £162 . |
| 30 | In most districts the same person held the posts of justice of the peace and police magistrate , but it was necessary for the complainant to determine in which capacity he wanted this official to act . |