Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | To start with , Alison planned to wear a white evening dress . |
| 3 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the US government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 4 | In an attempt to rally domestic support and to placate the United States government ( upon which his regime was heavily dependent ) , Marcos agreed to hold a Presidential election in February 1986 . |
| 5 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 6 | At a four nation summit in Madrid , Germany agreed to delay a final decision on the fighter until November . |
| 7 | Like the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs , they were successful and varied for a long time , but all three groups failed to survive the Cretaceous . |
| 8 | As Akbar and Tundrish opened fire with bolts , Yeremi lunged to drag the impetuous , or hallucinating , fool back . |
| 9 | Although the March general election failed to produce an outright winner , it ended the political chaos which had been associated with the final months of Blaize 's administration . |
| 10 | But these extensive discussions failed to provide a common area of agreement , mainly because of divergent national interests and unfavourable economic developments such as inflation , recession , and the oil crisis . |
| 11 | The 1992 budget planned to limit the public-sector deficit to 9 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and to save L60,000 million ( about US$48,250,000 ) through a combination of spending cuts , fiscal measures and privatization . |
| 12 | Long before Wilkins sought to popularize the Copernican system , the Protestant reformer Calvin had declared that those who wished to learn astronomy should not look to the Bible . |
| 13 | In July the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity agreed to ask the national parliaments of Western Europe to lend their voices to the argument . |
| 14 | Americans and Russians sought to outflank the great European shipping routes . |
| 15 | The capital fund ( £140 ) was deployed to help offset the deficit , and plans made to expect a further £300 deficit in 1916 . |
| 16 | But 100-metres champion Linford Christie failed to make the 5.40 pm showdown and his dream of a sprint double died . |
| 17 | Problems would also be experienced if the authorities sought to control the narrow monetary base : namely , banks ' balances with the Bank of England ( but not cash in tills ) . |
| 18 | A French proposal to turn the Antarctic into a whale sanctuary failed to win the necessary three-quarters majority for adoption , being supported by 19 countries and opposed by eight , but the proposal will be discussed again at next year 's meeting after a working group has met to discuss the boundaries of the sanctuary and other details . |
| 19 | HUNDREDS OF heavy metal fans were left stranded at Derby Station last Saturday when British Rail failed to run the usual special train to London after the massive Donington Monsters of Rock festival . |
| 20 | But British Rail failed to obtain an interim injunction against the NUR , the court holding that the union was likely in the highest degree to be able to show that their , ballot was valid . |
| 21 | The charges were not proceeded with when Jacqueline agreed to enter a long-stay residential clinic for the treatment of alcoholism . |
| 22 | Actually if you 've a complete number of repeats , it does n't matter too much whether it a full repeat or a half repeat at the edges , as both can be mattress stitched to give a continuous unbroken pattern effect . |
| 23 | It was very noticeable , particularly in England and Wales , that the ATB had in many cases failed to convince the older farmer of the benefits of training . |
| 24 | Enthusiastic attempts to drain wetlands throughout the 1970s and early 1980s have in many cases failed to produce the high-quality farmland which was the object of these expensive exercises . |
| 25 | Visitors saw that same orientation in the recent retrospective of the work of Biennial-alumnus Jean-Michel Basquiat , for which seven catalogue essays sought to transform the profligate drug addict from a middle-class home into a spokesman for the oppressed . |
| 26 | But in an eleventh-hour move late on Friday afternoon — and just hours after a query about the situation from this column — VAT headquarters agreed to consider a new interpretation of the rules . |
| 27 | Coverage failed to highlight the wrongful arrests of blacks or excessive use of force by the police ; nor did it adequately convey the extent of pro-social activity engaged in by black ‘ counter-rioters ’ , such as helping the wounded or assisting the emergency services . |
| 28 | It was desperation stakes , a last throw of the dice , but workers in Ballybrit agreed to take a 10 per cent cut in wages , all to no avail . |
| 29 | Only in the latter days of the town 's life as a centre of county magnificence were any real attempts made to establish an overall urban form and both resulted in failure , at least as financial ventures . |
| 30 | Each writer sought to give an overall biblical interpretation of his subject , but to do so in such a way as to be of practical value to modern Christians who found themselves perplexed by controversy on the subject . |