Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The settlement does not , however , protect E&Y from civil suits filed by former investors in S&Ls — the $63m it paid in connection with Lincoln arose from a civil suit . |
| 2 | Flora Macdonald lived in a small farm estate , off this road . |
| 3 | On the other hand , in a short-term study using the artificial pancreas , normalisation of blood glucose for 48 hours led to a significant fall in β-thromboglobulin levels ( Voisin et al , 1983 ) . |
| 4 | The Foleys lived in a large Victorian house with a garden in Donnybrook , a couple of miles from the centre of Dublin . |
| 5 | ‘ Me too , ’ Kelly interrupted with a sweet smile . |
| 6 | Gabriel waited for him to break away and in that instant got in a good burst , peppering the cockpit . |
| 7 | The rise in American self-esteem that followed Reagan 's more aggressive foreign policies led to a greater acceptance of the ‘ revisionist ’ view of the war . |
| 8 | A opportunity arose from a primary study of proliferation in gastric malignancy to investigate BrdUrd labelled gastric mucosa . |
| 9 | Britain 's Courtaulds and Hoechst of Germany agreed on a joint venture that will merge their viscose and acrylic-fibres businesses in Europe . |
| 10 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 11 | Berle offered the American objections to international control , insisting that the British proposals amounted to a 50–50 division of traffic on the North Atlantic route . |
| 12 | Newman asked in a low voice . |
| 13 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 14 | Hull levelled with an excellent try by Rob Nolan from a pass by Aussie Scott Gale . |
| 15 | WILLOWFIELD ace Paul Rowan cruised to a comfortable win in the Conlig Six-mile Road Race organised by Pyramid AC . |
| 16 | Far from being ad hoc , the move to save Newton 's theory from falsification by Uranus 's orbit led to a new kind of test of that theory , which it was able to pass in a dramatic and progressive way . |
| 17 | At Maastricht , the Germans argued for a common foreign policy for the European Community . |
| 18 | Dr Linebaugh has discovered that around 40 per cent of those hanged at Tyburn in the middle years of the eighteenth century had completed apprenticeships and a further 20 per cent had at least begun one ( see pp. 230 – 1 ) Even in London , the greatest centre of artisan manufacture , not all apprenticeships led to a skilled trade — the unfortunate climbing chimney boys for example — but it would seem reasonable to suggest that around half of the working men of the capital were to some degree skilled , in the sense of selling specialised labour . |
| 19 | On Aug. 2 Baker met with a Palestinian delegation in East Jerusalem led by Faisal al-Husseini , who was widely regarded as the unofficial PLO representative in Jerusalem . |
| 20 | Baker met with a 10-member Palestinian delegation on March 12 , the first such meeting since the US suspended its dialogue with the PLO in June 1990 [ see pp. 37547-48 ] . |
| 21 | William agreed with an uncharacteristic lack of enthusiasm . |
| 22 | This change led to an enormous effort to begin active treatment in the neonatal period for virtually all infants with this condition . |
| 23 | In Britain it was too good to last , but the slogan led to a disastrous period of false optimism . |
| 24 | In contrast , mergers led to a significant increase in industrial concentration and monopoly power in the UK . |
| 25 | Melanie asked in a congested , small voice . |
| 26 | Irena lived in a late-Seventies block of flats on the edge of town , half a mile from the Russian barracks , part of an ugly outer-urban sprawl . |
| 27 | A MUCH larger entry of store pigs at Markethill sold in a strong trade particularly for heavy stores and middleweight stores which were in outstanding demand . |
| 28 | On the 14th of February 1826 Knott and Taylor partnered in a 21 year lease ( from the Rt . |
| 29 | The impetus for the following review of the literature arose from a detailed study of 15 published reports of empirical research in the field of ‘ environmental scanning ’ . |
| 30 | Disputes under them are to be referred to arbitration , where contracts made on a particular exchange are in issue , and otherwise to the English courts . |