Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mazzin tried to impose the same treatment on us . |
| 2 | Sydney : Concern about the performance of News Corporation following a warning by Rupert Murdoch helped to pull the All Ordinaries index down 17.5 points to 1,755.8 , the day 's low . |
| 3 | When they had left , Julia wondered whether to say anything or not , but David seemed to have no such inhibitions . |
| 4 | The beautiful eyes seemed to have the same dark depths as those of her brother but they did not have his sharp , probing gaze . |
| 5 | ‘ Life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness ’ and ‘ Liberty , equality , fraternity ’ were rallying-cries guaranteed to provide a few sleepless nights for many an English gentleman . |
| 6 | Utilisation can be twice as high and produces a double benefit : ( i ) lower costs per hour , and ( ii ) fewer aircraft needed to service the same sales volume . |
| 7 | Rupert Murdoch decided to do the same thing with The Times . |
| 8 | I had suggested all cars would inevitably look the same , as rival designers struggled to meet the same constraints dictated by safety requirements and ever-better fuel economy . |
| 9 | Amidst the unhilarious mayhem , a bespectacled and wide-eyed Dustin managed to time a few gags well , but became swamped by the strained and desperate elements of the ridiculous plot . |
| 10 | This study aimed to use the same methods to examine anorectal function in 23 patients with complete supraconal spinal cord lesions and to determinate the relationship between the site of the lesion and the existence of inconsistent phenomena . |
| 11 | Whereas European countries tended to acquire public ownership of the assets of natural monopolies , the United States preferred to handle the same problems through public regulation of industries whose assets were left in private ownership . |
| 12 | The NATO countries agreed to help the former communist countries to reorganize their armed forces , specifically to advise on the role of armed forces in democracies , practical aspects of defence management and methods for the environmental clean-up of defence installations . |
| 13 | Sharpe tried to save a few seconds by vaulting the banister . |
| 14 | At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me . |
| 15 | Although many London pubs seemed to look the same when he first walked in , Dexter enjoyed collating the differences that set one apart from another . |
| 16 | Iran 's relations with other West European countries began to improve a few months after the initial call by Ayatollah Khomeini for Rushdie 's death , although Rafsanjani 's statement in May 1989 advocating the killing of five Westerners for every Palestinian killed in the occupied territories [ see pp. 36669-70 ] drew a strong rebuke from the Council of Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 17 | Sukarno hoped to employ the same techniques as had broken Dutch resistance in New Guinea . |
| 18 | Even in the days of hard communism , parents had to pay a few yuan a term . |
| 19 | Ironically , Clough 's own kid Nigel had to undergo the same perpetual ultra-critical appraisal of his skills before the Forest manager would accept the striker as a player first and a member of the family second . |
| 20 | The bachelor wanted to ask the same question , but he said nothing . |
| 21 | The biblical compilation intended to introduce the latter work does not survive . |
| 22 | A similar conclusion was reached by Gruenberg ( 1977 ) from a population study in Sweden , although further analysis of the same population failed to reach the same conclusion ( Rorsman et al . |
| 23 | He had already become dependent on Richard Arkwright [ q.v. ] for funds ( a loan of £10,000 in 1788 ) but the prosperity of muslins now evaporated , while Oldknow failed to achieve the same mastery of technical perfection in fine-cotton spinning . |
| 24 | In his turn , Tran Van Hieu knelt to perform the same silent acts of obeisance as the older man , but after prostrating himself for the third time , he remained on his knees and to his children 's surprise began to pray aloud . |
| 25 | Robert tried to marshal a few facts about twelfth-century Iran . |
| 26 | The chances of winning the two bets are at that point judged to have the same probability , given by the ratio of red to blue marbles . |
| 27 | The chances of winning the two bets are at that point judged to have the same probability , given by the ratio of red to blue marbles . |
| 28 | In Dunton v. Dunton ( 1892 ) 18 V.L.R. 114 ( Supreme Court of Victoria ) , the Court ( Higinbotham and Williams JJ. , Hood J. dissenting ) held that an agreement between ex-spouses whereby the former husband undertook to pay the former wife £6 per month , ‘ so long as she … shall conduct herself with sobriety , and in a respectable , orderly , and virtuous manner ’ was a valid contract made for a consideration . |
| 29 | While Mulroney appeared to represent the former when he was elected , he has in fact turned out to be of the latter kind , and that exposed position may also have contributed to his loss of support . |
| 30 | He walked so slowly that Piper had to stop every few seconds and wait for him to catch up . |