Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When considering whether the Revolution should be seen as a victory for Whig principles or not , historians have tended to take a constitutional frame of reference — the more a particular historian believes the Revolution settlement limited the constitutional powers of the Crown , then the more Whiggish the Revolution is said to be . |
| 2 | It was seen as the most ‘ natural ’ division given the separate roles of men and women in society . |
| 3 | In Meditatio the Christian monk committed the divine words of his Lectio to memory as he pondered their meaning and , as he did so , he recited them aloud . |
| 4 | The cumulative number of words assigned the correct ranks for these texts are shown in diagrammatic form in fig 4.9a and 4.9b . |
| 5 | I have pointed out that the early structuralists treated the discursive elements in their analysis as ‘ natural ’ , as empirically given . |
| 6 | Two squadrons of Hessian hussars occupied the lower slopes of the Pratzen , drawn up in battle array , spotless as if on parade . |
| 7 | From the chapel they 've taken the thing that we 're sorriest about , which is the cockfighting chair that Alexander Pope the poet used the two summers that he spent working here in what 's now called Pope 's Tower , translating the fifth volume of Homer 's Iliad . |
| 8 | First , the Stock Exchange has set up a new market in company equities called the Unlisted Securities Market ( USM ) . |
| 9 | Main change introduced in the Esprit III programme is a new category of research called the Open Microsystems Initiative ( OMI ) . |
| 10 | In this study , differences in the histological sites of amyloid deposits between the chemical types of amyloid affected the clinical signs of intestinal pseudo-obstruction . |
| 11 | It 's collected into books called The Great Lovers ' Valentine World Anthology of Love Poetry or whatever . |
| 12 | In their northward migration toward the tundra these peoples encountered the Nenets Samoeds and adopted many features of their reindeer-herding way of life , so that a northern type of Khantyn Selkup and Ket culture developed . |
| 13 | We ran the experiment in 12 sessions of eight subjects each ; eight of the sessions involved the eight groups , the remaining four sessions the subjects doing the experiment on an individual basis . |
| 14 | In order to facilitate such cross-border activity , EC rules have in important respects harmonised the national systems of company law and business regulation , thereby providing the underlying framework upon which implementing national rules is based . |
| 15 | Amyloid deposits in the small intestine were proved in all cases by endoscopic or intraoperative biopses , and immunohistochemical study identified the chemical types of amyloid protein : amyloid A protein ( AA ) in 13 cases , light chain protein ( AL ) in two , and β> 2 -microglobulin ( AH ) in one . |
| 16 | Showell Styles balanced the junior tales about Septimus Quinn with a sequence of adult novels built round a middle-aged naval officer who , at thirty-three , had moved only from midshipman to the unsatisfactory rank of acting lieutenant because of intermittent periods of unemployment at the end of the eighteenth century and a sad lack of useful patronage . |
| 17 | Sometimes , it is true , they must have been little more than what Marc Bloch described as ‘ l'endroit où on passe ’ ; but one may presume that efforts were made to drain long-distance roads and keep them clear of obstruction ; and kings and princes in several countries regarded the main roads as their roads . |
| 18 | But it would be misleading to speak of separation given the religious foundations of his natural philosophy . |
| 19 | Later instalments disclosed the wondrous sights the astronomer had been privileged to see . |
| 20 | Had all four defendants committed the brutal crimes , or had just two of the brother perpetrated these heinous events , later to be joined by William who had done his best to abet them after the event ? |
| 21 | Less than a dozen years later , television , radio , newspapers , posters and placards proclaimed the same slogans extolling life in the ‘ age of Ceauşescu ’ . |
| 22 | Thucydides credited the Minoan kings with organizing the first naval fleet , and it is possible that the Minoans did indeed have a squadron of specially designed and equipped warships that were ahead of their time . |
| 23 | He devised a special programme , teaching the girls a new song and dance called The Little Gypsies and this earned their usual encore . |
| 24 | This trademark nicknamed the two cheeses was an acronym for civil clothes nineteen forty one . |
| 25 | There 's a nice little pub called the Eight Bells in Yardarm Street , running into the square . |
| 26 | There 's one outpost of northern civilization in the heart of the city centre — a fine Sam Smith 's pub called the Three Goats Heads . |
| 27 | Having agreed that this was a good idea , David and I went down to a pub called The Three Tuns , which is in Beckenham High Street . |
| 28 | A short passage linked the two rooms together and gave access to the stairway . |
| 29 | The group 's profits increased by 14 per cent to £703m and turnover increased by 24 per cent to £1976m ( although exchange rate movements overstated the real increases ) . |
| 30 | El País of April 26 noted that EC officials regarded the current negotiations for the incorporation of Mexico into a trade bloc with the USA [ see above ] as increasing Mexico 's importance as a trading partner . |