Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in their daily practice , as in London , each SCC nominated a ‘ responsible helper ’ who first met the headteacher to discuss those juveniles who were about to leave school , and then interviewed the young people themselves and their parents . |
| 2 | In winter when all the leaves had fallen the forest became rough and creviced like the trunk of a tree . |
| 3 | The Brothers demonstrated power axes as well as heavier weapons which the neophytes as yet lacked the physique to wield unaided unless those weapons were equipped with suspensors . |
| 4 | It had been a recurrent problem of Edward 's early years that he lacked the resources to reward all his leading supporters , and by 1469 he was left with very little room for manoeuvre . |
| 5 | It had been a recurrent problem of Edward 's early years that he lacked the resources to reward all his leading supporters , and by 1469 he was left with very little room for manoeuvre . |
| 6 | Earlier , he had complained that he lacked the resources to investigate all the allegations of corruption against government officials . |
| 7 | As dean , Smith attempted to revert to the practices and manners of Hall 's great predecessor Cyril Jackson [ q.v. ] , but he lacked the ability to manage those with whom a dean of Christ Church had to deal . |
| 8 | In practice , as his experience as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1929 and 1930 proved , it lacked the will to implement any radical reform . |
| 9 | There were some reservations concerning the durability of the pact , however , for although the NZCTU covered some 400,000 workers , it lacked the authority to compel affiliated unions to abide by the wage restraint accord . |
| 10 | This resulted in the children 's department undertaking general family case work and finding they lacked the power to provide much constructive help in many cases . |
| 11 | Propaganda could be used to undermine their subjects ' faith in their legitimacy , while a war of successful raids ( or chevauchèes ) might shake that confidence yet further by showing that , as kings , they lacked the power to fulfil one of their prime roles , the defence of their people against the English . |
| 12 | Many correspondents complained that their constructive advice , as opposed to their prying , fell on stony ground , since most peasants lacked the means to put technical advice on agriculture into effect . |
| 13 | She was the maid at Drew 's Maidstone lodgings , who had witnessed the actor spending half an hour in the garden of the premises trying desperately to clean a navy blue jacket . |
| 14 | I hope that you will be able to spare the time to complete this form . |
| 15 | Why Brunel should have agreed to spare the time to become involved with the competition is not clear , except that his brother-in-law and close friend was Sir Benjamin Hawes , who had framed the War Department 's accommodation schedule . |
| 16 | The relevant statute empowered the council to pay such wages as it thought fit . |
| 17 | Although the SPD agreed with the bill 's intention and much of its detail , it used its majority in the Bundesrat to reject the bill because it empowered the government to use telephone-tapping and mail-interception to gather evidence of illegal arms sales . |
| 18 | ‘ Temporary ’ regulations of August 1881 — ultimately extended until the fall of the Empire — empowered the government to declare virtual martial law wherever and whenever it chose to do so . |
| 19 | Emergency regulations empowered the government to declare virtual martial law at will . |
| 20 | At a special meeting of the SCS a rule change empowered the society to use 1 per cent of net profits for ‘ any contingency that may arise in connection with the business of the Society ’ including political representation . |
| 21 | The legislation empowered the G.L.C. to take such action as was necessary and appropriate in order to enable the L.T.E. to comply with this obligation ; the G.L.C. also had power to make grants to the L.T.E. for any purpose . |
| 22 | In many respects it fails to answer these issues satisfactorily , although allowing the court to order medical examinations without parental consent legitimizes a position well established on an informal basis amongst the professionals involved . |
| 23 | At the end there are sequences of free paddling , both at Nottingham and on natural water , allowing the viewers to see practical use of the moves and permitting them to see the film to examine the techniques , the paddling by the six paddlers involved always being very confident and competent . |
| 24 | Holt ( 1981 ) saw the setting up of LEASIB as the biggest threat to schools , allowing the APU to have more direct impact . |
| 25 | BELOW In both dry and wet countries , large purpose-built shelters erected over the excavation are an invaluable means of allowing the excavation to continue all-year-round , and to allow visitors to view the excavation . |
| 26 | It would be best to start with young Geophagines , allowing the dwarfs to get used to them as they grow . |
| 27 | Plummer slid the chain free , allowing the door to open wider . |
| 28 | The notion that MCE somehow models the speech code by allowing the child to see English word order , which can then be internalised , is not theoretically viable . |
| 29 | This is self-explanatory and the tenant should be cautious of allowing the landlord to include various prohibited users which may not affect the tenant 's business but could restrict the persons to whom the tenant may wish to assign or sublet the premises . |
| 30 | Considerably more sacrilegious , albeit in a flippant way , is Du Con qui fu fait a la besche , " Of the cunt , which was made with a spade " , in which God is presented as having forgotten to give Eve genitals and then allowing the Devil to remedy this , on the condition that he neither adds to nor takes anything away from God 's creature . |