Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His view of a robust plebeian culture embraces more than recreation , although the forms this took played an important and integrated role in a popular culture which represented a whole way of life . |
| 2 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 3 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 4 | This had become a common occurrence . |
| 5 | There was growing public concern at the high toll of deaths and injuries among servicemen in peacetime , and this had become a significant factor in the worsening problem of draft-dodging . |
| 6 | This had become a degenerative condition due to a fall early in his career . |
| 7 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |
| 8 | Her cheeks were already aglow from a combination of the heat and the exhilaration of being the centre of attention , and this had lent an extra , youthful radiance to her beauty . |
| 9 | Too much emphasis had been placed upon the strengthening of security by military rather than political means , and this had placed an undue burden on the domestic economy . |
| 10 | This had included the increased use of " Sparrow units " — groups of urban guerrillas who targeted key officials and US military personnel for assassination . |
| 11 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 12 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 13 | According to Mao this had allowed the wrong people to enter therefore in order to advance with reform purification of the Party was necessary . |
| 14 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 15 | Joseph had accompanied her willingly , but she had soon noticed that his manner was subdued and cool towards her , and this had added a vague new dimension to her unease . |
| 16 | To everyone 's astonishment , this had opened a whole well spring of bitterness against his regiment and precipitated a cycle of protests , killings , mournings , more protests , more killings , throughout the spring and summer . |
| 17 | The Pawnbrokers Act of 1872 had raised the annual interest chargeable to 25 per cent — a halfpenny a month for every 2s. lent on loans under £2 . |
| 18 | ( The British had cornered the khaki-drill market for the Boer war . ) |
| 19 | The British had launched a powerful attack , and first Mersa Matruh ( which Mussolini had planned to enter in triumph ) fell , then Bardia and Tobruk . |
| 20 | A doctor of historical sciences and corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences , Yakovlev ( an exchange student at Columbia University in the late 1950s ) had come to Gorbachev 's attention while ambassador to Canada and from 1983 to 1985 had directed the important Institute of the World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences . |
| 21 | Some had made the original policy an enthusiastic part of their provision . |
| 22 | Some had chased the German two-seater all the way back to its own territory , furious at this interference by the military in their air war . |
| 23 | Some had travelled a considerable distance for example from Australia , Germany , Belgium and the USA and were not disappointed by either the welcome or the expertise offered them . |
| 24 | Of these only 2 had regained a significant amount of their lost weight . |
| 25 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 26 | The Mikoyan Mig-25 had established the all-time altitude record of just under 120,000 feet . |
| 27 | Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre . |
| 28 | In the Queens Head one drinker murmured about seeing a man in a green and black tracksuit , another had spied a red car they had never noticed before . |
| 29 | In anticipation of the agreement with its commercial bank creditors , IMF on March 31 approved a credit under an extended arrangement for Argentina , authorizing drawing of SDR2,149,250,000 ( about US$2,948 million ) over the next three years , in support of the government 's economic and financial reform programme which in 1991 had reduced the annual inflation rate from 1,445 per cent to 84 per cent . |
| 30 | Government revenues for the financial year ending in November 1991 had shown a considerable reduction compared with the previous financial year . |