Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each produced the three components , but did not get a successful overall result . |
| 2 | The more he thought about schoolgirls , the more distasteful became the forty-year-old debs that his mother had lined up for him . |
| 3 | This limited the economic incentives they were prepared to provide . |
| 4 | This contradicted the underlying intentions of the legislation which sees all young people as needing pedagogical support irrespective of their social condition . |
| 5 | This posed the complementary questions of ‘ do the activities exist ’ and ‘ who could be carrying them out ’ , leading to the normal enquiries about effectiveness and efficiency . |
| 6 | This ignored the energy-intensive consequences of its manufacture , FOE said . |
| 7 | On top of this came the sundry depredations of military and civilian authorities desperate to feed the armed forces and urban population in the face of totally inadequate harvests . |
| 8 | For just as the British rejected the multimillion-pound blandishments by Suchard three years ago on behalf of richer , more bitter European chocolate , so Continental consumers are largely unimpressed by UK products . |
| 9 | This subordinated the lower levels of government directly to Yeltsin , and banned local elections until Dec. 1 , 1992 . |
| 10 | This allowed the senior referees to relax more with their refereeing and the games flowed accordingly . |
| 11 | Some developed the reticent traditions of Jesus ' infancy to provide stories about Mary 's parents , and her ( miraculous ) birth and perpetual virginity . |
| 12 | This followed the same lines as Woodruffe ( 1976 ) , who divided rural districts into six types depending on their history of population change : |
| 13 | This unnerved the three countries and confirmed their instinct to look westward . |
| 14 | Some walked the 3½ miles to and from Market Harborough each working day . |
| 15 | This was inevitable : partisan warfare is confined to rough country and the French governed the great towns with little difficulty . |
| 16 | This side-stepped the legal aspects of the coronation , for the combined nations of Europe might have chosen to elect an emperor by some other means — though undoubtedly this person would have been Charles . |
| 17 | Among other things , this established the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England ( HBMC ) which has taken over many of the functions formerly carried out directly by the DoE . |
| 18 | Naturally enough , all of this placed the working-class organisations in a cruel dilemma . |
| 19 | This included the following transformations : |
| 20 | This included the basic forms of jewellery — necklaces , pendants , bracelets and pins . |
| 21 | The big scroll in the frieze between Pope Calixtus II and the Emperor Henry V contained the first words of the text of the Concordat of Worms of 1122 , with the rest of the text to be found elsewhere in the hall . |
| 22 | This brought the bitter words from Duran , ‘ How can I win in America [ a hint that the political climate between Panama and the United States is also manifested in boxing ] when Leonard 's Siamese twin is the referee ? ’ |
| 23 | Some felt the present arrangements to be satisfactory , believing that ‘ there had been a marked change for the better in the CNAA system over the years and felt that subject boards fulfilled a useful role ’ . |
| 24 | There was also a chance that plants might be stolen and Collinson reported in January 1751 , ‘ … to my great loss , some prying , knowing people looked into the cases and out of that numbered 2 took the three roots of Chamaerhododendron , honey laurel , root of silver-leaved arum and the Spirea alnifolio … |
| 25 | When Pop said , ‘ What about all those other people in the convoy , does n't the dear Lord care about them too ? ’ this worried the two ladies considerably , and I rather think after that they either thought that we were faithless , or became a little apprehensive themselves ! |
| 26 | This combined the two approaches to reduce the computational costs of the dictionary algorithm while maintaining its advantages . |
| 27 | However , as in India , the British preferred the traditional leaders of society and emphasised the importance of the chiefs . |
| 28 | Some spoke the local languages ; others relied exclusively on court interpreters . |
| 29 | The Liberal Democrats won Kincardine and Deeside with an 11.4 per cent swing from the Conservatives ; this gave the Liberal Democrats their 10th seat in Scotland , overtaking the Conservatives ( nine ) . |
| 30 | The Turbo 30 gave the best results on a well-kept , even lawn with medium to fine grass , which could be cut short . |