Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still encountered in his daily life a few who looked past the empty gaud that distracted lesser minds and longed for a revelation that would burn the tinsel away , an Apocalypse that would show the Fifth the glories it yearned for in its sleep . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the party contained not a few who disapproved of the caution of the Labour leadership in retaining the electoral truce yet apparently obtaining so few significant concessions in respect of policy from the coalition government . |
| 3 | The incompetence of the king , and the arrogance and greed of the Despensers , had so alienated men from the court that none except the few who profited from the king 's favour would fight for him . |
| 4 | The rest had left finance , bar a few who retrained for the burgeoning futures markets in right-to-pollute certificates and manual-job options . |
| 5 | Some who came at the outset no longer come to events , but others have joined since . |
| 6 | Some who went to the surgery thought that Daisy looked like an animal herself , moving sometimes like a slow marmalade cat , other times like a bustling sheep dog-for she was a woman of moods — and seeming to combine the best and worst qualities of each . |
| 7 | We were delighted to have a distinguished group from Bulawayo fly over for the opening , and some who stayed through the week . |
| 8 | Though he noticed there were some who spoke to the superintendent and were completely ignored , while others looked as if they would have preferred to creep past unknown . |
| 9 | Given the Association 's fall in membership since the late 1940s , and given the views canvassed by some who worked in the field , exemplified by Bruce in The Highway , there were real fears that the WEA would lose its status as a Responsible Body . |
| 10 | Another who rose to the occasion was the shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , whose speech , while a little lacking in vision , was delivered with a verve which must surely silence his critics . |
| 11 | This is a great part of the pleasure Matthew Spender found ; discovering craftsmen , for example , one of whom remembered who had built a palazzo in Florence , another who hid in the cellar for fear of thunderstorms , yet another who built him beehives . |
| 12 | Mr Jardine was another 'oo insisted on the 'ighest standards . ’ |
| 13 | ENGLAND 's players endured a nine-hour delay on their overnight trip back from Pakistan on Saturday , but it proved no handicap to the 10 who played in the Nationwide Anglia English Cup , yesterday . |
| 14 | He , like others , mentioned some young gallant who passed through the village about the same time . |
| 15 | The intervention followed several weeks of fighting between rival Indian factions armed with automatic weapons and grenades , which resulted in the deaths of at least two people , the displacement of many of the 9,500 who lived on the reservation , and the infliction of serious material damage . |
| 16 | He went on to briefly visit the memorial to the 21 who died outside the vast shipyards where Lech Walesa , now the country 's president , made his name as head of Solidarity . |
| 17 | May I thank all who contributed to the KSC Polish Appeal recently ; for your generous donations which have enabled this work to be carried out . |
| 18 | So it is thanks to you for coming to these events and thanks to all who contributed to the organisation for between you all it was a most successful day . |
| 19 | In the Annual Report published in July , Hugh Laughland , Chairman of Stoddard Sekers International PLC , praised the efforts of all who worked for the company . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , producer James Macalpine sends his renewed thanks to all who co-operated in the making of this film . |
| 21 | Almost all who commented to the Widdicombe Committee regarded the remuneration of councillors as ‘ unsatisfactory both in terms of the basis of payment and the level of payment ’ ( Widdicombe 1986 , para. 6.94 ) and the Committee recommended a basic flat-rate payment and a special responsibility allowance . |
| 22 | In the entrance hall of he present church the 20 bronze plaques commemorate both old and young — from Desmond William Green , who lived for 6 weeks , to many who died in the fullness of age . |
| 23 | Many who belonged to the GLC traditions could see no reason to trust any institution of the local state , or to risk becoming dependent on it ; they argued that independent self-organization was the only way to effect changes in our lives . |
| 24 | The point is echoed by McKendrick who argues that as well as " the many who suffered during the late eighteenth century , and even more in the later stages of industrialisation , there were those who gained " . |
| 25 | It was assumed that many who appeared on the box had been to drama school . |
| 26 | Local villagers are prepared to sacrifice their lives rather than move to the inadequate , drought-prone resettlement areas ; many who moved to the resettlement areas in past years are now returning to their threatened villages . |
| 27 | This was to involve a procedure familiar to many who arrived in the afternoon at Russell Square . |
| 28 | But I have met many who objected to the kind of society it has created because of its injustice and inhumanity . |
| 29 | On the whole , however , it was the powerful who travelled in the Carolingian world , following the economic and political requirements of the seasons : winter would be spent at a home-base , whereas in summer men took the road when summoned to assembly and/or campaign . |
| 30 | The pictures were assembled during the 1900s by Sir John Leicester , a close friend of George IV who went on the Grand Tour but who , unlike many of his contemporaries , remained faithful to living British artists . |