Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that erm they totally solve the problem of what to do with the brighter children , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes because the sort of pupil we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptional in their own right . |
| 2 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 3 | There is a small Methodist chapel which is over 100 years old and still used every Sunday . |
| 4 | The business , which has seen a remarkable change in its fortunes since Henk van Eck , a Dutch executive , rescued the ailing operation in 1985 and subsequently installed an ambitious management team , now has an impressive 20 per cent share of the Scottish market . |
| 5 | It tied together Britain and the Six and so provided a potentially strong European dimension within NATO . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ? |
| 7 | His total of eight stolen bases in the A's 4-1 series victory was a post-season record , he scored eight runs in total and even managed a couple of homers himself in Saturday 's 6-5 win in the SkyDome . |
| 8 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 9 | Like her elder sisters , Diana was on horseback at three and soon developed a passion for animals , the smaller the better . |
| 10 | He batted at the pivotal position of number three and fully justified the captain 's faith in him . |
| 11 | He also denies that on the night of the same day while posing as a taxi driver he attempted to rape a girl aged 18 and later raped a 22-year-old woman . |
| 12 | Although it hardly featured in the Report , the nature of lending in Sri Lanka , and its consequences in the first part of the twentieth century had burnt itself into the collective consciousness of many and clearly influenced the Commission . |
| 13 | Other factors widened the gulf that in death separated rich from poor and also separated the poor from their dead . |
| 14 | These claims may be inflated for Crockett and Tubbs , but they do suggest strengths in Mann 's latest project , The Last Of The Mohicans , an American adventure story set in the 18th Century , written in the 19th and now given an energy forgotten by all but a few '90s action directors . |
| 15 | Reynolds was elected Prime Minister by 84 votes to 78 in the Dáil on Feb. 11 and immediately announced a new Cabinet , replacing eight of Haughey 's 14 ministers . |
| 16 | I ca n't say I was extraordinarily good in the class , but neither was I bad , pretty average between one and ten and usually got a decent report . |
| 17 | By that stage four years of campaigning had amassed enormous crown debts , put the English nation under strains unknown since the 1290s and dangerously divided the king and his ministers . |
| 18 | She did n't really smoke , but it was time-consuming and also provided a potential weapon . |
| 19 | We had recently finished with the Douglas car company but wanted to keep the series topical and so developed a new setting in which our hero uses his amoral cunning to preserve part of Britain 's disappearing heritage ’ . |
| 20 | His was undone to the waist , he had no cap , his slacks were dirty and crumpled , he was unshaven and badly needed a haircut , he wore plimsolls , loosely tied with bits of string . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs were ultimately only able to complete on the basis of the terms subsequently offered by the bank which were financially disadva disadvantageous and effectively deprived the business of any chance of surviving because of the lack of operating capital and er many of the losses which are set out on page sixty two erm are based on that intention and are dealt with er in full |
| 22 | Bede not only compiled a detailed account of this important Synod but in another of his treatises , De temporum ratione ( ‘ On the Reckoning of Time ’ ) , written in 725 and generally regarded as his scientific masterpiece , he computed Easter tables for the period 532 to 1063 and also made a first attempt at a general chronology of the world down to the reign of the contemporary Byzantine emperor , Leo the Isaurian . |
| 23 | As I put the question again in 1974 , ‘ Why is Man so restless and so divided an animal ? |
| 24 | A 49-member congressional committee began examining the request on Sept. 9 and subsequently authorized the impeachment vote after studying the findings of the report of the Special Commission of Inquiry ( CPI ) . |
| 25 | A group of around 400 to 600 FPR fighters , remnants of the larger force which had launched the October invasion , crossed the border on Jan. 23 and briefly occupied the district town of Ruhengeri , in the north-west of Rwanda . |
| 26 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 27 | Both songs sandwiched ‘ Reel Around The Fountain ’ at the close of side two and effectively allowed the album to slide quietly away in a dreamily emotive condition . |
| 28 | The final question which arises is whether , in the exercise of our discretion , we should let mandamus go bearing in mind that the events with which we are concerned occurred as long ago as 1989 and then occupied no more than perhaps three quarters of an hour . |
| 29 | They indicate that it was already accelerating in the mid and late 1960s and actually reached a peak in the first three or four years of the following decade , after which it fell back substantially . |
| 30 | Gower and Lamb both produced sixties and actually managed a century stand , but no other batsman passed eight and the total was no more than 176 . |