Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When govt. adopted free trade in the middle of the 19th Century , the people got cheaper grain to buy , & larger choices , & also relations with other countries were improved , so that the risk of wars were reduced , & this meant less taxes for the people , because the country was spending less . |
| 2 | Clinical trials in which comparable patients received either one kind of treatment or another confirmed this belief . |
| 3 | The area health authority and Department of Health and Social Security on the other hand contended that under the common law a minor of sufficient intelligence and understanding could always consent to treatment and that the effect of section 8 was to produce an irrebuttable presumption that a child of 16 or 17 had such intelligence and understanding . |
| 4 | Gardiner Group , where Scantronic sold 15 p.c. and ASH sold 17 p.c. a year ago , was untouched at 25p . |
| 5 | Gardiner Group , where Scantronic sold 15 p.c. and ASH sold 17 p.c. a year ago , was untouched at 25p . |
| 6 | The other men snored , talked in their sleep — one or two shouted incomprehensible words — farted , belched , coughed , sneezed , swore , hawked and spat . |
| 7 | It was not only that enclosures forced some small-holders into the ranks of the landless and into wage-dependency for the first time ; it was also the case that many who had been able partly to support themselves from small-holdings supplemented by access to common grazing for a beast or two lost that element of independence . |
| 8 | We looked at variations in perceptions across the electorate to see whether television , the press , or both had any influence . |
| 9 | More than 65,000 cheered powerful sets by Iron Maiden , the Almighty , W.A.S.P. , Skid Row , Slayer and Thunder at the 12-hour concert , which generated £3 million in ticket and merchandising sales . |
| 10 | The head of the House of Niccolò , who had considerable reservations himself about Father Ludovico da Bologna , was content enough to remain unmolested through the Mass , and the procession back to the Palace , and even the banquet itself , although that presented different pitfalls . |
| 11 | I know that that caused some concern , but , broadly speaking , my hon. Friend is right to say that standards in our schools are very good . |
| 12 | Eventually he reached Kirwan and was assured that no South Africans would be involved and that the match has some sanctity as the proceeds were to go to child cancer research — not that that dissuaded some cynics from suggesting that some players may have taken their share . |
| 13 | From that decision Morland J. concluded that it is an ordinary incident of all corporations that they may sue for libel and that that included municipal corporations . |
| 14 | But it seems that neither had any connection with a much more notable and wholly bona fide development , the National Union of Ships ' Stewards , Cooks , Butchers and Bakers which appeared in Liverpool in 1909 under the charismatic leadership of Joe Cotter , known as " Explosive Joe " , who , it has been claimed , had been fired by the Cunard Line for agitating against the influx of continental cooks and stewards on to British ships . |
| 15 | Only the whiteness of her knuckles as she gripped the steering-wheel more tightly than usual gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering . |
| 16 | But in postoperative testing , both children were visually alert with full eye movements , although each showed intermittent strabismus . |
| 17 | It is our long-held view that foreign spent nuclear fuel should not be sent to Dounreay for storage , let alone for reprocessing , because it breaches what is for us a fundamental principle : that the responsibility for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel should lie with the reactor operators . |
| 18 | Nearly half the funds were , however , unable to offer independent substantiation of their ethical claims , and the report showed that some made surprising investment choices , with Nestlé and RTZ , among others , attracting " ethical " investment . |
| 19 | To me all the cows looked similar — small and black all over although I did recognize that some had longer horns and a few had none at all . |
| 20 | Another recorded that some held high positions in the Ministry of War : their arrest , the report added , would be ‘ a political embarrassment ’ . |
| 21 | The ‘ No Smoking ’ and seatbelt signs were on , although this made little difference to Myeloski who had clamped himself into his seat as soon as he had boarded the aircraft . |
| 22 | Although this made less appeal to Chinese taste than paler varieties , it was found useful for feeding a growing export market to the west . |
| 23 | Although this received some publicity , it did not compare with the media attention given a year or so later to the drug problems in Seoul . |
| 24 | Looking back , it seems odd that , although this happened many times in the moves over the years , the cars and trucks were never searched . |
| 25 | There were no other forecasts , but the 0700 weather at Vigo was all right , which meant that we could possibly divert there , although this presented two problems for use as an alternate : our endurance would not leave safe reserves on arrival , and it was in Spain . |
| 26 | There is little doubt that it was the labour shortage which caused the shift to leasing , but although this provided more revenue than persistence in demesne farming would have done it still left the landowner with reduced resources . |
| 27 | More than a hundred kids were wounded and more than 30 died last year . ’ |
| 28 | The Committee believed that this raised two issues for consideration . |
| 29 | Even in pre-telegraph days , when instructions could be sent no faster than a horse could trot or a ship sail , it is far from clear that this meant greater independence for diplomats . |
| 30 | She indicated that this meant greater use of mixed arts/science Alevel programmes and of contrasting/complementary ASlevels , worth half an Alevel . |