Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this but before the rogue was traced , the rogue took the car along to a market in Warren Street ( where dealers commonly sold cars ) and he sold it to an innocent purchaser . |
| 2 | Similar gestures of sympathy were being made in Cork and Galway , where newspapers also opened support funds for the bombing victims . |
| 3 | Between 1370 and 1500 there is only one case of a father and son both being aldermen , William Reynwell ( 1397–1403 ) and his son John ( 1416–45 ) ( 104 , pp.363–4 ) , although there are cases when brothers or cousins both held office . |
| 4 | Shareholding patterns in London-registered overseas companies will also be sampled , since it is apparent that Scots frequently purchased securities directly through this market . |
| 5 | As the figure shows , both pre-exposed groups showed latent inhibition ( were more ready to consume the AB compound on test than subjects not given pre-exposure ) but the size of the effect was much diminished in the group that experienced A and B separately . |
| 6 | In his account of the conference Armstrong ( secretary of the Chemical Society ) noted that participants only received copies of the report on the first morning of the meeting ( 19 April 1892 ) . |
| 7 | Donations of cash and supplies for Polish orphanages and hospitals continued to flood in , although organisers still needed caravans , medical supplies and clothing , he said . |
| 8 | Several witnesses , including other patients and Dr Mumby 's staff , said that patients generally welcomed company during skin testing sessions , and all three expert witnesses ( myself , Professor Anne Ferguson for the GMC , and Dr Jonathan Brostoff for the defence ) said that privacy was necessary only in special circumstances . |
| 9 | He had always thought that poets grossly overstated things when they talked of eyes like stars . |
| 10 | Sharp and Dust ( 1987 ) found that teachers rarely perceived art teaching as little more than giving pupils a title , providing materials and allowing the assignment to progress without any more guidance or evaluation . |
| 11 | Mr Smedley was involved in an argument early on Saturday morning although police only released details of the incident yesterday . |
| 12 | The president of a village tribunal in another Low Country district reported that peasants often made use of ritual to solve minor disputes . |
| 13 | It was only after the failure of the economic system had undermined the free market ethos that unions finally gained legitimacy , if not acceptance , and largely because of government legislation giving workers the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining . |
| 14 | Freud did not hold that instincts directly caused behaviour , uninfluenced by the surrounding cultural values . |
| 15 | Social security appeal tribunals are categorized as the least formal of the tribunals investigated , but it is reported that appellants nevertheless found attendance before them a nerve-wracking ordeal . |
| 16 | In order to give a framework within which decisions on individual applications can be judged , there exists a series of policy documents and maps collectively called development plans . |
| 17 | Delegates and speakers alike expressed concern about the West 's readiness and ability to adapt to life in a ‘ computer culture ’ . |
| 18 | One slide about careless talk and spies immediately provoked comments about an episode from Dad 's Army . |
| 19 | The administration of vague rules and guidelines effectively removed control of pollution policy from the politicians who had framed the laws , and put a stop to any parliamentary scrutiny . |
| 20 | Even first-team players had odd jobs and reserves often worked shifts at the pit or elsewhere . |
| 21 | Hard water costs hotels and restaurants hard earned revenue . |
| 22 | The tents and rucksacks all passed muster |
| 23 | Taxpayers , ratepayers , policy makers and administrators all demanded information about the way in which the money they provided was being spent . |
| 24 | More than 100 prisoners are still on the loose in 5 wings of the jail though police and warders today regained control of some sections including the remand block . |
| 25 | The need to guard against desertion had considerable influence even on the development of tactics ; and governments naturally made efforts to repress a practice which so obviously threatened the strength and morale of their armies . |
| 26 | But if investors also believed share prices would fall , they would demand a higher price for their money . |
| 27 | Wounds healed with little fever or discharge and patients seldom needed opium to control post-operative pain . |
| 28 | Their colours and gestures frequently suggested flesh , the body : their order a garden . |
| 29 | By the middle years of the nineteenth century a high proportion of the male workforce were without land and were working full time at the craft ; women and girls also found employment in large numbers . |
| 30 | If you 're late twice you 're put on report , and girls often lost remission because of that . |