Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
| 2 | However you feel about the useless violence of these eruptions , it was the riotous protests of 1981 which created the space in which political antiracism became an option . |
| 3 | In 12 per cent of cases an unrepresented applicant faced an employer represented by a lawyer , while an unrepresented employer faced an employee represented by a lawyer in only five per cent of the cases ; when non-lawyer experts are included , this figure increases to nine per cent ( Genn and Genn , 1989 ) . |
| 4 | The man 's prompt action prevented an explosion which could have spread the fire to nearby petrol pumps . |
| 5 | On 4th March 1985 , the Fayed brothers made an offer of four pounds a share for House of Fraser . |
| 6 | The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry demanded an investigation and asked the Bulgarian government to comply with undertakings to provide flights home for Vietnamese workers once their contracts expired . |
| 7 | Adenauer 's foreign policy seemed threatened in August 1954 , when a vote by the French parliament put an end to the European Army project and caused a delay in the restoration of German sovereignty . |
| 8 | FOR no grave reason , the column 's old mum had an out-patient 's appointment last week with an eye surgeon at the Memorial . |
| 9 | The next day a French shell put an end to the correspondence , and to a great talent . |
| 10 | Soon after the embarrassing disclosure , the French ministry announced an inquiry into claims that Glaxo had placed numerous articles in the popular press and on television promoting its prescription-only migraine cure . |
| 11 | However , the final resolutions addressed to the Colonial powers and the colonised peoples provided an agenda for action : ‘ We demand for Black Africa autonomy and independence ’ ; ‘ We affirm the right of all colonial peoples to control their own destiny . |
| 12 | If not , his brown eyes wore an expression as helpless and martyred as those of Saint Sebastian in the paintings Molly had always admired . |
| 13 | From Beldi Hill and Crackpot Hall I walked below Buzzard Scar into the deep gash of Swinner Gill where more lead-mine workings , spoil heaps and ruined huts lent an air of sad majesty to the valley . |
| 14 | In fact when the Daily Mail launched an appeal for an anti-red ambulance it did not raise sufficient money to send even one to the Spanish fascists . |
| 15 | The power of the media in this role reached a height during the Leonard Arthur case , when the Daily Mail published an article by |
| 16 | Kent 's contribution to the development of the high potencies established an extension to remedy preparation based on the guidelines given by Hahnemann in the 5th edition ( published in 1833 ) , namely the centesimal potency scale . |
| 17 | The Association was pleased to contribute to the organisation of student seminars held during Hotel olympia week when top speakers gave an insight into their industry sectors . |
| 18 | On the same day , however , the Indian daily Pioneer published an interview with the Pakistan High Commissioner to India which strongly criticized the Indian army 's actions in Kashmir . |
| 19 | Interestingly , a recent German study showed an association between ulcerative colitis and Gm 1 , -2,10 . |
| 20 | In 1986 foreign manufacturers began an advertising blitz . |
| 21 | Whereas British companies spent an average of £7.6m per deal on their 278 acquisitions , continental takeovers averaged £23m in 99 deals . |
| 22 | The right hon. Lady made an apology of a statement a week or so ago . |
| 23 | The NHSTA study of non-executive directors unearthed an example of how this could be done ( Ham , 1988 ) . |
| 24 | Faldo still enjoyed a three-stroke cushion , but the pumped-up Australian resembled an executioner as he hacked away at the Open champion 's lead . |
| 25 | His rather careful tailoring suggested an accountant rather than a policeman . |
| 26 | The top picture depicted an action ( e.g. , John winding up the toy car ) , and the lower picture depicted a result of the action ( e.g. , the car going ) . |
| 27 | Was it at this moment that some reciprocal need established an understanding that they two were friends , would know each other for a long part of a life-time ? |
| 28 | Early in this chapter it was pointed out that at the beginning of the century British governments adopted an approach of relief of unemployment that largely ruled out the creation of specific employment opportunities . |
| 29 | There was silence as the General-Secretary 's entourage and the assembled workers awaited an explosion . |
| 30 | His other British films included An Englishman 's Home ( 1939 ) and Under Your Hat ( 1940 ) . |