Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a comparison with science departments at other universities — such as the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge — shows that Imperial College has not been too badly treated down the years . |
| 2 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 3 | If the uplands and woodlands were apparently settled by the twelfth century , other colonisation probably merely filled in the gaps . |
| 4 | During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us . |
| 5 | He had foolishly picked up the trolleys from a nearby supermarket and threw them . |
| 6 | The researchers have therefore not only separated out the effects of gluons from those due to quarks , but have also learned something about the still little understood way in which these building blocks turn into conventional particles . |
| 7 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 8 | But it was still unreal when he reached out and , bending over her , gently pushed back the wisps of hair that had loosened from beneath her headband . |
| 9 | They wiped out the buffalo , more or less wiped out the Indians and , eventually , were driven away themselves by loneliness , extreme weather , drought , and the loss of topsoil brought on by over-farming . |
| 10 | This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it . |
| 11 | The bed was untidy , as though she had merely pulled up the covers . |
| 12 | The blue top and bottom trims not only set off the looks of the tank , but also obviate the need for a layer of polystyrene under the tank . |
| 13 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 14 | It can be extremely frustrating for people who have to travel to London and face the expense of preparing a case — sometimes employing parliamentary counsel to put their case — knowing that decisions are not necessarily taken on the merits of the arguments but on political considerations . |
| 15 | The country was conquered by the Afghans but by the middle of the century the Persians had not only thrown out the Afghans but also marched through the Khyber Pass and captured India . |
| 16 | Doc Threadneedle slowly turned up the lights . |
| 17 | and we 've already given up the essentials in your life the two nine one seven per year which of these will be left to be paid ? |
| 18 | She 's just picked up the children from a rendezvous with their father who had an afternoon 's access , and he 'd shouted at her and them in the street and threatened to take the children away . |
| 19 | Just picked up the kids . |
| 20 | One soon picked up the basics . |
| 21 | Pa has just pulled up the sleeves of his jacket and taken the Monster from Ma . |
| 22 | I have already set out the dangers of allowing a governmental authority to have the right to sue . |
| 23 | The Cuban exile forces landed at the Bay of Pigs ( 17 April 1961 ) , but no rising took place and Castro 's forces easily rounded up the invaders . |
| 24 | ‘ Robert had just taken over the Seconds , but was called back to play in the first team . |
| 25 | I know your local authority craftsmen and I have as you 're aware , just taken over the responsibilities and that is the first meeting that I had , that was why also there 's nothing in the report , because I thought I had a conference of people I had not spoken to the shop stewards I did n't have a f a feedback prior to the closing date of the report being concluded for print so I do and I have |
| 26 | They argued that a new racism based on arguments about cultural difference had largely taken over the arenas of public debate . |
| 27 | With IMG having just signed up the Wallabies , JIM TUCKER listens to Nick Farr-Jones ' advocacy of greater rewards for the players . |
| 28 | ‘ Just read out the words on this sheet of paper , all right , Colley ? ’ |
| 29 | The next one is er thinking about the conversations you did not record which of these was the main reason why they were n't recorded please just read out the numbers on the card . |
| 30 | He had thus paid off the princes and the pope . |