Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That effectively made the game safe for the tourists , but there was little to commend in a cold and often bitter contest . |
| 2 | The full manufacturers ' list of 24 models which were considered not satisfactory ( and presumably failed the government test ) is : Boots 500 ; Brother MF1200PW and MF3200DB ; Electrolux NF4061 , NF4065 and NF4076 ; Goldstar ER350ME and ER535ME ; Hoover H6312 ; Matsui 260TC ; Moulinex 059 ; Philips AVM625 and AVM734 ; Proline M3030 ; Russel Hobbs 8504 ; Samsung RE570D , RE576D and RE990CT ; Sanyo EM2714BR ; Sharp R-7A50M and R-8H50(B)T ; Toshiba ER9610EW-1 and ER9630E ; Tricity MH1081 . |
| 3 | After Martin 's death his son Jean continued to reside at the rue de Harlay , and presumably became the master maker of the workshop . |
| 4 | Though the group which dominated the executive board of the National Association tended to be drawn from the secularist , radical circles of the metropolis , the women and men who effectively led the repeal movement came from the same provincial backgrounds which sustained many other mid-century reform groups . |
| 5 | Added to the Right-On readers , they effectively expanded the core group and provided a viable number of buyers . |
| 6 | Have new television channels , satellite cable etc. made the film critic redundant and fit for an academic existence only ? |
| 7 | They evolved further , and eventually perfected the DNA code that we know today . |
| 8 | However , we had previously shown that a 2.3kb HNF-L promoter fragment linked to the Thy-1 gene was not expressed early in development , but rather mimicked the expression pattern of the Thy-1 gene ( 28 ) . |
| 9 | The availability of cheap quinine , which opened up many tropical areas to European penetration , came about when Clements Markham successfully transplanted the cinchona plant from South America to India via Kew in 1859–62 . |
| 10 | Last Friday 's shambles , when Joyce Gould effectively re-wrote the leadership contest nomination rules to try to ensure that a leadership contest actually took place , was merely the nadir of a process that has seen the people 's party acting according to the slogan of ‘ all power to the apparatchiks ’ , and losing its soul , its sense of purpose , much of its membership — and the general election — along the way . |
| 11 | Izanami henceforth became the Earth Mother , the prime goddess of Shinto , and presided over the Underworld . |
| 12 | Surridge inherited and greatly expanded the family bat-making and sporting equipment firm . |
| 13 | And Mr Allen , dividing his time between his job and the hospital , constantly made the return journey from their home in Provident Street , Parr . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Dagenham quite rightly used the Government figure of £780 million as the amount by which the discount system will be beneficial to single-person households . |
| 15 | It was not quite the act of immediate robbery it may sound ; rather than dispossessing local people of much-cherished common rights , it merely reinforced the long-drawn-out process of their gradual erosion . |
| 16 | With that she reached out a tentative hand and gently stroked the silver hair . |
| 17 | They prudently used the exercise court that Jeopardy never frequented . |
| 18 | It 's obvious that Jenner only used the insulin project to further his own work . ’ |
| 19 | He only used the ground floor as a café , anyway . |
| 20 | Tall and strong , he was unusual in regularly bowling from wide of the crease , sometimes even so wide that his hand could not be seen against the sightscreen , which obviously caused the batsman trouble . |
| 21 | The results were published as an Account … of the Principal Triangulation ( 1858 ) , which greatly enhanced the Ordnance Survey 's reputation for precision . |
| 22 | Recent developments in micro-computer technology have not only allowed large storage capacity for data to be made available cheaply , but also greatly enhanced the processing power of these machines . |
| 23 | It is likely that the report will provide added ammunition to environmentalists who have for long opposed the blanket afforestation of uplands . |
| 24 | Shareholders had until 12th July to elect to accept the Scrip Dividend offer , those that failed to do so received the cash dividend in the normal way . |
| 25 | Elie had been at Tiger Haven before they both arrived and that apparently confirmed the pecking order . |
| 26 | A protein rich diet has been shown to augment proteolytic proenzyme synthesis and decrease amylase and lipase synthesis , whereas a carbohydrate rich diet only decreased the synthesis rate of anodic chymotrypsinogen . |
| 27 | In the event , Wilson not only joined the policy group , preparing two closely reasoned papers on which the analysis of the social causes of the rising crime rate in the group 's report was based , but agreed that his name should be included amongst the authors of the published version . |
| 28 | He only joined the drama group because the best chicks were in plays ; he did n't especially like dancing in his mid-teens because he had become too fat ; sports interested him , and he was fanatical about basketball . |
| 29 | Is the Lord President aware that , at the end of last week , the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry warmly welcomed the Government committee report recommending , among other environmental measures , an increase in petrol tax ? |
| 30 | Panting with anticipation he stood by the nailed boards as the men inside opened the yard gate . |