Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [noun] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a pragmatic level , the pressure for self-government or franchise complicated the aristocracy 's game of preserving their own lordship while subverting that of their rivals . |
| 2 | Cable & Wireless said the transaction was only at a preliminary stage but the talks were taking place on the basis of Hong Kong Telecom 's average price last month . |
| 3 | The result of this Meditatio was that the monk or nun experienced the truths of faith in an entirely new way . |
| 4 | Jakob Grimm called them Homeric in their epic majesty and Goethe compared the Kosovo pesme to the Song of Songs . |
| 5 | The National Hunting Club , Masters of Hounds Association and others joined the British Field Sports Society to form the Campaign for Hunting . |
| 6 | Seeing no future in hearts West then found the club switch and East took the next six club tricks , leaving only six tricks for declarer to collect at the end . |
| 7 | Huge chunks of masonry and debris littered the town 's main street . |
| 8 | It bowed down to the inevitable defeat and Shah emerged the victor in the 5½-month dispute . |
| 9 | After the home club and Southend took the top places , Colchester Joggers got in on the act with the team bronze , a first for the club over this distance . |
| 10 | Just before half-time , Town got their second sheers break and Fowley bungled the ball home . |
| 11 | The words " liberty " and " slavery " which had frequently been on the lips of the Bristol slavery abolitionists were taken up by the crowds , and the weakness of both mayor and military left the mob free to do much as it wished . |
| 12 | Morale on the shop floor was higher than it had been for a long year and an unhealthy atmosphere of optimism and hope pervaded the plant . |
| 13 | Although Protestant missionaries were banned from the region , converts such as Lawyer and Timothy maintained the faith ; by 1860 the Christian faction comprised two-thirds of the tribe . |
| 14 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 15 | This select cell and others knew the most experienced " bomber barons " who had endured nearly three years of bombing , but were now with a " three ringed " voice . |
| 16 | Lorimer and Cleo left the De Belving manse by the butler 's door . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , France 's Minister for Research and Technology urged the two US winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize to honour Dominique Stehelin , a Frenchman who took part in the award-winning cancer research at the University of California in the 1970s . |
| 18 | Freud is often referred to as the grandfather of psychoanalysis , and his research and theories changed the way we think about ourselves . |
| 19 | In a second study Seligman and Yellen compared the coherence of subjects ' dream reports with their ability , while awake , to construct dream plots when shown a series of unconnected slides . |
| 20 | Stotland and associates analysed the effects of subsequent increases in prosecution and enforcement and concluded that ‘ a tendency toward an upward rise of home repair fraud was reduced by convictions … however , the increased sanctions did not appear to have completely reversed the upward movement of home repair fraud ’ ( 1980 : 262 ) . |
| 21 | In 1945 the Mail , Express , News Chronicle and Herald dominated the number of titles and the sales of the qualities and tabloids either side of them . |
| 22 | The development of canning and refrigeration made the preservation of meat products possible , and there were fast steamships to carry American produce to the European market to provide a supply of cheap food . |
| 23 | Her interesting talk and demonstration made the whole operation look so easy that members were inspired to go home and make their own . |
| 24 | General principles of equity and fairness allowed the corporate organisational veil to be lifted to protect the interests of the third party , Westland , which had contracted with it in good faith . |
| 25 | This input of detail , with the emphasis on the need for guidance and care made the transition appear to be a period of effort , anxiety , and danger ; and such a representation was convenient at a time when social scientists , and others , were ‘ discovering ’ adolescence as a stage of life characterized by ‘ storm and stress ’ . |
| 26 | He did not see her at all as he got out of the car and Jenna had the chance to observe him without the dark eyes pinning her quizzically . |
| 27 | The Matra-Ford proved even more reliable the following season , as car and driver swept the board with six wins which gave Stewart the first of his three world titles , winning by 26 points from Jacky Ickx ( Bel ) . |
| 28 | The MS-80 was a winning car and Jackie pulverized the opposition . |
| 29 | WEATHER TAKES ITS TOLL — Where snow and ice hit the weekend match programme |
| 30 | The study carrels were empty because of the cold weather : snow and ice covered the deserted garden though from the abbey church we could hear the faint chanting of Lauds . |