Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel waited for him to break away and in that instant got in a good burst , peppering the cockpit . |
| 2 | A opportunity arose from a primary study of proliferation in gastric malignancy to investigate BrdUrd labelled gastric mucosa . |
| 3 | They also found that an error of eight weeks in the date of payment led to an average error in the proportionate mispricing of only 0.01% . |
| 4 | Far from being ad hoc , the move to save Newton 's theory from falsification by Uranus 's orbit led to a new kind of test of that theory , which it was able to pass in a dramatic and progressive way . |
| 5 | This change led to an enormous effort to begin active treatment in the neonatal period for virtually all infants with this condition . |
| 6 | In Britain it was too good to last , but the slogan led to a disastrous period of false optimism . |
| 7 | The impetus for the following review of the literature arose from a detailed study of 15 published reports of empirical research in the field of ‘ environmental scanning ’ . |
| 8 | Dawn broke as the field passed through a shuttered Bridgetown , and I began to pass through the field . |
| 9 | Below the well , a waterfall tumbled across an artificial rockery . |
| 10 | The addition of cisapride led to a significant increase of median contraction amplitude and duration , but only in the mid and distal oesophagus . |
| 11 | The combination of ranitidine with cisapride further diminished the acid reflux found with ranitidine — that is , cisapride led to an additional reduction of total reflux ( from 6.4 ( 1.2- 22.8 ) % to 3.7 ( 1.0–12.7 ) % , p<0.01 ) , supine reflux ( p<0.05 ) , and postprandial reflux ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 12 | Business as usual The election led to a few significant changes in Northern Ireland , but mostly it 's more of the same , says Robin Wilson |
| 13 | The conference decision arose from an implicit assumption by the Carnegie Trustees that following a three-year funding of successful pilot schemes , subsequent responsibility would be assumed by LEAs . |
| 14 | The report continues with a list of cases in which disputes over fixtures in listed building led to a public enquiry , a court case , or both and concludes with a section entitled ‘ How to make the legislation more effective ’ , which provides advice to owners , information on Stop Notices and calls for control over the sale of fixtures . |
| 15 | One day a subaltern got into a first-class railway carriage and found sitting there a ‘ coloured gentleman ’ . |
| 16 | The increased official recognition of the hazards of asbestos led to a veritable torrent of health-related regulations in the US . |
| 17 | Another failure of the same part occurred during an asymmetric training flight on a Seneca at Kidlington . |
| 18 | The second failkure occurred in a 77 year old man who presented with severe secretary diarrhoea ( 15 motions per day ) , hypokalaemia , hyponatraemia , and prerenal failure . |
| 19 | My heart rose to a tidal detonation ; |
| 20 | The ( US ) Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose to a record high of 2,821 on May 12 , based on hopes of lower US interest rates , but prices on the New York stock exchange fell sharply on July 23 , as hopes of interest rate cuts subsided . |
| 21 | Tax allowances were granted , but taxpayers were unable to offset these allowances against their taxable income once their income rose above a specified level . |
| 22 | Ironically enough , his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War . |
| 23 | As the afternoon drew to a close , Mildred crept downstairs and out into the darkening yard . |
| 24 | It makes your heart beat at an invigorating pace . |
| 25 | For the second quarter of 1989 Canada 's current-account deficit rose to a record high . |
| 26 | Like a lot of the French women , she was dressed to perfection , her straight dark hair coiled into an immaculate chignon at the back of her neck , her nail varnish perfectly matching her shade of lipstick . |
| 27 | When the Prince moved to a small lodge on the edge of the Steine in the 1780s fashion followed , and Brighton over the next fifty years provided perhaps the ultimate example of the marked contrast between attempts at a classical social order and a barely restrained chaos whose uneasy juxtaposition opened wider chasms in late Georgian society . |
| 28 | Beyond , a slightly steeper slope of pasture rose to a low skyline with a toupeé of trees . |
| 29 | Alison Walker 's mouth quivered on a tearful smile . |
| 30 | Atropine given during intravenous infusion led to an immediate fall in acid output . |