Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latterly , they have been reduced to boasting of the spectacles they organize — the Highland Games ( in Scotland in the summer ) , the Oxbridge boat race on the Thames and the horse raced called the Grand National , which should have taken place last Saturday . |
| 2 | The pulling-back of 6th Armoured Brigade had given the Divisional Commander the force he needed to destroy the enemy . |
| 3 | It was obvious the aging side had peaked the previous season ; a major overhaul was needed , either at playing staff or managerial level . |
| 4 | Virus F/x-01–74482 , soon referred to as , simply , the Mahon virus was , as far as she could understand , a unique example of something that up till now had only been postulated : that deep in the ocean , under the terrific pressure and in temperatures approaching absolute zero , there had remained chains of biochemicals , primitive viruses that had been part of the great ‘ organic soup ’ at the creation of life , remaining unchanged as the rest of the primordial swamp had undergone the long evolutionary journey to form all the complexities of life on earth . |
| 5 | An identical opposition coalition had backed the victorious Rengo-no-kai candidate in the Nara prefecture by-election on Feb. 9 . |
| 6 | The all-Ireland Catholic Primate , Dr Cahal Daly , said the shooting had shamed the national celebrations . |
| 7 | But the fighting had left the British and French armies even weaker . |
| 8 | So , at the beginning of October , Susan saw a trichologist ( hair specialist ) , who said the salon had used the wrong chemicals . |
| 9 | In Havering London Borough v. Stevenson ( 1970 D.C. ) the question was whether the defendant had applied the false trade description ‘ in the course of a trade or business . ’ |
| 10 | The trial judge directed the jury if at the time he collected the coins the defendant had formed the dishonest intention of keeping them for himself he was guilty of theft . |
| 11 | The first defendant had known the deceased for some seven years and said in evidence that for the 3 or 3½ years before the deceased 's death he had been looking after the deceased . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) . |
| 13 | It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process . |
| 14 | The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns . |
| 15 | Mahmood 's rival candidacy for the Walton seat had angered the Labour Party leadership , which had sought to eliminate the unofficial left-wing Labour supporters ' group Militant Tendency with which she was associated . |
| 16 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 17 | When the car had left the front door and they had promised to behave , Michael was sent to check on Mrs Murphy , up to her sleeves in the sink . |
| 18 | Political unrest and opposition-organized strikes in April had been provoked by economic hardship , for which the opposition had blamed the Nepali Congress Party . |
| 19 | By 1542 , Henry 's fear had become the dominant emotion and he ordered Parliament to legislate against those who used incantations and practices of sorcery aimed at killing or injuring people , or destroying their goods and chattels . |
| 20 | While many , including the majority of the Barclay Committee ( 1982 ) , had argued for a unified view of the social work enterprise , Nottinghamshire social services department had taken the unusual decision to separate out elements of the social work role for essentially practical reasons . |
| 21 | Again no smell except for chrism where the priest had anointed the dead man . |
| 22 | She said he did n't have an enemy in the world and that his murder had left the whole family devastated . |
| 23 | His aide had employed the only Manchu equivalent for a recognition of higher rank ‘ sama ’ — the word which meant ‘ lord ’ . |
| 24 | Anthropology had begun the slow erosion of certainty of the absolute superiority of European civilization , although only a few were aware of what was happening . |
| 25 | A fortress over the centuries , now it beckoned him with a fine house , The Vines , where once the German commandant had surveyed the desolated scene . |
| 26 | In many ways , the tragedy had brought the three of them closer together . |
| 27 | The spinning streamers of fog trawled for sunlight that would n't be here for a while , and the snow had piled the purest of pillows at the foot of an ice-cliff . |
| 28 | Phoebe now wondered , with an inner smile , remembering the evening when , aged about twelve , the master of her father 's college had rearranged the high table to make her his senior guest . |
| 29 | The heavily wooded area was criss-crossed with tracks , some leading to farm buildings , others leading to a barn in a clearing of corn , the whole scene , particularly at night , required vigilance as the enemy had mined the well-worn tracks . |
| 30 | Continuous oppression had made the Irish a completely wretched nation , and now , as everyone knows , they have the job of providing England , America and Australia etc. with whores , day labourers , pimps , pickpockets , swindlers , beggars and other wretches . |