Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | La Rochelle , for example , established by a pariage agreement between Duke William X of Aquitaine and Louis VI of France in 1130 , grew in the second half of the century into the chief port for the export of Gascon wines to England ; the prospect of employment attracted immigrants , the settlement became a substantial town . |
| 2 | This meant the Duchess got a free air ticket to Sydney , Australia , and could spend time with Andrew while his ship was in southern waters . |
| 3 | Through his stimulus , the art of pictorial narrative experienced a major revival in twelfth-century England . |
| 4 | Last year , the University made a significant investment to improve the quality and appearance of the Prospectus , which is the most important aid in the recruitment of the brightest and best-motivated undergraduate students . |
| 5 | Brown Owl made a sympathetic noise when she saw the two huge blisters . |
| 6 | When mixed with warm water the powder became a dense paste which Frankie plastered all over her hair . |
| 7 | Under the former ‘ rate support grant ’ ( RSG ) arrangement , as a local authority increased its expenditure , government grant met a constant percentage of the additional expenditure . |
| 8 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 9 | The case produced a significant impact at the time , and has been restrictively construed . |
| 10 | Such candid consumerism made a refreshing change after the squeamish English double stand over money . |
| 11 | The result was that the ’ collocational overlap ’ technique made a significant contribution toward the identification of the correct words from the alternative candidates . |
| 12 | Investigation by the writer revealed a likely site for this machine on the western bank of Muckle Gill , just above the ford ( shown on the O.S. map ) about 40 yds. upstream from the gill head , and by the side of the workings on what we now call Benson 's Lode . |
| 13 | Ali proved a personal focus for his movements and the Nation of Islam became a forceful agent of cultural change amongst blacks , offering , through the leader Elijah Muhammad , a reassertion of the lost culture of black people with the creation of separate hospitals , schools , farms and industries . |
| 14 | Graffunder 's Seamen 's and Tradesmen 's Union ceased to exist in August 1893 and others of like kind met a similar fate . |
| 15 | When the vicar got a new bishop who was Anglo-Catholic he appealed to him for his sanction , in the hope that the bishop 's approval would make up for the lack of faculty . |
| 16 | Once again Things Past and Present made a colourful display in the Davidson Room . |
| 17 | If the manager had wanted to take tough disciplinary action against Johnstone another opportunity arose a few days after the drunken sailor saga . |
| 18 | CHANCELLOR Norman Lamont 's election Budget got a stony reception in the City last night . |
| 19 | The ‘ compromise ’ approved by Parliament made a two-pronged attack on the state scheme . |
| 20 | The staff notice board became a crude depository of sixth-form humour , soft porn and actionable libel . |
| 21 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 22 | It emerged that , in conscious and especially in excited or agitated patients , the drug produced a remarkable state of inactivity or indifference . |
| 23 | Driver got a hundred quid and Some of this ! . |
| 24 | While Data General Corp made a net loss of $63 million for fiscal 1992 , the company maintains that it has been through the worst in its transition from proprietary to open systems , and is now seeing considerable growth in demand for its high-end multiprocessor AViiON servers . |
| 25 | Mary Leapor at some point in her adolescence became a domestic servant . |
| 26 | Donaldson 's for instance became a German prisoner-of-war camp ; the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate was taken over by the Corporation of Margate and used as the Civil Defence Headquarters , Food & Fuel Office , W.V.S. Headquarters , Emergency Police station , among a number of other wartime departments . |
| 27 | Consequently , the former Gong guitar wizard became a floating Orb member and founded his own ambient outfit , System 7 . |
| 28 | The management changes introduced at Eurotunnel and Transmanche Link produced a rapid improvement in tunnelling performance and by the late Spring of 1989 the project was back on target . |
| 29 | Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue . |
| 30 | One corner of the field housed a closed funfair , the various attractions packed tightly together . |