Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The friar had even made a vain plea to Cranston to have the sentence commuted but the coroner had sorrowfully shaken his head . |
| 2 | As abruptly as it had started , the storm stopped and the sun shone from a sky the colour of a Ceylon sapphire . |
| 3 | If the letterhead was faked , surely , as he says , not only was the story fabricated but the application was fraudulent . |
| 4 | There were two lawful ways to demolish the listed chapel — one was to have the building de-listed and the second was to obtain listed building consent for its total demolition which involved seeking representations from six conservation bodies . |
| 5 | The boat overturned and a sailor was drowned . |
| 6 | Now the screen has been moved back to its original position , a new loft formed and the balustrade reunited with the lower part . |
| 7 | The engine of the car stopped and the doctor and my father were clearly waiting . |
| 8 | An inverse correlation between the level of DNA-protein complex formed and the level of MHC class II gene mRNA expressed in the three cell lines was apparent , suggesting that overexpression of a DNA binding factor forming complexes with class II promoter elements may cause repression of MHC class II transcription . |
| 9 | Hard-line exiles under the umbrella of Unidad Cubana , a group that includes the powerful Cuban American National Foundation , want all postal aid stopped and the embargo tightened . |
| 10 | Minutes later the owner returned and found the rear window of the car smashed and the case stolen . |
| 11 | The basic limitation period is three years from the date on which the cause of action accrued or the date of knowledge ( if later ) of the person injured . |
| 12 | Too often , people think that the sentence by a court is not proportionate to the crime committed and the sentence actually served is too different from the sentence passed . ’ |
| 13 | There was a union , a chemical bond , between us , which nature seemed to acknowledge and conspire with , for the wind dropped and the sun blazed forth , and the great hills with their snowy caps shone forth in magnificence . |
| 14 | And if it 's all a mistake , there 'll be no harm done and no shooting . |
| 15 | By summonses dated 16 October , against each plaintiff , the defendants sought a declaration that in the circumstances the English court had no jurisdiction over the defendants in respect of the subject matter of the claim or the relief or remedy sought and an order that the action be dismissed on the grounds that the defendants were domiciled in Scotland for the purposes of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and that Schedule 4 to the Act provided that the defendants should , subject to exceptions which were not applicable , be sued in the courts of Scotland . |
| 16 | The cost of the microcomputer system will vary according to the type of machine , size of memory , whether floppy or hard disks are used ; the quality of printer and monitor bought and the cost of software used on the microcomputer . |
| 17 | Estimating the prevalence of such conditions within the population is , however , problematic as this depends both upon the methods of study used and the threshold used to define disability . |
| 18 | The restaurant has been turned back into a house — little expense spared and the quality of work by the local joiner is superb , no other word for it . |
| 19 | The productivity and size of the work force involved and the rate at which undescribed species become known are clearly important factors . |
| 20 | A second approach would be to attempt to rank the offences by reference to the degree of harm caused and the degree of fault in the person causing it . |
| 21 | The scheme depends chiefly on the seriousness of the harm caused and the degree of foresight , though in a much more structured fashion than the 1861 Act . |
| 22 | Unofficial strike action followed and the union 's own bankers were granted an injunction prohibiting the NUS from transferring any of their property abroad , on the principle that third parties must ensure that they gave no aid to any action which might occur if the union 's property were sequestrated as a result of some future contempt of court . |
| 23 | Points to make in the context of this table are , again , the very large turnover involved and the fact that profit margins are healthier and more stable than in the tour operator case . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , tragedy struck and the dog was to die on board ship through heat exhaustion . |
| 25 | I was shoved down on the bed , the soldier left and the slattern bustled in with a small manchet loaf and a goblet of wine . |
| 26 | Taliesin could never tell afterwards where the light ended and the music began . |
| 27 | This was where the harbour ended and the ocean began . |
| 28 | How might criminal statistics ( including both the extent of crime recorded and the character or type of crime ) be influenced by the operation of the police rather than the amount of actual criminal behaviour ? |
| 29 | The timing of the scheme may depend upon the size of the sales force , the immediacy of action required and the nature of the objectives to be achieved . |
| 30 | Her condition improved but a week later the infection returned and she died . |