Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baldwin 's declaration for Protection had the immediate effect of reuniting the two sections of the Liberal Party around the historic cause of Free Trade , and Asquith and Lloyd George came together at public meetings to exchange insincere pleasantries . |
| 2 | I was most impressed by the effective way in which my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford destroyed the hon. Gentleman 's case during a short intervention . |
| 3 | A few weeks later when the Prime Minister informed the House of the name of the chairman and the terms of reference , it became clear that the remit to consider ways of ‘ limiting ’ or ‘ modifying ’ capital punishment for murder excluded the outright abolition of the death penalty . |
| 4 | The two singles wins for Berkshire left the reigning champions in an irretrievable position and the home side added a dash more salt to their opponents ' wounds as they clinched a full eight victory points from the remaining doubles victory . |
| 5 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 6 | Villagers who have used the flats for centuries claimed the rival pickers were wiping out the beds . |
| 7 | TWO schoolboys looking for crabs found the lower half of a human body . |
| 8 | After breakfast came the one happy moment of the day , when the pupils could play and talk freely . |
| 9 | Peaceful demonstrations by students and intellectuals during January constituted the first significant challenge to the ruling Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) since it took power in 1924 . |
| 10 | Through Samara passed the chief railway lines from Siberia and Central Asia , bringing in diseases of all kinds from the east . |
| 11 | Little beads of moisture dotted the upper lip . |
| 12 | They found that even small amounts of capsaicin increased the perceived strength of the solutions . |
| 13 | The wave of change buckled the hated wall and rolled all the way across the continent to the Kremlin 's front door . |
| 14 | But slowly and surely the followers of Chaos gained the upper hand . |
| 15 | It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index . |
| 16 | Accusations of racism dogged the conservative General Election campaign in Cheltenham from start to finish . |
| 17 | In fact , in 1480 the chapter of Windsor secured the appropriated rectory of North Marston itself , presumably to control and maximize the market . |
| 18 | With their absorption of the vicomté of Béarn through marriage and inheritance in 1290 , the counts of Foix became the single most powerful house in the south-west . |
| 19 | For example , many cases of burglary followed the same pattern . |
| 20 | The basic test for remoteness of damage remained the same until 1961 and was then changed by a Privy Council decision . |
| 21 | The following season he was Celtic 's star player in a memorable cup final when his heroic saves and faultless display of goalkeeping held the great Rangers side of the early ‘ 60s to a 1–1 draw . |
| 22 | From vitality of faith sprang the great cathedrals of France and England . |
| 23 | The two men of faith put the true interpretation on the facts ( Numbers 13:30 ) , but the people listened to the ten prophets of doom , with their tales of giants and grasshoppers , God , and the good land , was forgotten . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the Chicago School of course recognised the various forms of conscious and institutional forms of control which only conceptualising human beings could achieve . |
| 25 | By missing the first flight we of course missed the connecting flight to the USA . |
| 26 | The addition of Sheffield brought the total number of UDCs to eleven and the government has stated that there will be no other UDCs before 1992 . |
| 27 | Nicolas Pereira of Venezuela won the only other match beating American Alex O'Brien in three sets by 6–7 , 6–3 , 7–6 . |
| 28 | The reported number of cases underestimated the actual frequency of the crime , but it bore a reasonably constant relationship to the real frequency . |
| 29 | LOGIE Kirk and the University of Stirling celebrated the 25th anniversary of their special relationship in a church service this spring . |
| 30 | In particular , recourse to the quantity theory of money enabled the classical writers to pin down the absolute price level and this , together with a knowledge of the full-employment real wage rate , w * ; , made the money wage rate a determinate variable . |