Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report called Help with Hostel Charges , Proposals for Change cited the PSI study and stated : ‘ Many hostels provided little or no care to their residents . |
| 2 | From this debate about assessment came the idea of videoing lessons . |
| 3 | The independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 , Ghana and Malaysia in 1957 , and most other African dependencies in the 1960s , were only milestones in the long , gradual process of the relative weakening of Commonwealth links , which for instance withdrew the tariff advantages of the British cotton industry in many tropical markets . |
| 4 | The need for money made the lord increasingly concerned to turn the fiefs of his vassals to his own financial advantage when he could . |
| 5 | This frequently meant that the demand for money exceeded the supply of money that the authorities were prepared to permit . |
| 6 | Value for money became the watchword , explains Derek Kelly , a turkey breeder for over 40 years : ‘ It was all a matter of price per pound . ’ |
| 7 | On our number line Paul 's account shows this : Starting from " 0 " the moves are +56 then +12 for money paid the bank . |
| 8 | The women weeping over an open coffin in a Rowlandson drawing of c.1760 would have had more reason for grief had the merchandise not come up to their expectations ( Col. 6 ) . |
| 9 | The annual report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration criticised the system whereby claimants had to go through a cumbersome late appeals procedure to obtain the full arrears benefit to which they were rightfully entitled where those exceeded the statutory 12-month limit . |
| 10 | Foremost amongst these ‘ neo-classical/conservative ’ criminologists is James Q. Wilson , whose book Thinking About Crime reached the list of American Best Sellers . |
| 11 | Thus , a young baby made the subject of an emergency order shortly after birth took the residence of its foster mother and not its natural mother with whom it had never lived . |
| 12 | Screams and desperate cries for help filled the streets . |
| 13 | They spent 40 minutes locked inside … another paperboy arriving for work raised the alarm . |
| 14 | Those schemes which included " practical test " among their modes of assessment used the term to mean either a task using manipulative materials or one-to-one interactive interviews of the Assessment of Performance Unit type . |
| 15 | Although UN-mediated negotiations were resumed in April 1989 in Geneva [ see p. 36602 ] , the lack of progress led the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , to express on Aug. 20 ( the first anniversary of the ceasefire ) his " deep regret " that " the withdrawal of forces to internationally recognized boundaries [ had ] yet to take place " . |
| 16 | But if this process of change raised the issue of the care of the mentally handicapped the initial response was to seek their confinement . |
| 17 | The men 's fear of change took the form of vociferously defending the status quo in which after all they had everything to lose . |
| 18 | When the volume of work increased , as it did throughout central government , the wind of change hit the Lord Chancellor 's Office with particular force because it started from such a tiny base . |
| 19 | Next though to one of the top seeds , Korean Bang Soo-Hyun ; before the match Central South 's first lady of badminton knew the challenge ahead . |
| 20 | Next though to one of the top seeds , Korean Bang Soo-Hyun ; before the match Central South 's first lady of badminton knew the challenge ahead . |
| 21 | After the death of Augustus the style became less restrictive ; pincurls appeared around the brow , and locks of hair escaped the bun , which grew longer and tail-shaped . |
| 22 | He moved , and his shock of hair caught the sun as he raked a hand through it . |
| 23 | In any case fear of the spread of communism reinforced the belief that Asia , too , could benefit from the treasure that was being poured into Europe by way of Marshall Aid and , as Wolf concludes : ‘ It is fair to say that the desire to avoid ‘ another China ’ no less than the desire of the Administration to avoid further Congressional attacks on its Asian policy , determined the timing of US aid to Southern Asia . ’ |
| 24 | The release of East Germany from the chains and barbed wire of communism heralded the beginnings of a new Europe . |
| 25 | The Israeli army said there would be no restrictions on homosexuals joining its ranks after claims of discrimination led the army to re-examine its position . |
| 26 | As the power of Chaos grew the warp gates began to spew out dark magic and the Realm of Chaos expanded quickly . |
| 27 | The claw of Chaos held the island-continent firmly in its grip . |
| 28 | The first distant crash of thunder shook the air , and the rain began to pour down heavily . |
| 29 | The Hekmatyar faction 's Radio Message of Freedom described the election in a Dec. 31 broadcast as " a declaration of war against the nation " . |
| 30 | This general concern of underachievement became the focus for LAMP 's successor , the Raising Achievement in Mathematics Project ( RAMP , 1986–9 ) which involves teachers from 34 LEAs nationally . |