Example sentences of "[coord] [det] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book is divided into seven chapters , each reasonably self-contained , and each designed to provide the serious student with a critical review of its subject-matter as a basis for further research . |
| 2 | A tiny pile of dust debris was collected beside his knee , and some had stained the material of his grey trousers . |
| 3 | Other signalmen had similar stories to tell and some refused to work the box , so frightened were they of the strange events . |
| 4 | Then the paper that had published the earlier report recognised her name as that of the rather hysterical women 's libber who was planning to expose PopCon as the enemy of women … and this seemed to clear the matter up . |
| 5 | There was also an urgency to protect and preserve while it was still possible to do so : the countryside was in change and this seemed to invigorate the various lobbies which fought for their special interest : flora , fauna , landscape , outdoor recreation and protection from development . |
| 6 | And this meant translating the concepts into empirical indicators . |
| 7 | In our example , if the manufacturer was careless in the manufacture of his product and this had injured the consumer , the latter will have a claim ( in the law of tort ) in negligence against the manufacturer even though he did not buy the goods from him . |
| 8 | Short Kent G–ABFA Scipio has sunk after a heavy landing at Mirabella on the Alexandria-Brindisi service , and this had delayed the service out to India . |
| 9 | It was claimed that he had pulled too long and too hard in a trial of forceps delivery and this had caused the plaintiff 's head to become wedged or stuck , resulting in asphyxia and brain damage . |
| 10 | There were , of course , many very clear signs that organised religion was feeling the effects of rapid social change , and this served to reinforce the general philosophical position adopted by people such as Mary Whitehouse . |
| 11 | The more sophisticated Greeks were thus made to regard man in pre-Trojan times as much the same as his distant offspring , and this tended to demythologize the Greek legends , thereby placing the past in quite a new perspective . |
| 12 | For Lindsay , " a democratic nation has to be a well-educated nation " , and this necessitated combining the technical knowledge of the expert with the practical experience and understanding of the " common life " of the ordinary public . |
| 13 | But when I joined the RSPB in 1964 as their Shetland representative , I began the process of getting to know the islands better , and this included making the first of many visits to Fair Isles . |
| 14 | And this did raise the whole issue of the future of the sterling area . |
| 15 | Not long afterwards the Dams Raid took place , and this did hit the headlines and captured the imagination of the public . |
| 16 | Robyn bit her lip and half considered throwing the whole lot over him . |
| 17 | ‘ So answer my question , ’ he urged after the waiter had poured their wine and another had placed the tapas in the centre of the table . |
| 18 | But this was a world from which women were largely excluded and few thought to question the relationship between the public world of politics and the private world of the family . |
| 19 | Where this gas had combined with the monsoon rains it had produced weak solutions of sulphuric acid and these had etched the exposed architectural surfaces to a dead white . |
| 20 | Here he finds organizations like the Liberty and property Defence League ( LPDL ) and The British Constitutional Association ( BCA ) , and individuals like Lord Wemyss , Herbert Spencer , A. V. Dicey , and Ernest Benn , all committed to individualism and all found supporting the political right . |
| 21 | These enabled his pupils to get off the ground and many began imitating the set of motifs he introduced into his illustrations . |
| 22 | Most of them had done their basic training in one of the Guards regiments and most had completed the Commando course . |
| 23 | Repeated referendums were held between 1983 and 1990 in an attempt to achieve this end , but each failed to secure the necessary 75 per cent approval level [ see p. 37251 ] . |
| 24 | Both sides had expressed regret at the killing of L Cpl Edwards but neither had named the gunman . |
| 25 | Both sides had expressed regret but neither had named the gunman . |
| 26 | The Government said parents knew best but that failed to recognise the professionalism of teachers and the close links between teachers , parents and schools . |
| 27 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 28 | He also noted that sales in the first two months of the year are ahead of company budgets , but this failed to help the shares , which closed 30p lower at 143p , having been down 38p at one stage . |
| 29 | When public order was threatened in 1936 — 7 the government hastily stepped in to implement palliative legislation limiting freedom of political expression , but this seemed to keep the problem within bounds . |
| 30 | But this tended to defeat the object of consolidation , which was to supersede a jumble of Acts of various dates by a single statute . |