Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voyage is based on similar ones which , he believes , were carried out by Chinese in the third century BC , and which made possible the great civilisations of Central and South America . |
| 2 | This simple notion made possible the automatic filling of matchboxes and gave the Swedes a world monopoly on matches for half a century . |
| 3 | But with the assistance of a Warrington watchmaker , John Kay , he invented improvements to machinery used in the local cotton industry , and in 1769 patented a spinning frame , which made possible the mechanical spinning of the warp , whereas the early Spinning Jenny was only suitable for spinning the weft . |
| 4 | Ethel Helliwell is seen checking the electric wiring which made possible the spectacular effects |
| 5 | But in the 1860s and 1870s the development of the steam trawler , the use of ice for preservation , and the exploitation of the rail network signalled the arrival of cheap cod and made possible the fish-and-chip shops which multiplied at the end of the century to furnish an important source of protein to the working class . |
| 6 | It has borne his burdens , taken part in his wars , and shared his leisure pursuits but , incongruously , its most important period began with the start of the industrial revolution ; as man invented machines to revolutionise his industry , he found more need for the heavy horse ; it provided the means of transport and made possible the rapid improvements in agriculture required to feed the expanding population . |
| 7 | In financing the development at home and abroad of the railways , it made possible the enormous growth in the production first of iron , later of steel , which characterised the secondary stage of the Industrial Revolution and guaranteed it as an irreversible change . |
| 8 | Theoretically , therefore , the statutes made possible the social transformation for which liberals had been striving . |
| 9 | It may be to enable a moving vehicle to draw electric power while it runs along rails , the innovation that made possible the electric streetcar . |
| 10 | In principle , this made profitable the speculative holding of stocks of goods whose price rose only at the average rate . |
| 11 | It also made respectable the unfamiliar doctrine of ‘ positive discrimination ’ — going beyond weak doctrines of equality ( perceived as the removal of artificial obstacles ) , to strong doctrines ( based on the conviction that the socially disadvantaged should receive more than , not the same as , their more fortunate contemporaries ) . |
| 12 | But I urge him to accept that a single currency , as my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) made clear the other day , means a massive transfer of political and economic power to the centre . |
| 13 | The concentration on the subjective nature of experience made clear the logical privacy , and hence non-physicality , of sense experience in a way in which it was never made clear within the classical and scholastic traditions . |
| 14 | During a ferocious argument with Diana , Charles made clear the royal family 's position . |
| 15 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 16 | After the early victories in Bath and Cheltenham , the faces of party supporters gathered at the Liberal Club in Mr Ashdown 's Yeovil constituency grew progressively longer as it became clear the predicted breakthrough was not going to happen . |
| 17 | Cos I got this the wrong way round . |
| 18 | No , I tried that the other day . |
| 19 | Profits before interest fell by 13% to £17.3m , though a lower interest bill helped slim the pre-tax fall to 4% . |
| 20 | ‘ I found this the other day , I really could n't resist it . ’ |
| 21 | An office was rented in St Albans and a small staff was appointed , with Michael Hardman as the first editor of publications , responsible for both What 's Brewing and the new and immediately successful Good Beer Guide , which listed all the known outlets for real ale . |
| 22 | Rory , using this , allowed the car to swing over the white line , invited all the hard lads and the death-wishers to flash and honk and snarl at him . |
| 23 | They replaced the lights and they mended all the broken furniture . |
| 24 | EARLY-morning commuters on the A8 were simply minding their own business one day last week when they were set upon and assaulted by a driver who used all the remaining power of his ageing Vauxhall Senator to bludgeon his way in and out of traffic . |
| 25 | Like Tim Waters at Thresher , Ann Tonks has commissioned research and used all the available data to put new meaning into the company . |
| 26 | Instead he did the scientifically decent thing and used all the lovely lolly to grow things in . |
| 27 | Yeah we used all the old ones . |
| 28 | Sandra used all the recommended beauty products , but she did n't see herself in those pictures . |
| 29 | The south-facing windows caught all the available light which was meagre enough in the winter . |
| 30 | Her fingers were gentle but firm , and he sprawled back on his elbows and watched her as she lifted his foot on to her lap and massaged all the tired muscles . |