Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the [adj -er] part " in BNC.
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| 1 | The derivation of the birds from a reptilian ( possibly dinosaur ) ancestor is certain , and because the earliest fossil bird , Archaeopteryx , is Jurassic in age , it is usually assumed that the split from the reptiles occurred in the earlier part of the period . |
| 2 | Jessamy walked through the wilder part of the garden and then sat on a fallen tree-trunk , rapidly sketching the shadow-filled path that led round to the pond , the twisted shapes of the tree boughs , and the dark clumps of rushes . |
| 3 | At which point two other giant rats sprang from the lower part of the building , jaws agape , and flung themselves at her . |
| 4 | And as , as we said before , erm , many of the , erm people who lived in the poorer parts of erm the country , whether in urban or rural En erm England did n't really know about basic nutrition and and health I mean you just ate what was available but you did n't know why and so the government started this campaign to introduce you know knowledge about diet and how important it was . |
| 5 | In the Urals the late Palaeozoic geosyncline persisted through the greater part of the Permian and the Asian record is , on the whole , very different from that of Europe . |
| 6 | To return to the lines on the other side of Croydon , the Tooting line , on leaving Tamworth Road terminus ran through the older part of the town in very narrow streets , until it passed the barracks in Mitcham Road . |
| 7 | Eliot 's unsettled and uncomfortable life at Emperor 's Gate continued throughout the larger part of 1940 . |
| 8 | He therefore travelled through the greater part of England , observing everything , but was equally careful to inspect all ornamental and kitchen gardens , and to make himself at home and acquainted with all horticulturalists , for he was of the opinion that he could learn something useful which he did not know before at least from some of them . |