Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’ |
| 2 | I met the key officials from the Department of the Environment earlier this week and who told me that the Government is preparing to circulate a consultation paper on the National Sustainability Plan in mid June . |
| 3 | But once over the bridge they met the first vehicles of a German column and the Commando force were scattered . |
| 4 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 5 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 6 | President Blaise Compaore met the general secretaries of 42 political groupings on Jan. 7 for discussions preliminary to convening of a National Reconciliation Forum . |
| 7 | Rising from his kneeling position , Chuck met the anxious eyes of the others grouped around him . |
| 8 | Mixed development met the sociological dictates of urbanity and community ; it met the planning critics of inter-war sprawl ; and it met architectural requirements of variety in materials ( concrete , brick , wood , pebbles and strong colours ) . |
| 9 | They both looked round , and met the startled eyes of Mrs Pigdon , the landlady . |
| 10 | Johnson treats the same Thursday afternoon as follows : ‘ We was travelling , when he met the weird sisters on his way . |
| 11 | Of the half million tests carried out for regulatory purposes in the year up to June 30 , 1989 , we are pleased to report that 998 out of 1,000 met the strict specifications of the European Community Directive . |
| 12 | When the latter were realigned or made anew they often met the earlier roads at a sharp angle on the parish boundaries . |
| 13 | There were n't any wolf-whistles but the sudden silence that greeted her appearance in the archway brought a rueful tilt to her lips as she gently raised her eyebrows until her eyes met the disconcerted ones of the team manager . |
| 14 | Then his startled gaze met the glowing eyes above the white patch of the handkerchief the man was holding at his mouth . |
| 15 | The researchers met the social workers at the start of the study , and after each completion of the schedules , when they were also asked to fill in a brief checklist . |
| 16 | Their conservative streak by-passed the crumbling pillars of the establishment . |
| 17 | For the past two years , although he lacked the metropolitan powers of an archbishop , he had been fully responsible for maintaining the possessions and privileges of Christ Church , Canterbury . |
| 18 | Nor , since he lacked the four generations of noble blood required for a commission in the French navy , was he offered the command of a French ship . |
| 19 | In some areas — notably labour relations policy — Citrine was able successfully to keep the mandarins and ministers at bay , but he lacked the independent powers of the old CEB to say a straight ‘ no ’ in the last resort on a point on which the Minister had strong feelings . |
| 20 | Either therefore I am being non-cooperative or I intend to convey something rather different : ( 34 ) Queen Victoria was made of iron The straightforward interpretation is that since Queen Victoria in fact lacked the definitional properties of iron , she merely had some of the incidental properties like hardness , resilience , non-flexibility or durability . |
| 21 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 22 | Hence , it has been pointed out that there was no net increase in total real wealth between 1913 and 1951 , and in this context the world wars are cast as the harpies which devoured the accumulated efforts of previous generations . |
| 23 | Typical of these was Will Zens ' To the Shores of Hell ( 1965 ) , which depicted the first landings of American Marines at Da Nang . |
| 24 | And as if to brook no further argument , Madame Gautier took a large paper bag and emptied the entire contents of the cookie jar into it . |
| 25 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |
| 26 | The screaming at one their concerts he wrote ‘ pierced the recoiling eardrums like the shriek of ten thousand bo'suns whistles blasting through a wind tunnel . ’ |
| 27 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 28 | He divided the negative states of mind into seven groups which corresponded to his seven groups of intestinal bacteria These were : fear , indecision or uncertainty , indifference , loneliness , over-sensitivity to influences and ideas , despair or despondency and over-concern for the welfare of others . |
| 29 | Not all issues divided the Christian Democrats against the other two however . |
| 30 | This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels . |