Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This laid down a future programme in which , among the many proposals , they called for Burma 's recognition within the family of nations and admission to the UN , and finally ‘ the establishment of a sovereign state in the very near future ’ . |
| 2 | 4.17 In Roberts v Johnstone [ 1988 ] 3 WLR 1247 the Court of Appeal laid down a general rule for assessing damages where a plaintiff has to purchase special accommodation . |
| 3 | Look at the decision of the Exchequer Chamber how we may , it laid down a new principle . |
| 4 | In a far-reaching judgment , the Court of Appeals laid down a new test for the determination of the question of non-literal copyright infringement , that is , whether there has been an infringement of copyright in non-literal elements such as program structure . |
| 5 | It was the legacy of the previous form of uneven development based in the sectoral spatial division of labour ( high levels of unemployment from previously dominant sectors which had overwhelmingly employed men ) which provided the conditions ( regional policy grants , a ‘ green ’ , female labour force anxious for paid employment ) which attracted in this new form of economic activity and laid down a new form of uneven development . |
| 6 | A shift in the weather pattern , bringing low pressure systems across the Alps in December laid down a firm base . |
| 7 | John Stuart Mill 's definition of the limits of law to curtail individual freedom laid down a simple principle : ‘ that the sole end for which mankind are warranted , individually or collectively , in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number , is self-protection . |
| 8 | The Barrington Sports Centre in the Algarve laid down a first-class pitch and I arranged a game for the Lord 's Taverners against a Portuguese Invitation XI to open up the ground . |
| 9 | The controls , which laid down a minimum deposit for certain goods , restricted the amount of the finance charge which could be made and prohibited finance charges altogether for others , lingered on for a few years afterwards as part of what was still more or less a strictly managed war-time economy . |
| 10 | The Opencast Coal Act 1958 laid down a special method of control operated by the Minister of Power ( later the Secretary of State for Energy ) . |
| 11 | His most effective early church planter laid down the great missionary principle of becoming all things to all men that by all means he might win some . |
| 12 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |
| 13 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 14 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 15 | The big moment came : she opened her hand and laid down the burdened flower by Maman 's plate . |
| 16 | The statutes laid down the maximum size of peasant land allotments . |
| 17 | Will then organise conference at which present problems can be cleared and principles laid down The next day , 22 May , AFHQ replied to Eighth Army [ KP 22 ] ] : " Policy discussions on questions indicated your U 128 now being considered this HQ . |
| 18 | It also laid down the constitutional right for anyone who passed the Abitur — the German equivalent of A levels — to study at university . |
| 19 | ‘ Was the action taken by the British the proper thing to do ? ’ he asked down a crackling line from Buenos Aires to Woodward 's home in Surbiton , Surrey . |
| 20 | She choked down the sudden lump in her throat , rejecting a surge of self-pity she had no need for . |
| 21 | Their way led down a shallow incline between a row of abandoned warehouses , gaunt against the night sky . |
| 22 | Taken by surprise and fear of the other the boy lost his balance and tumbled down the grassy bank towards the stranger but to the boy 's incredulous gaze the figure melted into thin air . |
| 23 | She opened the door and gazed down a splendid vista of reception rooms that opened out one into the next , which Buzz had learned was typical of grand French houses . |
| 24 | She would pretend to be frightened when he jumped out , would call out to him to be careful when he crept along an overhanging branch and hung , skimming the water . |
| 25 | The face , divided down the central axis , is a crude combination of a three-quarter and profile view , and the elongation of the mouth suggests even a purely frontal viewpoint . |
| 26 | Leonora fought down a sudden rush of panic . |
| 27 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 28 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 29 | Resting her head wearily against the hard banister rail , she fought down the momentary surge of panic . |
| 30 | She balled her fists and fought down the growing desolation inside her . |