Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] the [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the final umbrella of the Charter , which theoretically laid down the principles of the paper and what it stood for , the last bricks were put into the edifice . |
| 2 | But Lombroso laid down the foundations of most of what was to follow in genetic theories of crime . |
| 3 | A Hungarian-French treaty of friendship and concord signed on Sept. 11 laid down the terms of co-operation between the two countries on minority issues and on Hungary 's desire for full membership of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 4 | He released her hands , and pinned her instead with one hard leg as he drew down the straps of her swimsuit , uncovering her full high breasts to his view . |
| 5 | He was one of the managers who drew up the articles of impeachment of Henry Dundas , first Viscount Melville [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | Lucier stood up , with his hand spread across his breastbone as if to protect his heart from the jolt , and weighed up the possibilities of escape . |
| 7 | He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them . |
| 8 | Nor was it always clear on what basis the Principal Education Officer and Chief Inspector on occasions referred back the proposals of the project team . |
| 9 | But the popes of this Council , Julius II and Leo X , bore out the fears of the conciliarists . |
| 10 | He reached into his desk drawer and drew out the copies of the contract , a trifle battered by yesterday 's violence , and tossed them across the desk towards her . |
| 11 | His wife , an enormous woman in black , wailed and wrung out the ends of her skirt . |
| 12 | Observers have described the move as a significant change of direction for the agency , a government body , which has hitherto emphasized the economics of catching whales and played down the benefits of active conservation . |
| 13 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 14 | AVALANCHES roared down the mountains of northern Afghanistan , burying hundreds of people in buses and cars and killing at least 40 , officials said yesterday . |
| 15 | THOUSANDS of islanders fled in terror yesterday as 20ft walls of boiling mud and ash roared down the slopes of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines . |
| 16 | The press has for some years played up the problems of UK financial reporting and has exaggerated the extent to which those problems derived from weak enforcement of standards rather than defects in the standards themselves . |
| 17 | In another case Mansfield spelt out the advantages of certainty , that merchants could then depend upon rules , ‘ easily learned and easily retained ’ , rather than upon ‘ subtleties and niceties ’ or ‘ upon speculative refinements from the law of nations or the Roman jus post liminii ’ . |
| 18 | The adviser spelt out the details of the scheme , saying that the self-appraisal consisted of providing factual information , looking at what they were doing and describing it so that advisers could understand what they are trying to do . |
| 19 | But in his interview with The Independent , Mr Heseltine staked out the areas of difference between himself and his front-bench colleagues . |
| 20 | The photosetter churned out the columns of type as a film , which had to be pasted up manually to form a complete page for the printing plate cameras . |
| 21 | ‘ You fought off the effects of the anaesthetic faster than my medical orderly thought possible . ’ |
| 22 | She convulsed , collapsing to the floor with the pain that danced down the paths of her nervous system . |
| 23 | Swooping patterns of energy tingled down the labyrinths of her nerves . |
| 24 | Having made their name as the most mischievous men in pop , their audience watched uneasily as Madness turned down the corners of their mouths . |
| 25 | Mr Bumble shook his head again , very seriously , and turned down the corners of his mouth . |
| 26 | Half-immersed in a white fur rug , he carelessly consumed Macdonald 's chocolate marshmallows and turned over the pages of his Eagle Annual in the shadow of the family piano . |
| 27 | Reflecting the desire to improve relations with the United states , North Korean officials on May 28 handed over the remains of five US soldiers killed in the Korean War ( 1950-53 ) . |
| 28 | Vietnam handed over the remains of another six MIAs on Nov. 4 , bringing the total number of servicemen 's remains handed over to date to more than 450 . |
| 29 | There was little change in relations with the United States , although in May 1990 the North for the first time handed over the remains of US servicemen missing in action from the Korean War [ see p. 37456 ; see also p. 38295 ] . |
| 30 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |