Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there may have been a trade in illicit cattle across the border between the Dutch and Kandyan territories in the eighteenth century , the large-scale networks were probably a product of the early and middle nineteenth century , made possible by the increased demand for cattle for transportation and meat . |
| 2 | The even greater increase in the availability of textuality made possible by the digital revolution , combined with the facilities it allows for altering , merging , and adding to already written texts , presents a related but different set of problems to the novelist . |
| 3 | Traditional topics were omitted , supplanted by studies of the form and pattern of settlement , made possible by the great increase in their rate of discovery and excavation during the 1970s . |
| 4 | But so great was the gulf between the righteousness of God and the depravity of man that the hope of salvation , made possible by the obedient and sacrificial death of Christ , was ultimately dependent upon divine rather than human initiatives . |
| 5 | One is faced here with the blind spot of the dominant form of Irish nationalism , already so apparent in the preamble to the constitution itself , a blindness made possible by the ideological differentiation of state and religion combined with the ideological unity of the people , seen at once as both nation and catholic . |
| 6 | It was a way of life based on constant leisure made possible by the constant labour of other classes and enslaved peoples . |
| 7 | The ‘ pervasive desire ’ for a cappella solutions has been impelled by the musical excellences made possible by the choral institutions ( all tinged with a Protestant Englishness that most members of the forum probably imagine that they have never espoused ) . |
| 8 | Western Europe began to show signs of real recovery during 1948 , made possible by the proper application of the benefits of ‘ Marshall Aid ’ . |
| 9 | Eventually he became depressed by the sheer difficulty of his subject , by the realization that he was not , as he put it , going to be able to build a cathedral . |
| 10 | The youngest of a large family , who lived right in the book-printing district with Morrison & Gibb , Clark 's and Neill 's within walking distance , she had two elder sisters already in the trade . |
| 11 | But , in the summerhouse , she became dissatisfied with the slow growth of clay . |
| 12 | Real power remained in the hands of the union delegations but it now became possible for the local parties to ensure that their opinions were more effectively voiced . |
| 13 | Some historians argue that modern ecology only became possible in the post-Darwinian age in which all natural relationships were seen to be fragile . |
| 14 | There were few opportunities for attending concerts but passers-by became used to the familiar sound of Mozart 's " Jupiter " symphony or Handel 's water music floating from Eva 's house in the lunchtime break . |
| 15 | Yet in Ireland the Kerry almost became extinct by the early 1980s , and in 1983 the total world population of pedigree cows was only 200 . |
| 16 | Bears became extinct in the Austrian Alps over a hundred years , but in the 1970s a male bear from Yugoslavia wandered across the border to take up residence in the southeast province of Styria . |
| 17 | We got used to the lovely coffee and rolls for breakfast . |
| 18 | Shelley looked up at the orange moon , slung low behind the ornate roofs of the seaside town . |
| 19 | He became friendly at the Royal College with Ted Dicks who , owing to his liveliness and ability to play the piano ( he took over at the Colony Room when Mike Mackenzie left ) soon found himself in charge of student entertainments . |
| 20 | Feeling themselves isolated from Ramsay MacDonald , who had been helped into Labour leadership by the " Clydesiders " , the ILP became receptive to the radical socialism of the Scottish MPs . |
| 21 | NASA and the then Science Research Council , in the UK soon became interested in the prospective infrared mission , and in October 1977 the three countries signed contracts formalising the collaboration . |
| 22 | Now erm was it through this union activity you became interested in the Labour Party ? |
| 23 | Koops then became interested in the long-standing problem of making paper from materials other than linen and cotton . |
| 24 | Vergennes next toyed with the idea of an attack on Ireland , but the Spaniards proved unenthusiastic about anything short of an invasion as the Spanish minister , the Count of Florida Blanca , made clear to the French ambassador in February 1779 : |
| 25 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 26 | As we made clear in the previous chapter , its definition of temporary workers might well include people whose jobs are available on other than a temporary basis , but who only intend to stay in these jobs for a limited period of time . |
| 27 | Torrential rain greeted England 's first appearance in Wales for eight seasons , but the visitors made light of the slippery conditions . |
| 28 | But Miss Patricia Rawlings , Tory Euro-MP for Essex South-West , made light of the ideological distinctions . |
| 29 | He became tangled in the red strands of her hair . |
| 30 | The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain . |