Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was later to become owner of a Beirut company that dubbed educational films and translated technical books into Arabic . |
| 2 | His childhood was spent in Cranleigh , and he was educated at Edgeborough School , Guildford , where he revealed precocious talents as artist , poet , and sportsman , and at Christ 's Hospital , London . |
| 3 | US representatives rejected any new " global " talks unless the EC made specific concessions on agriculture . |
| 4 | In the later decades of the century the professor of entomology at Oxford , E. B. Poulton ( 1856–1943 ) , made extensive studies of animal coloration , which he explained in Darwinian terms . |
| 5 | For example , in the early agricultural villages , some individuals became full-time producers of pottery , clothing and agricultural implements . |
| 6 | We have been able to demonstrate this at Westbury , for the bones from the rodent earth ( unit 15/8 : see Chapter 6 ) , where careful excavation with dental picks revealed complete bones with constituent parts in position but separated from each other by narrow cracks . |
| 7 | The NAP handles its critics and presumed political opponents with libel suits , smear campaigns and harrassment . |
| 8 | On either side her head gleamed coiled braids of dark-gold hair , almost pale copper in the subdued light of the room . |
| 9 | PAKISTAN 'S victory at Melbourne against England in the World Cup final produced unbelievable scenes of happiness and jubilation all over the country . |
| 10 | Histological examination of BMP-2-treated -AER limbs revealed pyknotic cells in mesenchyme exposed at the limb surface and to a depth of 4 cell layers . |
| 11 | However , in the February 1988 elections the presidential candidate of the PDS , the main opposition party — Abdoulaye Wade — made public allegations of vote rigging , and was imprisoned before the results were declared . |
| 12 | Barclay sold Scottish linens on commission , and dealt in Irish linens with his brother , John Barclay of Dublin . |
| 13 | Several of the men , though none of the women , made embarrassed noises of dissent . |
| 14 | He accused the local authorities of improper detention and made repeated appeals for help to the British consul and ambassador . |
| 15 | The Inverness-based Northern Constabulary made repeated appeals for information to help identify the 5ft 8ins teenager whose details were circulated to every police force in Britain . |
| 16 | Antihistamines became popular remedies for motion sickness , and a search , only marginally successful , began for effective compounds which did not cause drowsiness . |
| 17 | Yet Grigori Medvedev , the chief engineer at Chernobyl in the 1970s , says in his recent book ( see page 125 ) that Soviet-made Geiger counters registered high levels of radiation on men who had not yet been into the zone , and nothing at all on those who had recently emerged from it . |
| 18 | Medical and veterinary faculties ( for which the competition was high , the numbers limited ) could lay down that candidates would not be considered unless they got high grades in physics , chemistry and biology at A level . |
| 19 | Although hon. Members representing Ulster voiced different shades of opinion , they reached a common conclusion with the Liberal Democrat and Labour hon. Members in the Committee that they were opposed to the order . |
| 20 | He wondered if art could continue to exist or be justified if it left behind its primitive purposes with the result that aesthetic objects became direct objects of attention . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | This will provide the first historical study of how groups of men and women in Britain experienced different types of career patterns in the course of their adult lives . |
| 23 | The industry used local resources ; charcoal and other articles were made from wood ; iron and silver ores were processed and fashioned ; and flax , hemp and wool were spun and woven into clothing , the Italian Chimney sweeps came to symbolize the migration at its most miserable , but other persons repaired watches or became itinerant vendors of fabric , haberdashery , and other items . |
| 24 | However , while the process of electing a national president went smoothly , state party elections revealed high levels of factionalism within the BJP and led to the intervention of the central leadership in attempts to restore a greater semblance of unity to the party . |
| 25 | Although he is often characterized as retiring and eccentric , he entertained distinguished visitors in style , and studio staff were frequently welcomed to Old Place and treated with considerable generosity . |
| 26 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 27 | MacEwen and Sinclair produced a more detailed critique of the upland conflict and made detailed recommendations for change , concentrating on agriculture . |
| 28 | ‘ Steiner 's mission ended in failure , but he led German soldiers in battle on English soil . |
| 29 | Despite , in many instances , retained professional lines of accountability , the decision-making about resources to deliver nursing care , or to engage para-medic services , lies with the director . |
| 30 | Their newspapers provided odd bits of information , such as plutonium-poisoning maps that frightened readers rather than reassuring them because they did not know how to interpret them . |