Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curial officials ensured conservative cardinals led discussions in the central commission , and that reports of commissions in the L'Osservatore Romano reflected conservative views . |
| 2 | Then they tore in a wild , bumpy , breakneck race across the rough heath to Scawby Marsh and got ropes round the poor terrified pony just in time to keep him above the shifting surface before the marsh engulfed him . |
| 3 | He agreed accounts of the alleged ‘ roundabout ’ payment were based on hearsay , but added : ‘ The journalists will be questioned about what they knew and even journalists will tell the truth when they are called . ’ |
| 4 | Her wet boots made footprints on the dusty floor and she still wore an apron over her black skirt , but she had a fine air about her . |
| 5 | But , with that unpredictability which makes biology such a fascinating science , it was some biochemists interested in nutrition who laid foundations for the next major advance in the treatment of cancer . |
| 6 | where they sold copies of The Red Letter , |
| 7 | There is a growing awareness of the disadvantages to employment and industry that a return to the discredited and failed policies of the Labour party would create . |
| 8 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 9 | It suggests there was an Oxford spy ring in the 1930s which passed secrets to the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Hunt for mole who revealed plans of the Royal bedrooms |
| 11 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 12 | In 1988 , amidst a great burst of publicity , one forestry company announced plans for the future management and improvement of a river they owned . |
| 13 | The Democratic candidate made a clean sweep of the states in New England ( the first time since 1964 ) and made inroads into the southern states which in recent years had been solidly Republican . |
| 14 | Although Turner made inroads into the white vote , it appeared that his failure to attract more than 37 per cent of the Hispanic vote resulted in his defeat . |
| 15 | and made maps of the silenced mineworkings . |
| 16 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 17 | She worked very hard for good causes and , during the war , in the village and on the buses you often met servicemen in the light blue uniform the wounded wore , who were recuperating at Lartington Hall . |
| 18 | To avoid these limitations of size and orientation , we used ex vivo autoradiography , which allowed us to select well oriented crypts in the large histological sections ( 20×40 mm ) . |
| 19 | We then laid plans for the next voyage . |
| 20 | The majority of actual examples investigated by Johnson revealed profiles of the second type , so that it may be concluded that much of the material forming the bar is eroded from the sea floor . |
| 21 | The vast majority ( 82 per cent ) of the snowball group were using heroin daily during the prevalence study period , compared with 61 per cent of the ‘ known respondents ’ , yet only one-third became clients of the relevant agencies during the same period . |
| 22 | And we must not discount those who became converts to the new religion , whether on account of the superiority of its miracles — especially its apparently superior powers of healing — or of its doctrine or the example of those who taught it . |
| 23 | There was little to indicate what a busy area this was to become , with buoyed channels for the large tankers , and the storage tanks and quays of Sullom Voe tucked away neatly out of sight amongst the low hills . |
| 24 | There are many breeds of flop-eared dogs , but this is the only breed of cat that lacks the typical , pricked ears of the feline head . |
| 25 | However , Newell made amends in the 64th minute when he raced on to a hopeful through ball , rounded Hitchcock and fired home . |
| 26 | Both missed with other attempts before Stephens made amends in the second half , landing another three penalties and kicking three conversions . |
| 27 | The Don made amends in the second innings with a memorable 103 not out and the crowds held a ‘ bob in ’ collection to buy their idol a piano . |
| 28 | The ‘ Hinch was stung into some retaliatory play , with a shot from Keri Kidd in the 55th minute only inches wide , but Kidd made amends in the following minute , beating Johnston from close in for the equaliser . |
| 29 | It is fair conjecture that the Chelsea porcelain painters working from live plants sought subjects from the nearby Physic Garden , where they might find many impressive exotics flowering for the first time in this country . |
| 30 | Others , such as the sex fiend dubbed the ‘ Shopping Bag Rapist ’ ( Sun ) , and the soft-spoken brute , known as the ‘ Lonely Heart Rapist ’ , believed to be a loner who regularly visited clubs for the divorced and separated in the Home Counties ( Sun ) , do not have nicknames which provide instant headlines . |