Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A resolution passed overwhelmingly empowers the republican government — which has effectively taken charge since the disintegration of Soviet central authority after the failed coup in August — to close the second reactor immediately and to bring forward the closure of the whole complex from 1995 to 1993 . |
| 2 | This is almost obligatory , because it takes a bit of practise before you become dexterous enough to become adept with the net and experienced enough to discover the hiding places of the various fish and other interesting creatures . |
| 3 | The Award is one of four made annually to encourage the local community to mark outstanding achievements . |
| 4 | The reference is to the three cantons ( Uri , Schwyz and Unterwalden ) which originally got together to form the Swiss Confederation , along with the fourth that soon joined them , Luzern . |
| 5 | Most other delegates dismissed this as quite unrealistic and agreed merely to encourage the International Socialist Bureau to continue seeking opportunities for a peaceful settlement , ‘ without annexations or indemnities ’ . |
| 6 | I moved slowly letting the two dead men slide under me . |
| 7 | The crowd was eventually scattered but , later that evening , the police tried forcibly to remove a political banner at the city centre 's War Memorial . |
| 8 | The first category , compare and contrast positive and negatives , involves a comparison between positive and negative adjectives describing the person used together to form the final opinion ; for example , ‘ [ I ] weighed all good points against all bad points ’ or ‘ as far as I was able to tell , every person was described by three positive/favourable adjectives and three negative/unfavourable ones … just as an impression was formed it was negated by the 5th or 6th words , giving it a cancelling out effect . |
| 9 | As a sound is a mantra , so an image is a yantra , the two used together making a powerful combination for spiritual exercises . |
| 10 | She tried fiercely to control the sudden rush of pleasure that hearing his voice again so soon gave her . |
| 11 | Kelly , however , moved swiftly to give the beleaguered Taylor his full support for the time being at least . |
| 12 | Two decades ago , Strahler tried valiantly to infuse a genetic approach into the subject but was greeted with meagre response … |
| 13 | The Washington Post of July 16 reported that " before last month 's elections , it was Slovak nationalist politicians who seemed determined to end the federation , while Czech leaders tried doggedly to preserve the joint state " . |
| 14 | The Washington Post of July 16 reported that " before last month 's elections , it was Slovak nationalist politicians who seemed determined to end the federation , while Czech leaders tried doggedly to preserve the joint state " . |
| 15 | Each tried desperately to grip the other , but it was impossible , and they were forced to lay perfectly still with their genitals interlocked until she was conscious of his emission shooting inside her oil-drenched love passage . |
| 16 | The plasterwork has peeled to reveal the red sandstone underneath ; and in places that sandstone has in turn crumbled away to reveal the intricate brickwork that lies at the core of the structure . |
| 17 | An excellent organizer and fund-raiser , the movement he created soon became an established part of British life . |
| 18 | At the city centre slid out of the skin and moved away thought the dense crowds . |
| 19 | In fact there had not been one unified element to the train which followed Artai 's progress but several , and those which were the designated efforts of individual districts of the city , or of the guilds , now moved away to become the driving force behind a carnival which ruled every street . |
| 20 | But I tried always to have a quiet time with God before I started my revision that morning . |
| 21 | In response to this threat , Irokawa argues , the ruling classes moved rapidly to reinforce the conventional norms still adhered to by the vast majority of the people , but in a way which removed any spontaneous content and value . |
| 22 | Thousands of Taiwanese rallied yesterday to mark the 10th anniversary of an anti-government riot and demand the release of dissidents involved in the 1979 incident . |
| 23 | Both the Christian Democrats and the Socialists , long the leading partnership of Italian government , tried yesterday to put a brave face on their poor showing . |
| 24 | She moved quickly to examine the long narrow table that had forms on either side , and although it looked clean enough she was not happy until she had washed it . |
| 25 | Changes in the question wording used also make the meaningful interpretation of time series health data problematic . |
| 26 | This might mean that the parish boundary was defined by later prehistory at least , but it might also indicate that definition occurred later using a well-defined pre-existing feature . |
| 27 | Separatists tried unsuccessfully to disrupt a military parade in Lithuania . |
| 28 | Then , having settled their men and their stewards and their womenfolk , if they had any , they moved eastwards to do the same for themselves and for others along the course of the Forth , and to drift , with an inquisitive eye , through the hills and croplands that lay southwards in Northumbrian hands . |
| 29 | Her eyes flickered sideways to read the digital cost display ’ … . m afraid your budget … an no longer . |
| 30 | Cuprinol 's Clear Varnish used here provides a tough skin , ideal for wood floors . |