Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recently met the Japanese Keidanren when they visited this country , and I reassured them that the Government continue to welcome and support Japanese investment in this country . |
| 2 | The confidentiality claim met the same fate as the other arguments . |
| 3 | It met the same fate as its predecessors . |
| 4 | I met the old lady as I was walking down a steep path out of the village . |
| 5 | An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 6 | However , in 1986 the Court of Appeal gave its approval to a much less interventionist approach : " Scum " was a powerful drama about the treatment of young offenders , which depicted the Borstal system as encouraging rather than deterring violent behaviour . |
| 7 | Some of my men picketed the high ground while we passed underneath , constantly urged by the headman and his followers not to straggle . |
| 8 | Before I consider whether this is a valid approach and whether in this case the coroner applied the correct test when he decided , as he undoubtedly did , that any omission by the ambulance service was not relevant to the cause of death , I must refer to the submissions of Mr. Coghlan , counsel for the coroner . |
| 9 | The appellant appealed pursuant to section 19A(2) of the Act on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge failed to consider a wide range of relevant factors in deciding whether to make the order ; ( 2 ) the judge applied the wrong test as to whether the appellant had acted unreasonably ; ( 3 ) the judge failed to give reasons for the making of the order and neither ascertained the amount of wasted costs incurred , nor what party had incurred the wasted costs ; and ( 4 ) had wrongly used the section 19A procedure to punish the appellant . |
| 10 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 11 | The rich , the good , the pretty , the blessed all shared the same fate as the poor , the bad , the ugly , the deprived . |
| 12 | Humankind and the apes shared the vertebrate form because both were created by God , but Owen could stress the anatomical differences in order to make it clear that the one could never have evolved from the other . |
| 13 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 14 | Perhaps H. G. Wells made the right choice when he cast octopus-like animals in the role of intelligent alien invaders in The War of the Worlds . |
| 15 | No sir , my job was then to pass over to Mr who made the ultimate decision as to what to do about the incident . |
| 16 | So far , Intergraph is more than satisfied that it made the correct decision when it selected Chameleon . |
| 17 | Shoe shop owner Nick Dando and his wife Melanie made the gruesome find while taking their daughters on a nature ramble in remote woodland . |
| 18 | Brunel made the broad gauge because he saw the advantage of stability , and making extra room for passengers |
| 19 | Suzanne made the public appearance after it was revealed she had complained to the Lord Chancellor about the incident at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 20 | Mr Dixon , who is Labour 's deputy chief whip , said he made the public allegation because he was tired of Tory MPs using Commons Points of Order to accuse opposition MPs of misdemeanours . |
| 21 | But it made the national press because Arthur was up there and there was a bit of shouting and scuffling . |
| 22 | Again , the TUC General Council made the same accusation when it met the Beveridge Committee seventeen years later : F.H . |
| 23 | Malcolm Smith , who runs the noted Jencra herd at Stoke on Trent , paid 7,500gn for Jim Goldie 's 17-month-old Epatant son , Goldie 's Globetrotter , while the suitably named Goldie 's Goldmine , another by the same sire , made the same amount when it sold in a private deal to David Dick of Mains of Throsk , Stirling , and Archie McGregor , Allanfauld , Kilsyth , after being turned out of the ring unsold at 7,200gn . |
| 24 | One who did made the same point as many arts students : |
| 25 | Nye ( 1984 ) made the same point when he observed that the agenda for examining the power of US firms in the 1980s was little different from that of the early 1970s , despite the relative loss of US power . |
| 26 | The resistance of Ulster was also linked to its business roots with such slogans as " Industrial Ulster is united " or " They mean business " , and Law made the same point when he described in Norwich a recent meeting that he had addressed in the Ulster Hall : |
| 27 | Ripon Grammar made the easiest progress when Wensleydale scratched . |
| 28 | Mr Payne , 48 , a Mid Glamorgan paramedic , made the grim discovery when he was called to a two-car smash at Deri , near Bargoed . |
| 29 | An electrician made the grim discovery when he went into the loft at Milton Keynes , Bucks . |
| 30 | He allows his readers to infer that the position he attributes to Eadwine was little changed before the battle of Nechtanesmere ; Oswald ruled the same territory as Eadwine and Oswiu ‘ almost ’ the same ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |