Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 4.2 we discussed the way in which a hierarchical rank structure may be posited for various discourse types and considered as examples the internal structure of a series of books and a trial . |
| 2 | The former meaning may be loosely paraphrased as : ( 26 ) one of the feats commonly expected of acrobats The second meaning can not be paraphrased by ( 26 ) . |
| 3 | There was further disruption in the Lok Sabha on Aug. 14 as Congress ( I ) members protested against events the previous day when BJP workers were alleged to have attacked Scindia 's house in New Delhi . |
| 4 | The more that you know about what is normal and expected in diseases the easier it will be to evaluate the Peculiars . |
| 5 | The Conservative government has been sympathetic to these concerns and has launched a fierce rhetorical offensive against social liberalism , initiating or supporting measures designed to police the moral boundaries . |
| 6 | Even if shot to pieces the commanding position of the banqueting hall would still make it defensible . |
| 7 | The hey-day of sport in our village seems to have been from the late 19th century up to the 1914 war , with a short revival between the wars but although attempts have been made at intervals the same enthusiasm does n't seem to prevail . |
| 8 | If we accept that more of the caring is done by women the second problematic issue for family care of elderly people is the number of women who expect to be employed outside the home . |
| 9 | This system was already elaborated in pre-war policy documents and substantially accepted by policy-makers The first years of war extended the pre-war system as constraints on expenditure were removed . |
| 10 | Then , in Capital , Marx attempts to break through and out of the veil of economic ideology , and he does this by showing that the way the economy is usually talked about hides the real basis of society and served to maintain the exploitation on which it rests . |
| 11 | When the nouns are used with numerals the appropriate classifier word must be included in the phrase . |
| 12 | In return the government promised to police the five security zones inside which an estimated 13,000 contras had congregated , in line with an April agreement [ see pp. 37370-71 ] to disband under UN supervision , and to transform the security zones into development areas . |
| 13 | If the draft is approved by ministers the general levy for cattle will rise from 190p to a maximum of 219p , calves from 12p to 14p , sheep from 34p to 39p and pigs 48p to 55p . |
| 14 | My firm favourite is the lovely I. ‘ Katharine Hodgkin ’ , blessed with flowers the unusual pale blue/green of a clear sea . |
| 15 | Worn with jeans the all-in-one looks as though you 're wearing a regular vest . |
| 16 | Dudley , is maths today taught in schools the same way as it used to be ? |
| 17 | At a time the stress is reduced to times the original value and this characteristic time is known as the relaxation time τ . |
| 18 | When such monuments are reduced to ruins the surviving remains may appear a meaningless mixture of motifs borrowed from too many sources . |
| 19 | Of the cases brought by individuals the highest number overall had been brought against the United Kingdom ( with 23 ) , followed by Belgium ( 14 ) , Italy ( 13 ) , Austria ( 12 ) , and Sweden and the Netherlands ( 10 each ) . |
| 20 | From a questionnaire given to parents the reported duration of hearing loss preoperatively was added to the three months of observation and to the duration of the condition postoperatively to give an overall estimate . |
| 21 | For pairs assisted by helpers the corresponding figures were 2.1 and 1.3 ( n = 59 ) . |
| 22 | This momentous decision — it is the first time a former Greek prime minister has been indicted by parliament — was complemented by measures the left coalition in particular regards as vital to prevent abuse of power by single-party governments in future . |
| 23 | However , it is not necessarily the case that the shorter the period during which the plaintiff is likely to be deprived of amenities the lower the award of damages under this head . |
| 24 | The refugees , small wiry people dressed in rags the same colour as the desert , huddle in the shelters , crouch in the shade behind the buildings , or in groups around the places where relief teams distribute what little food there is . |
| 25 | Elsewhere , it is uncertain how many of the clerks and knights of princely households obtained from schools the pragmatic literacy on which they called in their day-to-day business . |
| 26 | When I arrived , Small showed me the bodies of two lambs killed by foxes the previous night . |
| 27 | The brand name of this factory was sold and is now being manufactured abroad , but an unsuspecting public still buys that brand , after having paid in taxes the outstanding debt . |
| 28 | Whenever aircraft returned from raids the first persons to be allowed on board were the squadron armourers , whose job it was to make the bombs safe before anything else could be done , and this could be a highly tricky and dangerous undertaking , especially where incendiary bombs or those with time delay devices were concerned . |
| 29 | Garrisons were established to police the conquered area and to act as islands of English authority , attempts being made to keep the soldiery under some discipline . |