Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The loss of an efficient officer , however , was not to be accepted without protest by the captain who lost his services , and Captain Robert Digby , for example , protested in strong terms the impending transfer of Midshipman Callender from his ship to Captain Keith Stewart 's Berwick in 1778 , pointing out that ‘ this Mr. Callender I made a midshipman myself upon finding Sir Lawrence Dundas was his friend ’ and complained of ‘ Scotch captains being allowed to pick the quarterdecks of other ships without the captain 's consent … ’ |
| 2 | Yet as Comecon 's major source of hydrocarbons the countries have felt in recent years the strain of cutbacks in Soviet oil exports as well as what they consider to be unfair trading terms caused by rising costs which they lack the economic freedom to renegotiate . |
| 3 | As to the climbdowns to which the right hon. Gentleman referred , they merely reflect the Government 's success in putting in writing — and I agree that this was needed in some cases the Government 's intentions , using words that even the right hon. Gentleman could understand . |
| 4 | The study of social and economic aspects of early Anglo-Saxon society are still viewed as spin-offs from art-historical and technological study rather than topics worthy of treatment in their own right ; when thematic studies have been produced in recent years the themes have tended to remain based on site-types or artefacts rather than themes which may be more directly relevant to past human behaviour ( Wilson 1976a ) . |
| 5 | Members of the public have to depend on the press for information on which to base their opinions ; but if allegedly indecent films are always shown in closed courtrooms the press can not give the public the information which it may want and which is necessary for the formation of public opinion … |
| 6 | Although commonly used in recent years the red sun flag , like the anthem , had been banned by the post-Pacific War forces of US occupation because of its association with Japanese imperialism . |
| 7 | Whichever style is used in plotless ballets the choreographer should submit to the structure of the music , particularly if the score develops according to the classical techniques of composition . |
| 8 | The ideological changes within the dominant political party since 1979 have undoubtedly affected in various ways the cities and those living in them . |
| 9 | And er it took us a long time to get the special material because as you will gather , we tend to do everything properly , so we had to have the a cloth specially woven er handwoven of course and especially dyed and for once we had it especially fooled in other words the nap was raised . |
| 10 | We have emphasized in earlier Lectures the importance of differences between individuals . |
| 11 | For them it was a matter of how many extra staff they received in comparison with a school down the road , and judged in these terms the disparities aroused great resentment , especially among Phase 3 heads . |
| 12 | Except as otherwise provided in these Conditions the liability of the Carrier in respect of loss or misdelivery of or damage to goods shall in all circumstances be limited as follows : |
| 13 | Capital then emerges again more efficient , but concentrated in larger firms the successful absorbing the weak . |
| 14 | The missing voters are largely concentrated in urban seats the party would win anyway . |
| 15 | To have died in 1940 at the age of 35 is to have experienced in different ways the dramatic historical upheavals of the interwar period , and in particular in Nizan 's case , the post-revolutionary development of the Soviet Union and the growth of the French communist party . |
| 16 | Labour knows , and the long faces around the hon. Gentleman confirm , that the council tax is a winner and that we have found in three months the solution that has eluded Labour for three years . |
| 17 | It follows therefore that it is enough for the prosecution if they have proved in these cases the assumption by the [ defendants ] of any of the rights of the owner of the goods in question , that is to say , the supermarket concerned , it being common ground in these cases that the other three of the four elements mentioned in Viscount Dilhorne 's speech in Reg. v. Lawrence had been fully established . |
| 18 | When posed in these terms the issue of choice becomes even more acute . |
| 19 | She hurried back to the dressing-tent , where her mummy helped her into her Gnome outfit , around which was swathed a broad white band on which was printed in big letters the Brownie Guide Motto , LEND A HAND . |
| 20 | After both B and C Company put in similar performances the Cup was firmly in British hands for the first time . |
| 21 | Since having been accepted by YWAM God has confirmed in many ways the correctness of Gary 's decision . |
| 22 | The tenor of Goody 's general statements on literacy often seems at variance with such caveats , but even couched in these terms the argument is overstated . |
| 23 | Expressed in these terms the contract theory does not merely ( irrelevantly ) emphasise the company 's non-state origins , it also offers a political justification for the possession of private power . |
| 24 | Among the most widely reported incidents , six people were killed by unknown gunmen as they waited in a taxi queue in Vosloorus township south of Johannesburg on May 1 , while nine other people were said to have been killed in other incidents the same day . |
| 25 | And to the west , the five-year drought in the Sahel , which killed a quarter of a million , reinforced in Western eyes the image of a continent of famine and natural disaster . |
| 26 | To some , aid destroyed a nation 's social fabric , resulted in unproductive enterprises and maintained in many instances the existing oligarchy ( ruling class ) . |
| 27 | McCann stepped forward too , the Uzi held in both hands the stubby barrel pointed at the deck of The Sandhopper . |
| 28 | To illustrate the principles of peptide chemistry described in these chapters the determination of the structure and synthesis of an imaginary peptide is described . |
| 29 | By the time it had been carefully re-written , my feature described in glowing terms the ‘ Hollywood film-set scenery ’ ( but no mention of The Good , The Bad and The Ugly and ‘ exotic cuisine ’ ( on the strength of a passable chicken tikka masala eaten at a restaurant some distance from the hotel ) . |