Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that provision precluded the permanent unit situated offshore from taking instructions from persons connected with the vessel who were in another member state , that would constitute an unjustified restriction on the freedom of establishment , contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 2 | The jury in that instance ordered the remaining defendants to pay $2.1bn in damages . |
| 3 | With that decision came the near certainty , strenuously denied at the time , that Aden would grow into a fully fledged military base . |
| 4 | On April 23rd , the day that parliament endorsed the anti-crisis programme , Mr Gorbachev met leaders of nine republics ( excluding the six refuseniks — the three Baltic states plus Georgia , Armenia and Moldavia ) . |
| 5 | It is not yet near day ; It was the nightingale , and not the lark , That pierc 'd the fearful hollow of thine ear ; |
| 6 | It was during this time , moving from one company to another , that Haslam learned the true meaning of what it is to be an adaptable manager . |
| 7 | In analysing their left-hand columns , the executives found that each side blamed the other side for the difficulties , and they used the same reasons . |
| 8 | These points apart , each side twisted the available data to suit its own opinion . |
| 9 | Whilst each side recognized the growing demand of the Korean people for reunification , the means through which this was to be achieved remained elusive . |
| 10 | To find out what her research subjects were getting up to , this scientist took the direct approach . |
| 11 | With this purchase came the inevitable decision to ‘ get rid of the horses so long as a comfortable place could be found ’ . |
| 12 | He lifted the chromium-plated playing arm and with some difficulty replaced the worn needle with a fresh sliver of sharpened steel from a tiny tin . |
| 13 | The lack of a contingency plan for this eventuality left the all-important Army of Africa , together with its commanders , General Franco and Colonel Yagüe ( who , under Franco 's orders , had been in charge of the Legion during the repression of the Asturian revolutionary movement in 1934 ) , stranded on the far side of the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 14 | This case had the desired effect of persuading other recalcitrant authorities to proceed more quickly . |
| 15 | This case involved the 74-year-old ‘ soccer superfan ’ known for the Union Jack waistcoat and John Bull costume he sported at international matches . |
| 16 | The Princess Royal this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux at the University of York and was received on arrival by Major-General H. Woods ( Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire ) . |
| 17 | Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended the Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Victim Support Schemes at Central Hall , Westminster , and was received by the Lord Mayor of Westminster ( Councillor Simon Mabey ) and the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 18 | Her Royal Highness this afternoon opened the new Head Office Building for the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , Watling Street , Bexleyheath , and received a donation from employees for the Save the Children Fund . |
| 19 | Coupled with the almost equally difficult situation in Hungary this resistance disrupted the fragile unity of the Habsburg dominions . |
| 20 | This enigmatic man — one reluctant to disclose his plans even to his closest associates and so often the military miscalculator — in this instance judged the French national character correctly : if the Germans attacked Verdun , the French would resist . |
| 21 | This certificate produced the desired effect and I was allowed to stay at home on parade days . |
| 22 | This decision divided the independent types from the gregarious ; some thoroughly enjoyed staying at the hostel for years : |
| 23 | This decision established the general rule that if an applicant for judicial review seeks to protect rights or interests recognized only in public law , he or she must do so by AJR under Ord. 53 . |
| 24 | For some time this provision represented the sole full-time undergraduate degree in the UK devoted uniquely to publishing . |
| 25 | This election inaugurated the final phase of de Gaulle 's period in office . |
| 26 | This clone revealed the ND4-ND4L transcripts ( 1700n . ) . |
| 27 | This experience shaped the political ambition that led ultimately to his coup of 23 July 1952 . |
| 28 | This action received the usual disapproval although , for once , not from the Jewish leaders but from the crowd in general . |
| 29 | This action enabled the new infilling east elevation clad in painted timber boards to be installed to the rear of the original wall-plane , better exposing to view the cylindrical forms of the kilns ( Plate 16 ) . |
| 30 | Earlier sections of this chapter explored the inter-related effects of political , sociodemographic and economic trends on the cities . |