Example sentences of "[subord] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MY party of visitors to the new Museum of Liverpool Life were less than impressed with the Brookside exhibit . |
| 2 | In the postwar period , international institutions have , after all , played a much greater role than previously , albeit dominated by the United States , and , to a lesser extent , the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Output : The decline in output was greater than seen in the July survey and worse than had been anticipated , with a balance of 20pc of firms reporting a fall . |
| 4 | It also included the committee 's limit of 15 B-2s , 60 fewer than requested by the Bush administration . |
| 5 | Even capacity expansion co-operation has been carried out in such a way as to allow substantial continued internal competition and even greater market share changes than occurred in the United States . |
| 6 | This is a local venture although modelled on the CC format of a written descriptions accompanied by photographs . |
| 7 | Although denounced by the SDPJ as an entirely cosmetic guarantee , the non-military usage pledge laid the foundation for Komeito 's acceptance of the Gulf package . |
| 8 | Although proposed by the UN 's International Law Commission , the idea has been widely criticised as legally unsound and practically unworkable . |
| 9 | However , the Provincials are certainly not out of the frame by an means and although beaten by the PGL , must not be under-rated in any department by the high flying NIBA side . |
| 10 | They agreed to phase them out on the same timetable applying in their own countries , and faster than required by the Montreal Protocol ( the international agreement on protecting the ozone layer — see ED 52 ] . |
| 11 | The Group 's oil and gas reserves position more than doubled through the Ultramar acquisition , reaching over 1.1 billion boe of commercial reserves at the end of 1991 . |
| 12 | Taiwan kept some tariffs high , and until coerced by the United States had used the still more effective trade weapon of an undervalued currency . |
| 13 | Graham watched in horror as Iain slid down a rocky buttress , and then waited on a ledge for 12 hours until rescued by the RAF . |
| 14 | On a measure which , if applied to the Commons , would produce 100 per cent party unity , the figure for Congress fluctuates normally between 30 and 60 per cent ( see table 12.1 ) . |
| 15 | The recent development of biochemical and genetical target detection assays , if applied to the N-Oct 3 factor , will certainly help to answer this major question . |
| 16 | The ship ended her seagoing life when she was berthed in the West Old Dock , Leith , in 1928 where she remained until moved to the Newcastle Quay in 1969 . |
| 17 | Re-opening of the Van Railway came in 1896 and it was then worked by the Cambrian Railways Company until absorbed by the GWR in 1923 . |
| 18 | After a weekend of uproar over reports that the Government intended to by-pass Parliament if defeated on the Maastricht bill and ratify the treaty anyway , Mr Hurd met the Prime Minister , John Major , the Leader in the Lords , John Wakeham , and the Chief Whip , Richard Ryder , at Downing Street yesterday morning . |
| 19 | Think how much worse that order would be if administered by the Norths and Castlereaghs of tomorrow ! ’ |
| 20 | The Italian air force was also particularly active and effective until reduced by the RAF . |
| 21 | One of those involved in compiling the report , Terence Lee of the University of Surrey , argued that recent Soviet legislation setting the maximum permitted dose of radiation as 0.5 rem above natural background level , was " absurdly low " , and set a dangerous precedent which , if followed by the UK , would compel the evacuation " of half of Cornwall " . |
| 22 | Nicaragua gained independence in 1838 , but the country was subsequently subjected to US military intervention in 1912-25 and in 1927-33 , after which the Somoza dynasty ruled the country until overthrown by the Frente Sandanista de Liberación National ( FSLN , also known as the Sandinistas ) revolution of 1979 . |
| 23 | Under the provisions of the 1911 Act ( a measure to which the Lords acquiesced under threat of being swamped with a mass of new Liberal pro-reform peers ) , the House could delay passage of nonmoney bills for only two successive sessions , such bills being enacted if passed by the Commons again the succeeding session . |
| 24 | And yet Lord Owen 's concession had in fact given the Serbs a lot : a way to prevent the return of Croats and Muslims to the areas captured by Serbs , and — unless checked by the UN — to keep the dream of a Greater Serbia alive . |
| 25 | Sir Alexander Gray , who had come with Keith , said that a promise to yield within a definite period , say four days , unless relieved by the Regent , might well be accepted , and save the hostages . |
| 26 | ‘ If anything can be concluded from this book , it is that I was born , ’ writes Sisson after touching on that event , which occurred 75 years ago in a building since occupied by the Bristol Rovers Supporters Club . |
| 27 | Gallaudet , Principal of the College , recommended McCandless and Jaffray to the British authorities for the Albert Medal ( the highest civilian award in Britain and the British Empire at that time , since superseded by the George Cross ) . |
| 28 | Vaughan divided his Turner collection between Edinburgh , Ireland , the V&A and the British Museum ( which received the preparatory drawings for the Liber Studiorum , since transferred to the Tate ) . |
| 29 | The Bovis construction division , while depressed in the UK , had continued to benefit from its expansion overseas and now had a worldwide order book of £3.4 billion , despite the international recession . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) The word ‘ Company ’ in this Clause , except where used in reference to the Company , shall be deemed to include any partnership or other body of persons , whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere . |