Example sentences of "continued [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he continued to drive a battered 1979 pick-up truck , its upholstery chewed to pieces by his beloved hunting dogs . |
| 2 | In the Celtic Church , the Old Testament continued to enjoy a status equal to the New . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the Falcon 20 continued to enjoy a considerable success . |
| 4 | Although Clinton continued to enjoy a consistent lead in the opinion polls , by the end of October the gap between the two candidates appeared to have closed sufficiently to be causing some alarm in the Democratic camp . |
| 5 | The chief mourner continued to wear a coat with train , together with the mourning hood , but even the manner of wearing the hood changed : draped round the shoulders like a short scarf rather than being worn over the head . |
| 6 | The considerable amount of water saved was now , in effect , available southward for the Braunston stretch ( itself a summit ) , where there was a perennial water shortage , for this canal continued to carry a large through traffic from the Birmingham area . |
| 7 | The Manuscripts Division continued to acquire a substantial and varied amount of material , by donation , deposit , and purchase . |
| 8 | Efforts continued to establish a harmonization of European accounting practices , in accordance with the Fourth and Seventh Company Law Directives ( 1978 and 1983 respectively ) , the first of which had created the Contact Committee of officials , the standards body which had originated most of the current proposals ( but which was still not recognized by many EC members ) , while the second had included measures to standardize the presentation of consolidated accounts within the EC ( see p. 36154 for earlier developments ) . |
| 9 | The medieval choir school also survived — though renamed by Henry VIII ‘ the Kynges Newe Grammer Scole of Seynt Marie Oterey ’ — and like many provincial grammar schools throughout the land it continued to provide a modest education of the kind which gave to the youthful Shakespeare his ‘ small Latin , and less Greek ’ . |
| 10 | Protestantism brought more impersonal social sanctions for the bereaved , emphasizing behaviour rather than feelings , but continued to provide a strong framework within which grief could be experienced . |
| 11 | Agriculture continued to provide a large share of GDP : its contribution in 1989 was estimated to be 20.2 per cent , an increase of 3.1 per cent . |
| 12 | In the fat cow ring another good entry of 52 continued to meet a sharp trade and sold to a top of £119.60 for a Friesian 470kg at £562 and to £118.90 for an Angus 450kg at £535 . |
| 13 | In the suckler ring , another good entry of 35 continued to meet a sharp trade and sold to a top of £960 paid for Limousin heifer with bull calf at foot . |
| 14 | In the store rings an entry of 175 bullocks continued to meet a very sharp trade especially for beef types which sold to £134.40 for a 506kg Simmental at £680 and to £805 per head for 626kg Limousin . |
| 15 | There was also an excellent entry of just over 200 heifers which continued to meet a good trade . |
| 16 | The EPLF continued to demand a US-supervised referendum on independence from Ethiopia , but was flexible as to the timetable for this , he said . |
| 17 | Students and opposition parties continued to demand a national conference on Cameroon 's political future . |
| 18 | Syria continued to demand a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights which Israel flatly rejected . |
| 19 | An order of report interpretation was considered an insufficient explanation by Bryden ( 1967 ) , who continued to find a right ear advantage even when analysing only responses given from the ear reported first , but such an explanation continues to surface from time to time ( e.g. Friedes , 1977 ) . |
| 20 | He continued to suffer a great deal with poor health , which , he says , stirred him up to ‘ speak to sinners with some compassion as a dying man to dying men ’ . |
| 21 | Although the economy was growing at around 2 per cent per annum , and although a fall in the value of the krone had brought the country 's trade balance back into surplus , its industries continued to suffer a severe crisis of confidence . |
| 22 | Although Ceauşescu continued to receive a daily deluge of congratulatory telegrams from tinpot rulers the world over until the last days of his rule , the reprinting of old praise from the Queen shows how desperate he was to present his people with evidence that he was acceptable to the West . |
| 23 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 22-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in March 1990 , when Prime Minister Maria Liberia Peters 's National People 's Party ( Partido Nashonal di Pueblo — PNP ) won seven seats and continued to lead a coalition government . |
| 24 | Owing to his strength of character , he could quell despair and , in public , continued to exert a potent spell over his audience . |
| 25 | The feel of him , the taste of him , was like a drug , one which she believed she had kicked , but which , she was now discovering , continued to exert a ruthless grip . |
| 26 | That the local priests continued to play a significant part in the regulation of local sexual morality from the beginning of the state is shown by accounts of ‘ boy meets girl ’ from the 1920s . |
| 27 | She and Lee were never close colleagues but as WEA tutor-organiser she continued to play a key role in attracting students to her short courses and from these developed a few Tutorial Classes for which Lee was the tutor . |
| 28 | Early in 1921 the ex-absolutists of the NCF established the No More War Movement , which had 3000 members in 1927 and continued to play a role on the pacifist left until it merged into the Peace pledge Union ten years later . |
| 29 | The family continued to play a significant part in Anglo-French affairs : in January 1317 , Jean , sire de Fiennes , wrote to Edward II as his loyal vassal in Ponthieu , informing him of a rumoured scheme for the partition of the kingdom of France on the death of Louis X. His motive was not entirely altruistic , for Fiennes was a chief ally and supporter of the rebellious Robert of Artois , and hoped for English aid in the form of ships with which to enter Calais and St Omer . |
| 30 | Foreign investment continued to play a vital role in industry . |