Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beldam LJ reviewed the authorities and stated that deciding whether the defence applied involved answering two questions . |
| 2 | There was virtually no comfort even in the royal apartments ; none of the bathrooms had running water and everyone was forced to rely on servants whose sole duty it was to provide water for washing . |
| 3 | Generally speaking , one could say that the ‘ sun shone on the righteous ’ as virtually all of the outings enjoyed good weather . |
| 4 | The seamen had good reason to suppose that the arguments on the employers ' side for resisting negotiations at national level were weakening . |
| 5 | Though announcement of the link allowed short-term interest rates to fall by a percentage point to 11.4% , and pushed Swedish share prices up 3.5% in a day , it caused chaos in the lucrative Stockholm business of ‘ basket arbitrage ’ . |
| 6 | The Duke had powerful artillery and trained soldiers ; the Prince had lesser firepower and undisciplined goodwill . |
| 7 | The Prince needed sound advice , particularly as he moved into more and more controversial areas . |
| 8 | Trent might have laughed had he not been thrown against the motor cycle as the hurricane drove Golden Girl aground . |
| 9 | Borrowing in general , whether by loan stock or from banks , was much more significant before the inflation of the mid-1970s caused nominal interest rates to soar . |
| 10 | In the first place , the Pentagon had partial control over how the funds granted under the terms of the Pacts of Madrid were to be spent . |
| 11 | Inevitably the change caused widespread dismay , and there were riotous demands to ‘ Give us back our 11 days ’ from people who thought they were losing wages or even having their lives shortened . |
| 12 | The trial made legal history when child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras . |
| 13 | In 1984 the EEC demanded proper labelling and this , along with publicity given to cases of additive poisoning and allergic reactions , has encouraged manufacturers to reduce their use . |
| 14 | Kleisthenic and post-Kleisthenic Athens , then , owed to Pisistratus the idea of centralizing Attica without draining away deme autonomy ; but in the Kleisthenic arrangements , which lasted until the Macedonians suppressed Athenian democracy in 322 , that principle was used not just in the sphere of religion , but formally and politically , in the arrangements for selecting the 500-strong Council by lot ( for more on this see p. 119 ) . |
| 15 | Midland investors will keep the 1.7p promised final dividend and they can elect to change the ratio of bonds and shares received . |
| 16 | This being refused he applied to the Board , and on 5 February 1992 the Board granted special leave . |
| 17 | The Board assumed legal ownership of all rolling stock , track , depôts and other assets on 1 July . |
| 18 | It was also suggested that the Board had insufficient knowledge of the Highlands and all this made it difficult for them to act correctly . |
| 19 | At the same meeting the Board approved medical relief on the application from relieving officers in the outlying parishes . |
| 20 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |
| 21 | G-LOC in the arcades broke new ground in flashy game cabinets . |
| 22 | The artists had unlimited patience not only in modelling but also in casting , for some pieces were made in stages . |
| 23 | It was not until 584 that his bid for the throne made serious headway , and then only after the murder of Chilperic had left certain of his followers without a patron . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the cities experienced growing disorder ; in the countryside , a diversity of agitations was beginning . |
| 25 | The garrison consisted of 200 regulars , plus some Argyllshire militia , and was vastly outnumbered by the Jacobites , but the defenders enjoyed naval support , for several vessels lay alongside the fort and assisted its guns in some effective counter-battery fire . |
| 26 | The case received wide publicity when a habeas corpus petition was upheld by two lower courts . |
| 27 | The case received enormous coverage and the popular press made much use of the opportunity to reveal the titillating detail from the court interaction . |
| 28 | The case raised endless safety questions . |
| 29 | The United Kingdom government requested that the Commission refer the case , as far as the bricks and clay tiles markets are concerned , on the grounds that the case raised significant competition issues in relation to these two product markets . |
| 30 | The case attracted wide publicity in the Soviet press . |