Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most serious attacks occurred in the decade after 998 when the Norsemen set up winter quarters in what was to become their favourite location , the Isle of Wight , and ‘ lived off the land ’ by repeatedly plundering the south coast . |
| 2 | As the FMLN opened up war fronts and established itself in several areas of the country , many medical students and health workers joined the liberation army and worked with the communities to set up their own alternative health system . |
| 3 | The Volvo picked up speed . |
| 4 | Together , the Howards brought out Farming and Gardening for Health or Disease ( 1945 ) and in 1947 Louise Howard published The Earth 's Green Carpet , which foreshadowed the later ecological movement 's central concerns , with its chapters on ‘ Soil Fertility and Human Health ’ , ‘ The Wheel of Life ’ , ‘ The Growth of the Plant ’ , and ‘ The Retreat of the Forest ’ . |
| 5 | It is against that background that the DES approach to the CNAA to take over responsibility for the DMS has to be seen . |
| 6 | The Burtons let off part of the house and lived in the rest . |
| 7 | In 1982 after Mexico said it was unable to pay its debts , the IMF ( International Monetary Fund ) moved to prevent a crisis , and in return for giving debtor countries a longer time to pay , the IMF laid down austerity measures — with dire consequences for the poor . |
| 8 | He spoke for most aid workers when he said that when the UN takes over control on May 4th its work will be only just beginning . |
| 9 | THE UK clocked up record exports of £4.3 billion in January , but nobody was cheering in the City yesterday , writes Magnus Grimond . |
| 10 | As the FA handed over control of this aspect of the game to the League , it was not likely that club chairmen would encourage investigations that might damage themselves . |
| 11 | In other words , the ex-civil righters and so-called socialists of the SDLP ushered in Thatcherism because a Labour Government democratically reformed Northern Ireland 's representation at Westminster . |
| 12 | So , in 1940 Churchill and Roosevelt signed the ‘ lease-lend ’ agreement , whereby Britain supplied the inventions and the US carried out development and manufacture . |
| 13 | Parking the car they left it there and walked around to Porchester Terrace , throwing the keys to the Humber Snipe down a-drainhole . |
| 14 | Trade union leader Bakary Karambo and lawyer and leading human rights activist Demba Diallo , responded by calling for an immediate , indefinite general strike until the UDPN gave up power . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the SPD kept up pressure for a policy of ‘ co-existence ’ with East Germany . |
| 16 | In 1986 the IBA set up Committee 20 to promote discussion on cultural property and to promote the harmonisation of relevant national and international laws . |
| 17 | DIVERS exploring the wreck of the Titanic brought up china plates with a pattern not found before aboard the ill-fated ship , it was announced yesterday . |