Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is an oversimplification to view the first decade of operation as some kind of golden age , it is fair to say that until this point the EEC had worked fairly smoothly . |
| 2 | American policy disliked EFTA as an unnecessary complication , not for what it was , but because the EEC seemed to fit better with its own strategic , if not economic , interests . |
| 3 | Indeed , this first step proceeded so smoothly that the EEC decided to speed up the timetable of tariff reductions . |
| 4 | By 1800 , Nez Perce buffalo-hunting expeditions to the Yellowstone had become too dangerous , and five years later a council in the Kamiah valley resolved to obtain firearms for the tribe . |
| 5 | But at the end of Day three the RAF had won again putting them level with the French at the top of the table … |
| 6 | Dressed in a purple coat and hat , the Queen told her audience the RAF had adapted well to changing circumstances . |
| 7 | The JNA began pulling out of Macedonia on Feb. 2 and agreements were reached with the JNA on leaving equipment behind , the withdrawal to be completed by April 15 . |
| 8 | The driver of the Vauxhall had got out of her car and was advancing with menaces . |
| 9 | The ACPS had set up a sub-committee , under the chairmanship of Baroness Wootton of Abinger , to carry out the review . |
| 10 | The division of his estates between the two branches of his family helps to explain why the Langleys failed to rise further , as Geoffrey 's own career might well have suggested . |
| 11 | Dr Tom McManus of the IIRS defended the Institute against allegations that it had been ‘ bought ’ by industry by claiming the IIRS had turned down 15 major industries which could have caused dangerous pollution : he cited the example of a herbicide factory which could have wiped out much of the marine life in Cork Harbour . |
| 12 | THE discovery of two kidnapped and executed American civilians sharply increased the tension of the siege of the Papal mission in Panama yesterday , as the Vatican refused to hand over General Manuel Noriega to ‘ the occupying power ’ of the US . |
| 13 | So the NETRHA decided to carry on with the Friern and Claybury programme in the absence of feasible alternatives . |
| 14 | The Sierra had parked about a third of the way down the street , so I went on past the junction and ran Armstrong up on to the pavement . |
| 15 | As a dynasty the Angevins had done well , but noticeably less well then either of their main rivals , the Normans ( who had conquered England ) and the Poitevins ( who had acquired Gascony ) . |
| 16 | After suffering strokes in 1983 and 1986 , Abernathy caused controversy in 1989 when he published his autobiography And the Walls Came Tumbling Down , in which he expressed regret for having been seen as " no more than an appendage to Martin " . |
| 17 | The majority of food aid to Ethiopia was channelled through Sudan , but the WFP hoped to bring in 6,000 tonnes per month through Massawa . |
| 18 | In October 1990 the WEU had come out strongly against a proposal by the EC Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers that the EC 's Treaty of Rome should be amended to incorporate Article 5 of the Brussels Treaty establishing the WEU , so that the EC should effectively control the WEU . |
| 19 | The Messerschmit came round again and this time the rear gunner was more accurate and the Messerschmitt began to roll helplessly out of control in the direction of the ground , belching smoke and flames . |
| 20 | By 1912 , however , the influence of Matisse and the Fauves , which the Brücke had grafted on to a more purely native form of Expressionism , was definitely on the wane , and German painters were feeling the influence of both Cubism and Futurism . |
| 21 | The ELN leadership confirmed on Sept. 20 that a Socialist Renewal Movement ( CRS ) within the ELN had set up its own organization . |
| 22 | By Lancaster Road standards , the Ryans had gone too far up in the world , making them aliens . |
| 23 | The Volvo had arrived less than twenty minutes later . |
| 24 | In land acquisition and development , by the end of 1986–7 , the LDDC had acquired almost 2,000 acres of land or enclosed water . |
| 25 | Between 1981 and the end of 1986–7 , the LDDC had spent about £380 million , most of this in the form of grant aid from the Department of the Environment . |
| 26 | The prosecution argued that the Newleys had driven down together from London ; after the murder , Mrs Newley had driven back in her husband 's car , and parked it near their home ; no doubt she hoped that the trip to Hampshire would never come to light . |
| 27 | The Renault had accelerated away , racing for the lights , but Jim 's race was run . |
| 28 | The Mercedes began to purr softly and then swept powerfully away into the streets of Amsterdam . |
| 29 | The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better . |
| 30 | They also indicated that they would surrender their arms to ECOMOG as soon as the NPFL had done so . |