Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chilli also meant that Praeger had been just a wire man with orders not to kill anybody who came at him just blind them and run . |
| 2 | The defence thus utilized one side of the ambivalence — the love and high esteem felt for the father — to build a bulwark against the other — the hate and contempt of the father — in order to inhibit the aggressive egoism of males and make them all equally subject to a primal father-figure who for the first time now became fully internalized as a shared superego . |
| 3 | The defence also claimed that Poindexter had never intended to mislead Congress and that any inaccuracies in his testimony were accidental . |
| 4 | The response also emphasised the usefulness of park and ride schemes , pointing to the need for a high degree of co-operation and goodwill where it is necessary to involve adjacent local authorities . |
| 5 | Lord Sands in Reid 's Trustees v IRC ( 1929 ) 14 TC 512 at 527 explained that decision thus : The income never came into the coffers of the trustees , they never touched nor handled it . |
| 6 | It was a remarkable discovery on Gould 's part , given that , apart from their extraordinary beaks , many of the finches simply did not resemble finches . |
| 7 | The Premier also said there was still the option of an American peace envoy being appointed to oversee developments in Ulster — if the talks failed to get under way again . |
| 8 | ‘ And it was so windy the tent nearly blew away ! ’ |
| 9 | Time- asymmetry thus implies that while the terrain was undergoing upheaval new types of animal arose through a feedback process , because they needed the land for further food , and because the waxing and waning ice-ages together with ( or as a result of ) the early breakup and reformation of the continents often had major and fatal consequences for marine and land faunas . |
| 10 | Celtic 's problems on and off the park then looked like assuming the proportions of a Shakespearean tragedy until some uncharacteristic defensive laxity afflicted Aberdeen . |
| 11 | The opportunity then arose for me to be employed as a secretary to my husband — not an ideal working situation but it has been quite successful . |
| 12 | Differentiation between petty rural capitalists and poor or landless rural labourers was drawing a minority of peasants to the side of the bourgeoisie , while the interests of the majority objectively coincided with those of the proletariat . |
| 13 | The majority clearly wanted a strike … |
| 14 | At the beginning of the second course , the majority again reported these symptoms but to a lesser intensity . |
| 15 | In addition , a quarter of the principal carers provided daily help with getting up , washing face and hands , and going to bed ; the majority also helped with shopping , enabling the sufferer to go out , finances , washing , ironing and house cleaning . |
| 16 | The majority now believed that Bunker 's more realistic approach made more sense . |
| 17 | But they do want their time off : even though 58% of accountants are entitled to over 25 days ' holiday , the majority still felt they deserved more . |
| 18 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 19 | The Bundesrat also voted on June 7 to reject a bill to limit arms exports . |
| 20 | The Länder had considerable financial independence and their position in the Bundesrat further strengthened their powers . |
| 21 | The contingency originally had provision for some four thousand pounds for waste disposal . |
| 22 | As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton . |
| 23 | The challenger comfortably held New York . |
| 24 | The difficulties are well illustrated by the terminology sometimes used : the agri-food industry . |
| 25 | Gunningham concluded that the acts only reflected the types of control which were economically convenient to industry , and that ‘ since strict enforcement of more severe legislation would attack the very root of capitalism … then any compromise between alternative policies and views is always struck within an area which does not threaten these interests ’ ( Gunningham 1974 : 83 ) . |
| 26 | However , the civil servants at the Soviet Ministry , headed by the legendary figure who had charge of the entire country 's fine arts , the ‘ unsinkable ’ Genrikh Popov ( as the experts euphemistically dubbed him ) , along with the Director of the Tretyakov Gallery , Yuri Korolev , did everything they could to ensure that the project was never realized . |
| 27 | Dietary cholesterol is not the ogre the experts once thought it was . |
| 28 | The weakness still lived in his body but his urge to draw was reviving , he could feel it . |
| 29 | The remainder either stayed at home or moved voluntarily to a relative , neighbour , or friend . |
| 30 | An amazing difference occurred ; the guitar suddenly became cleaner , clearer when played acoustically and through an amp , plus I still had full use of the tremolo unit . |