Example sentences of "the [noun prp] continued [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the Serbs continued to dominate the army and ( until 1966 through Ranković ) the secret police and the ‘ nomenklatura ’ . |
| 2 | The UK continued to oppose the complete abolition of border controls after 1992 , on the grounds ( i ) that it would facilitate the free movement of terrorists , drug dealers and illegal immigrants ; ( ii ) that it could increase the spread of rabies and other diseases spread by animals ; and ( iii ) that the UK 's geographical characteristic as an island represented a valid natural boundary . |
| 3 | For a time after this , its third electoral defeat in succession , the SPD continued to criticise the government on nuclear weapons and in 1958 began the ‘ Campaign against Nuclear Death ’ , which held a number of rallies . |
| 4 | At the same time , however , the USA continued to press the Soviet Union to ease the emigration process by starting direct flights to Israel . |
| 5 | The NEA continued to make the headlines with equally controversial grants , including a panel-proposed award , later rejected by Frohnmayer , to performance-artist Karen Finley , who in one of her acts smears her scantily-clad body with chocolate to symbolise man 's inhumanity to woman . |
| 6 | The SLORC continued to accuse the foreign media of carrying " exaggerated and fabricated " reports about the situation in Arakan and the refugees crossing into Bangladesh . |