Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] in [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The exclusion of women from the paid labour force became in many areas an important part of the development of both working-class ‘ respectability ’ and of notions of working-class manhood .
2 As a result , chena cultivation disappeared in many districts .
3 Clearly , the dilemma of ‘ multiple mysteries , ’ which Sidney Holt addressed in these pages more than three years ago , remains unsolved ( see BBC WILDLIFE , October 1988 , p554–5 ) .
4 Among the many parties competing in the elections only the Civic Democratic Party and the extreme right-wing Republicans led by Jan Holcik stood in both parts of the country .
5 They had had high priority since the fuel crisis of February 1947 , but boilers and site work had in many cases been delayed ( mainly because of steel shortages ) so that 300–400MW of plant completed by the turbo-alternator manufacturers had had to be put in store for a year or more .
6 But when he claimed another wicket the entire Notts team fled in all directions and left him — arms outspread — to celebrate embarrassingly alone in the middle of the pitch .
7 Mr Mendine said in those conditions driving was difficult because the inside of the cab steamed up with condensation , the windscreen wipers did not clear the whole of the screen and the front lights were obscured when carrying a high load .
8 Rita Butler appeared in several scenes on her family 's farm .
9 Derby manager Harry Storer swanked in those days : ‘ I have a team of bastards — and I 'm the biggest bastard of them all . ’
10 Again , the welfare state had in many respects advanced equality of opportunity , but not equality of outcome .
11 This , of course , was exactly what the heroines of women 's magazine stories felt in those years when they decided to chuck New York and go home to marry Henry .
12 Firstly , despite the depressed gold price , mine production rose in most areas of the world and JM retained its leading share of this primary market .
13 What Karl Rahner achieved in those years can hardly be summarized ( but see his Foundations of Christian Faith , 1978 , ch .
14 Then the inclusion of the word self contained in this criteria within those terms rule out all proposals .
15 Maria Candida came in some minutes later , looking hot and flustered .
16 Other aggressive sales training techniques lingered in some firms .
17 Two world wars resulted in most notes issues becoming inconvertible ; in other words notes could no longer be converted into gold at banks .
18 While the influential critic F.R. Leavis adopted in some respects an intimate , conversational tone , writing influenced by Structuralism typically adopts a seemingly more dispassionate , " objective " scientific voice ( e.g. " at this level the inscribed machinery of fixed subject positions is threatened " ) .
19 Further rebel attacks resulted in more deaths , the destruction of a helicopter and numerous government buildings , and the severing of power lines .
20 During wartime and the postwar era of government price control , electricity undertakings had in many cases been prevented from raising domestic tariffs to meet increased costs , and had drawn instead on their reserves and on the automatic increases paid by larger ( mainly industrial ) consumers under the coal-cost increase clause of their special tariffs .
21 The position of the NRM government appeared secure , although rebel activity continued in several parts of the country [ see below ] .
22 As Michael Gordon explained in these pages two decades ago : ‘ If all Blake had offered was a framework , that would have been the end of it .
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