Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | MOVES were made by the Bank of England yesterday to head off any problems in financial markets caused by Friday 's bomb attack as leaders of key institutions made extensive efforts to ensure it is ‘ business as usual ’ in the City today . |
| 2 | In previous years a number of our clients bought extra suitcases to carry their holiday purchases home ! |
| 3 | Supporters carried lighted torches to welcome him to his 15th and final rally in Taunton last night , giving some credence to his claim that ‘ beacons are being lit all across the West Country ’ . |
| 4 | With the conference at last on the calendar , the various countries began preparatory activities to enhance their bargaining positions . |
| 5 | Fenella felt ridiculous tears sting her eyes and brushed them away impatiently because this was no time to be emotional . |
| 6 | After 1979 the Conservatives forced local authorities to sell their houses and flats to sitting tenants . |
| 7 | Lord Justice Waller said he was ‘ quite satisfied that the Judge had ample grounds to make him sure that the appellants had been telling lies ’ . |
| 8 | But Haig had persuasive arguments to support his inflexible resolve . |
| 9 | Opera Northern Ireland wanted local children to see its dress rehearsal of the popular musical , and regarded it as an opportunity to help with community development . |
| 10 | Joyriders used front lawns to practise their handbrake turns . |
| 11 | It was also an era when many US corporations established manufacturing facilities overseas and , as to be expected , US banks opened overseas branches to meet their requirements . |
| 12 | Mindful of this , Galliéni took immediate precautions to prevent its happening again . |
| 13 | The state oil and gas corporation SONATRACH concluded new agreements to supply its major European clients-France , Spain and Belgium-with liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) . |
| 14 | The local managers of cattle stealing operations exchanged purloined cattle to prevent them from being identified . |
| 15 | A sign told visiting gentlemen to remove their hats ; it was the kind of sign you 'd see in the Duomo in Florence ; in some parts of America , war still demands what passes for reverence . |
| 16 | He effectively won the argument for the creation of an elective presidency , by arguing that the republic 's leadership needed new powers to implement his report 's proposals for overcoming the socio-economic crisis . |
| 17 | No formal record of Gloucester 's appointment survives , but his title of protector was in use by 8 May , confirming Mancini 's claim that the duke took immediate steps to have his position formalized . |
| 18 | No formal record of Gloucester 's appointment survives , but his title of protector was in use by 8 May , confirming Mancini 's claim that the duke took immediate steps to have his position formalized . |
| 19 | The first European motorways were built in Germany and Italy in the 1920s and 1930s ; the UK had active plans to follow them , but these were shelved on the outbreak of war , and the first British motorway was not built until 1958 ( the Preston bypass ) . |
| 20 | A salad of chicory tossed in a roquefort sauce made herculean efforts to revive our jaded appetites and who could resist turbotine ( baby turbot ) grilled on the bone and served whole with pommes alumettes — chips to you mate ! |
| 21 | Staff made frantic attempts to revive him but he is thought to have suffered a massive heart attack . |
| 22 | Poyntz made great efforts to obtain his release and Cromwell was persuaded to send letters to the two leading members of the Council of Brabant on his behalf . |
| 23 | And while both conglomerates needed independent producers to supply them with quota films ( they showed 49 British first features between them in 1963 ) , the supply was sufficiently buoyant that they could pick and choose . |
| 24 | The mills needed fast-flowing rivers to run their machinery — hence the presence of a mill in such a secluded and unlikely industrial site . |
| 25 | He went to investigate and to his horror saw giant monsters devouring his friend 's homes |
| 26 | This position would be impossible to tolerate if the UK government made serious attempts to put its own excise duty house in order . |
| 27 | As concerns mounted about the extent of the yakuza groups ' officially tolerated dominance of prostitution and gambling , the government adopted new measures to control their activities . |
| 28 | This style allowed other-worldly figures to express themselves more naturally than in classical ballet where technical precision and command over conventional gesture were necessary . |
| 29 | Through the agency of the Nobles ' Bank established in 1754 , and later the State Loan Bank , the State issued massive loans to sustain them . |
| 30 | Macmillan took great pains to husband his energies . |