Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Methodists the talk of collectivism remained largely a political debate because , despite their numerous schisms , all five Methodist connexions had strong central authorities much envied by some Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 2 | In some instances , new organs of authority represented merely an extemporized response to the sudden appearance of a power vacuum . |
| 3 | While the Duke of Argyll had indeed a well-established interest in the county , and John Campbell of Mamore had a long tenure of the parliamentary seat , it is hardly to be wondered that some of the gentlemen resented that blunt statement of Campbell power . |
| 4 | Using a stricter definition of a case of depression produced only a small difference in depression prevalence between these two age groups ( 4.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent respectively ) . |
| 5 | In the event , the Duke of Buccleuch played only a minor role in the outcome of the competition . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal set aside a High Court decision that Messenger May Baverstock , of Guildford , Surrey , should pay £112,000 damages to Mrs Penelope Luxmoore-May , of Dunsfold , Surrey . |
| 7 | As seen in the preceding chapter , the struggle between Jew and Arab for Palestine became largely an inter-statal one from 1945 onwards . |
| 8 | However , with rock came also a different formal scheme , the ‘ twelve bar blues ’ . |
| 9 | Many of the wood carving subjects were taken from book illustrations , particularly after the invention of printing , when books illustrated with woodcuts found quite a large circulation . |
| 10 | Moreover , the socialist ideology of Cuba meant a different motivation for pupils and workers from that existing in capitalist countries — ‘ to work for collective rather than personal objectives ’ — with the result that education in Cuba became both a technical and an ideological force for greater productivity . |
| 11 | Eight nations with legations in Beijing gathered together an international force and the two-month siege was lifted on 14 August 1900 . |
| 12 | Michael , although reputedly a licentious and irreligious man , sent Cyril and Methodius on a mission which had far-reaching consequences for the future of Christianity , although their mission to Moravia achieved only a temporary victory for the Byzantine cause . |
| 13 | For example , the increased risk found by Jorgensen showed only a weak dose-response relation , and the effect found by the Rome Group for Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis was reduced after adjustments for confounding factors . |