Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spegelj had gone into hiding after the military authorities ordered his arrest at the end of January , and the Croatian authorities had repeatedly refused to co-operate with the JNA in detaining him . |
| 2 | In the USA the absence of a strong socialist movement can to some degree be explained by ( a ) the ‘ newness ’ and apparent ‘ classlessness ’ of their social structures , especially the absence of an aristocracy ; ( b ) extensive social mobility ; ( c ) the multiplicity of ethnic cleavages ; and ( d ) the fact that universal suffrage arrived before large-scale industrialization , which meant that the working -class did not have to struggle for the franchise . |
| 3 | That Rune Christensen could prove the exception to that rule did n't bear thinking about . |
| 4 | In use , the 305 feels good , and my enjoyment of it was probably helped by subconscious relief that any accidental misuse did n't mean joining the Foreign Legion until the importers forgot my name ! |
| 5 | That Nottinghamshire went on working reflects not simply the self-interest of its miners but more importantly the culture that their predecessors ( many of them their ancestors ) helped to create and transmit to the present . |
| 6 | Charles now placed himself on a par with Lothar and Louis the German ( whose teenage sons had recently begun to play an active political role themselves ) . |
| 7 | And Brown Owl did n't seem to mind ! |
| 8 | By the time that Henry VII reached the throne the English Parliament had already become established as a powerful force in government , law , and politics . |
| 9 | Failure of arrangements for proper payment had also failed to provide BR with the overall size , structure and quality of workforce needed . |
| 10 | Yes you said David that in fact it was arranged a little late and some clubs did n't manage to fit it into their programme . |
| 11 | Another witness had earlier reported seeing four hooded and shackled men under arrest at the military section of the airport during the coup , but there was no way of identifying them . |
| 12 | As Raynor ( 1969 , Chapter 2 ) argues , the ‘ middle class ’ was never homogeneous ( in particular it has never been equivalent to Marx 's ‘ bourgeoisie ’ ) , but nonetheless its degree of heterogeneity has been greatly increased over the post-war years , and the shift in the distribution of social labour analysed above has accelerated this process . |
| 13 | The hon. Lady did not seem to realise that the diversification policy of those industries can not be cross-financed from the core businesses — I wish that the hon. Lady would listen , because she might learn something and avoid mistakes in future . |
| 14 | But this bloke did n't want to lose his pool table . |
| 15 | Wickham had remarked that covert freelance writing for another publication did not justify making a misleading statement during a murder inquiry . |
| 16 | His success could thus be explicitly attributed to that capacity for influence which British administrators had always claimed to possess , but had not normally had the opportunity of conclusively demonstrating . |
| 17 | Mr Aikens submitted that the Attorney- General did not attempt to establish any of those requirements . |
| 18 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 19 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 20 | Although he was naturally distressed , this mishap did not seem to have any permanent effect upon him . |
| 21 | MCC secretary John Stephenson said : ‘ Personally , I wish this meeting did n't have to take place . ’ |
| 22 | Earlier French governments had not felt drawn to Russia . |
| 23 | ‘ That ! ’ said Orrie succinctly , and pointed a large brown forefinger at the top right corner of the window , where his periodic cleaning had not bothered to extend its sweep . |
| 24 | Even the route they had followed to this point seemed now to have closed behind them . |
| 25 | This contradiction did not seem to matter , for he was as |
| 26 | The nineteenth-century origins of these provisions are closely tied into a desire to hold down state expenditure and to ensure that the wealthier classes did not have to dig too deep into their pockets to support people who could not work for wages . |
| 27 | Crossroads lived on under the Central banner , but there were many more changes in store and some viewers did n't like take to those either . |
| 28 | No previous Scottish king had ever tried to claim that this was the age when his minority ended . |
| 29 | Use has thus evolved on a pragmatic basis : casual observation by the author showed that vehicles rarely crossed the junction at more than 15 km/h ; that they gave way to walkers and cyclists in nearly every case ( Figure 6.15 ) and indeed that some pedestrians failed even to bother to look for traffic before crossing . |
| 30 | No wonder the right hon. Gentleman did not want to talk about the Bill . |