Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1895 , they met the Company at Euston with a list of objections and suggestions in lieu of the Company 's offer . |
| 2 | We last met the Secretary of State in May 1991 . |
| 3 | The mega-rich sheik , who met the Queen at Claridges in July 1989 , has spared no expense on the island , 11 miles long and five miles wide . |
| 4 | The knights met the Council at Lincoln in July 1316 , and the king 's officers drew up for them a list of ‘ divers errors ’ contained in the perambulations of 1300 . |
| 5 | In October of that year , Hickson and Jacques joined forces and met the Director of Education over the possibility of a combined approach to the development of adult education which would reflect the recommendations of Circular 1444 . |
| 6 | The mother met the father of C. in 1988 and bore C. in 1989 . |
| 7 | As we have seen , Beveridge claimed that ‘ the socialisation of demand ’ approach to full employment by-passed the controversy about socialism versus capitalism . |
| 8 | More convincing is the argument that Kahn lacked the genius for self-promotion of other great architects like Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson . |
| 9 | It lacked the bypass of Hebon under Pertunda , and Triglaf certainly had the edge on it when it came to a southerly location . |
| 10 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 11 | It empowered the Secretary of State for Scotland to issue regulations governing the conduct and the responsibilities of local education authorities . |
| 12 | The Act of 1971 , empowered the Secretary of State to ‘ give guidance ’ to the Authority with respect to their statutory functions . |
| 13 | The fleet sent against de Crevecoeur , together with arrangements to send an expeditionary force to France , cost around £3,670 — money which was probably wasted since the duke disbanded the fleet as part of his measures against the Woodvilles . |
| 14 | The fleet sent against de Crevecoeur , together with arrangements to send an expeditionary force to France , cost around £3,670 — money which was probably wasted since the duke disbanded the fleet as part of his measures against the Woodvilles . |
| 15 | Managed press leaks about a pending increase in telephone charges doubled the price of shares in NTT , the Tokyo market 's leading company . |
| 16 | Belcher was by reputation difficult to please , and , of the surveyors who piloted the fleet to Canton during the Opium war of 1840–1 , Richards alone received his praise . |
| 17 | Thus the tension between town and country , which divided the liberalism of towns like Bilbao and San Sebastian from the fierce catholic conservatism of Carlism in the countryside , was less evident in Alava and Navarre . |
| 18 | ( Also , as we shall see in chapter eight , Kant divided the world of metaphysics from the world of the senses and created havoc for theology and philosophy generally . ) |
| 19 | He divided the number of crimes by the number of minutes in an hour to show how many crimes were committed in a certain time . |
| 20 | Keynes divided the demand for money into three types : ( a ) the transactions demand , which is the demand by firms and households for holdings of money to finance day-to-day transactions ; ( b ) precautionary demand , which arises out of uncertainty and the desire not to be caught short of ready cash ; and ( c ) the speculative demand , which is the demand for money as a financial asset and therefore part of a wealth portfolio . |
| 21 | Thus , although the British hoped that not all of Indo-China would fall to the communists , the scenario which haunted the government in London throughout the spring and summer of 1954 was of some reckless American action which might bring disaster throughout Eurasia . |
| 22 | He flung the ball of paper across the tiny room , picked up a tin mug with his shaving stick and soap inside it , and followed Chrissie through onto the landing . |
| 23 | The Shah appropriated the idea of reform to himself an launched what he called his " White Revolution " — white because it was meant to be bloodless . |
| 24 | He passed the roll of notes beneath the table . |
| 25 | He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . |
| 26 | He passed the time of day with Two Coats the tramp . |
| 27 | After a moment or two she passed the receiver to Zen with an exclamation of disgust . |
| 28 | Chairman Peter Freitag said the association passed the resolution in support of Mr Ashdown at a general meeting . |
| 29 | In 1859 he passed the examination for entry into the Irish constabulary as an officer cadet and went to Dublin to train at the force 's depot in Phoenix Park . |
| 30 | The agreement , however , passed the House of Commons by 473 votes to 47 and received a similar endorsement in the Irish Dáil . |