Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Leonard Aldous used the same tools and made the same type of harness as his predecessors did in medieval times . |
| 32 | We 'd have got away with it if we had noticed that the polystyrene tiles had slipped out of alignment — but having shifted dozens of tanks around we made the fatal error of complacency and did n't check the underlay . |
| 33 | Smith , Gregg and Andrews ( 1989 ) devised the following ranking of selection methods with respect to their predictive validity : graphology and astrology were at the same level as chance prediction , references and interviews were a little higher , then structured interviews , then biodata , personality tests and assessment centres for performance , then ability tests and work sample tests and finally , at the highest level , assessment centres for promotion . |
| 34 | It is now possible to see the desperate farce of late fifties pop as a first tremulous step towards the liberalization to come : the publication of the Wolfenden Report in September 1957 recommended the limited legalization of homosexuality , while a newer generation of pop stars , like Adam Faith or the female icon , Helen Shapiro , pushed in from the margins towards society 's centre . |
| 35 | Mr Foster recommended the Swedish law of allemansratt which gives the public a general right of access over uncultivated , unfenced land , subject to the protection of residential privacy and reasonable management needs . |
| 36 | Corbett unrolled the small sheet of vellum and quickly scanned the contents . |
| 37 | David was loyal to a fault , and in his naive understanding quietly expected the same kind of loyalty in return . |
| 38 | In the nineteenth century , first Thomas Young demonstrated the wave character of light ; then Faraday 's brilliant experimental researches revealed the interlocking nature of electricity and magnetism ; finally the theoretical genius of Maxwell produced an understanding of the electromagnetic field whose oscillations were identifiable with Young 's light waves . |
| 39 | Finally , the RAC 's responses were interesting in that they revealed the wide variety of provision of training that already existed , carried out within institutions and provided by major regional centres , and also suggested that this diversity would continue . |
| 40 | I shook my head at him , scowling , and wiped the brown rim of soup from the inside of my plate . |
| 41 | As he laid the twenty-four-page Declaration of Trust before her , Adam said , ‘ There are no changes , but one alteration . |
| 42 | I laid the sturdy Ministry of Defence plastic mug on the sand and then hopped round to the front of my tent to bring out my dirty washing . |
| 43 | The report in 1977 was valuable but rather theoretical , and shortly afterwards the BLR&DD commissioned the Royal College of Art to produce a library guiding manual which would aim to give librarians practical advice on designing and implementing library signing systems which would be effective , attractive , quick and economical to produce and easy to maintain and update . |
| 44 | Jed picked up his glass and swirled the last inch of beer around . |
| 45 | In securing huge government land grants as an inducement to build , the railways became the prime engine of migration , transporting the migrants , acting as land agents , supplying their machinery , building materials , and seed , and later shipping ( a word which developed land-bound connotations ) their produce . |
| 46 | The plain or flounced shroud with cap or bonnet became the standard mode of dress for the tomb , with the optional extras of mittens , stockings and , occasionally , slippers . |
| 47 | Rusche and Kirchheimer themselves admit ( 1939 : 102 ) that imprisonment became the standard method of punishment at a time when the demand for prison labour had fallen as a result of technological and other developments . |
| 48 | Accordingly , manpower budgeting became the central task of wartime planning . |
| 49 | It was this alleged inability to set the record straight which increasingly became the central focus of Republican attacks on the degree to which Clinton 's character was suitable for the highest office in the country . |
| 50 | Although the Panopticon was never built exactly as he designed it ( a modified version was constructed at Millbank on the Thames and opened , with extremely poor results , in 1917 ) , imprisonment rapidly became the pre-eminent method of punishment . |
| 51 | Guiding in a main force became the second phase of assault pilotage , for having reconnoitred a beach some weeks or months before a landing , these teams had the most up-to-date knowledge of local conditions . |
| 52 | The tiny ‘ Cordwood Ltd. ’ line on British Columbia 's Vancouver Island , opened in 1894 , became the principal supplier of milk to the provincial capital , Victoria . |
| 53 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 54 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 55 | President Havel of Czechoslovakia became the first head of state on July 19 to ratify the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) , signed by the six Warsaw Pact and 16 NATO member countries in November 1990 [ see p. 37838 ] , and which entailed sharp reductions in troops , tanks and weaponry . |
| 56 | In 1963 ( I believe ) was appointed Director of the Communication research Centre , and soon after became the first Professor of Linguistics at U.C.L. ( as I soon came to know him ) was a charismatic teacher and delightfully friendly person , and I benefitted greatly from close contact with him in 1963–4 , when he was Director of the Communication Research Centre , and I was Assistant Director . |
| 57 | In 1871 , Archibald , in addition to his Survey post , became the first Professor of Geology at Edinburgh , a new chair which was founded by Murchison . |
| 58 | The firm expanded its activities still further under his direction and became the largest employer of labour in Oldham , the workforce rising from 400 in 1837 to 6,000 in 1870 . |
| 59 | By now a confirmed Trotskyist , James had also published several more books : In 1936 , ‘ Minty Alley ’ — a short novel on Trinidad , and then ; in 1937 , ‘ World Revolution ’ — which became the virtual Bible of Trotskyism . |
| 60 | The degree to which an individual possessed rights over the rice crop thus defined his position in the whole socio-economic system , and became the major indicator of wealth and status for most of the population . |