Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adj] [vb past] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's time to remember the part each played in the fight against fascism . |
| 2 | Determining the role and scope of managers within the industry is an exercise which the Association first undertook in the 1970s . |
| 3 | The term first appeared in the nonsense works of Edward Lear , but where it came from no one knows . |
| 4 | one of the two flashy men-about-town , professing intimate acquaintance with all sorts of illustrious personages ( ‘ even the Blood Royal ran in the muddy channel of their personal recollections ’ ) , whom Tigg introduces to Jonas Chuzzlewit to impress the latter with the power and glory of the fraudulent insurance company he is seeking to involve Jonas in . |
| 5 | In the 80 years since the aeroplane first appeared in the county , it has brought a great deal of pleasure and prosperity . |
| 6 | On the other hand , it would be incorrect to suppose that the first influx of nuclear workers in Thurso did not produce the twofold or greater increase noted in rural new towns : the only two cases at ages 0–14 in the period 1951–67 occurred in the five years following the influx in 1958 ( expected 0.41 ; not significant ) . |
| 7 | The anger this sparked in the population and the community organizations which sprang up to help those without homes were crucial in the build-up to insurrection . |
| 8 | The company first emerged in the Second World War , supplying electrical components for the RAF , and much of its advanced scientific work for the Ministry of Defence in ‘ Electronic Systems ’ remained ( like that of very many Defence suppliers ) in the South , co-ordinated from national headquarters in Ilford ( Greater London ) . |
| 9 | The stone next appeared in the hilt of the sword worn by Napoleon at his coronation . |
| 10 | First of all the reaction is carried out as normal to find the corrected temperature rise T1 due to the energy 41 evolved in the reaction . |