Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [conj] [noun] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sewel 's study ( 13 ) into the economic and social effects of centralised education in the rural areas of the Highlands and Islands found that ( a ) the structure of secondary school provision was not a crucial factor in migration , although the types of organisation most favoured by parents were the local two-year comprehensive school and the all-through comprehensive , located in the West , and ( h ) expectations and aspirations of both parents and pupils tended to be influenced by general social and economic conditions rather than specifically educational considerations . |
| 2 | After the second amendment was ratified in April 1978 , this process was speeded up because the concept of an official gold price was abandoned ( the final step in eliminating gold from its central role in the Fund as a standard of value ) , the Fund 's own unit of account became the SDR and members agreed that the SDR should become the principal reserve asset of the international monetary system . |
| 3 | There are some very good photographs and some intriguing snippets of information — Michael Bowyer tells how the Operational Requirement that led to the Hampden and Wellington specified that the aircraft should have folding wings for hangar storage ! |
| 4 | The Danzigers and Eberhardts thought that they were choosing their social isolation . |
| 5 | US opposition to the terms of the agreement , which imposed restrictions on the free movement of UN personnel in Iraq and obliged the use of Iraqi rather UN facilities , was reportedly neutralized after the UK and France indicated that they would not lend their support . |
| 6 | The PRD and PAN claimed that the elections had been a " scandalous fraud " , that the PRI had organized widespread ballot rigging , and that it had used violence to guarantee victory . |
| 7 | Like the NGC , the PFLP and DFLP suspected that Fatah was toying with the peace process . |