Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the researchers re-imaged the same area , they found they had created small groups of three atoms , arranged in a triangle , which appeared higher than their neighbours . |
| 2 | Carter had advocated deregulation , but he approached reform via legislation whereas his successor sought the same end primarily through administrative action . |
| 3 | So it was a shock when Middlesbrough announced the former Croydon , Carshalton and Sutton United player as their manager . |
| 4 | The visit completes a number of exchanges which began after General Yazov met the former US Defence Secretary , Frank Carlucci , in Switzerland last year . |
| 5 | Repton made the same point in his Sketches and Hints of 1794 : ‘ To improve the scenery of country and to display its native beauties with advantage is an art which originated in England . ’ |
| 6 | Chola reached up to the arch above the doorway add seven times made the same imprint with the pad of her thumb on to seven discs of semi-dried cow-dung . |
| 7 | Thomas Parnell described the latter thus : |
| 8 | The Model E NC46V was used by Bayles to gain fourth place in the 1931 National Air Tour at over 140mph and at the National Air Races in that year Robert Hall ( chief designer to Granville Brothers Aircraft Inc ) flew the Sportster D NC11043 to gain first place in a 400cu in pylon race , and Bayles and Mae Haizlip used the same aircraft to gain places in several other races in 1931 . |
| 9 | ( Initial results on both infants reported in the text used the same procedure but with non-competition trials only and a target contrast of 88% ) . |
| 10 | Rumsey in West Ham Ward used the same programme , but also issued a leaflet giving details of how he won the DCM , concluding ‘ Do your bit by voting for the man who has done his bit for you ’ . |
| 11 | They also realised that it might only be a matter of time before Poland 's enemies used the same tactic as part of a concerted effort to wipe the country from the maps again . |
| 12 | 100 years ago a legion of artists and craftsmen made the same journey . |
| 13 | Controlling the way her image was seen around the world ensured that Kylie made the most of her success as her face became familiar all across the globe . |
| 14 | But the 25-year-old flyer made the most of his come-back chance when he starred in last weekend 's win at Derby . |
| 15 | In practice the demands of the administration made the latter appointment impractical . |
| 16 | In the 1970s Australian jazz experienced the same calamitous slump that afflicted the music generally . |
| 17 | Gardner and South African Lt. K. Firth attacked the same Savoia , flown by Cap . |
| 18 | Chemistry and physics books revealed the same patterns . |
| 19 | A second visit to the agent produced the same guidance of £50000 . |
| 20 | Accordingly , Leicestershire made the most of an attack which contained only two seamers , neither of whom were able to make the ball lift above the knee-cap , and three spinners of uncertain intent . |
| 21 | In 1806 , Napoleon made the most of his victories by imitating the Caesars and decreeing that a great monument should be set up in honour of the Great Army that had done so well . |
| 22 | I imagine many a western pioneer got the same sort of surprise as I did when the bride eventually arrived ; except that I did n't marry the dog — there 's nothing peculiar about me . |
| 23 | A young Arsenal fan made the same point after having listened rather contemptuously to a discussion by academics about working-class ‘ resistance ’ to increasing middle-class infiltration of football . |
| 24 | The girls of the same families included in the formation by these direct relationships shared the same interests but were , in majority , beyond the immediate formative system . |
| 25 | If homosexuals had sartorially predicted the first Teds , then both they and these first teenagers inhabited the same psychic and social space . |
| 26 | electoral pacts between Liberals and Unionists to resist municipal Labour created the same direct contacts and in some places the pacts remained for the rest of the inter-war years . |
| 27 | The administration demonstrated the same speed and foresight in recognising that those who control the monopoly of the means of destruction can translate into the monopoly of gain . |
| 28 | Radio France Internationale reported the same day that it had received a communication from the leaders of three Togolese opposition parties protesting that ( the above ) key portfolios had gone to members of Eyadema 's party , the Togolese People 's Rally ( RPT ) , and calling on the HCR not to ratify the list . |
| 29 | As regards the numbering of their years , the Jews used the same era as the Seleucids of Syria from the time they came under their rule , in the second century BC , until the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 AD . |
| 30 | The coalition involved the former ruling and sole legal party , the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ( MRND ) , and four main opposition parties : the MDR , the Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) , the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) and the Liberal Party ( PL ) . |