Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to general victim compensation schemes which do not require that any individual be identified as the perpetrator of the offence for which the victim is claiming , ‘ Son-of-Sam ’ provisions allow the victim to recover from the earnings of the particular person who was responsible for the damage suffered . |
| 2 | We had heard from Werner Meyer that the Toraja custom of burying their dead in high vaults began only a few hundred years ago when Bugis raiding parties from the lowlands began pillaging their burial sites for the booty interred with the corpses , and as recently as 1964 an army general stationed on the island had led his army on similar raids . |
| 3 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 4 | A spokeswoman for the ministry said that it had seen a draft of the report earlier in the year and had felt that it had made ‘ inappropriate use ’ of the generalised derived limits . |
| 5 | A spokesman for the ministry said it would continue consultation with Mother Catherine , and would be studying the papers submitted by the lawyers . |
| 6 | A spokesman for the ministry confirmed that an outbreak of food poisoning in Bedworth in July had been traced back to the monastery . |
| 7 | Two similar studies for the NYSE produced somewhat contradictory results . |
| 8 | A spokesman for the magazines said : ‘ The result was in little doubt . ’ |
| 9 | With the first method the picture is all too easily separated from its caption and becomes one of the candidates for the waste-bin mentioned earlier . |
| 10 | A spokesman for the Federation said : ‘ We had hoped that the price increases could be phased in . |
| 11 | In the morning foursomes Ulster beat Connacht 3–1 with Walker Cup player Garth McGimpsey and Neill Anderson paving the way with a superb 6 and 5 win over Seryth Heavey and Derek Basquill — the winners finishing on level par for the holes played . |
| 12 | The original connections for the panels had been removed from the edge girders in 1951 , and a system of support was introduced for the new panels . |
| 13 | The demanding business of running for the presidency had shown Carter to be an exceptionally energetic , ambitious and intelligent politician and it was to be expected that he would want to be an activist in the White House — a president who left his mark and fulfilled the commitments he had entered into during the campaign . |
| 14 | The law introduced on Oct. 7 had stipulated that any candidate for the presidency had to be supported by 50 mayors and 400 town councillors . |
| 15 | If his chances for the Presidency collapsed there is presumably no other job that he could have , failing perhaps the thankless task of China … |
| 16 | The hunt for those responsible for the bombs appeared to link criminal gangs in the city with an overseas mastermind . |
| 17 | What had begun as an amusing jaunt for the militia showed every promise of ending in disaster . |
| 18 | Preparations are then made in the same way as for the embryos recovered directly from the mother . |
| 19 | The reason for the delay became apparent in Angell and Pownall 's report . |
| 20 | Would the result have been the same if the original agreed price for the carpentry had been a fair price ? |
| 21 | The radio section of this year 's selection process has been considerably expanded to recognise the contribution of regional stations and there will be a special award for the station judged to be the best in each of the four provinces . |
| 22 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 23 | A spokesman for the station confirmed that the 27-year-old Anfieldborn DJ was meeting City FM chiefs . |
| 24 | Other uncontested stipulations were that any candidate for the CCD had to be " over 21 , a practising citizen and be elected in the election registry of Peru " . |
| 25 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 26 | It follows that the surgeon will not be strictly liable for the products used , his obligation being to exercise reasonable care and skill ( Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 582 ) . |
| 27 | A spokesman for the ICPC said the investigation into the death started early on Sunday morning , a few hours after the body of Gerald Maginn was found . |
| 28 | Ranteallo had already confessed to us that much of the problem of fixing a date for the rites had also been the laborious process of raising money from the banks in Makassar . |
| 29 | However , a spokeswoman for the RIR said these figures included some who had transferred to full-time duties . |
| 30 | ‘ The man who drilled for the test said it was among the hardest block he 'd ever seen . |