Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | About this time the Geomagnetism Unit and the Global Seismology Unit were incorporated into NERC and became component parts of IGS . |
| 2 | So , the experiments produced strong evidence of a rhodopsin-like mechanism in the mites ' extraocular receptors . |
| 3 | The undue power of committee chairmen in relation to their colleagues was more of a problem in the House than in the Senate , but in the latter a system of legislative norms or folkways made possible dominance of the proceedings by leading members of the Senate inner club or establishment . |
| 4 | Britain 's industrial revolution made ample use of child labour . |
| 5 | In the same period last year , the company made interim profits of £17.2 million . |
| 6 | His third son , Theodore , eventually became technical head of London Transport ; Ernest , the second son , trained to become an art teacher but spent most of his life in industrial design and advertising ; the poet , too , possessed strong , capable , craftsman 's hands and the poet 's daughter , Myfanwy , still treasures many examples of her father 's skill as a carpenter and metal worker . |
| 7 | Having switched to engineering , he became technical director of Blease Anaesthetics Equipment and two years later was appointed managing director . |
| 8 | For better or worse , he also was instrumental in promoting the blockbuster exhibition , notably the infamous ‘ Treasures of Tutankhamun ’ extravaganza of 1978 that attracted the public in droves but made tranquil enjoyment of a work of art an impossibility ( those who believe that the age of the rib-crushing blockbusters has ended , thanks in part to increased insurance costs , are herewith directed to the Museum of Modern Art 's current Matisse show — provided you have a ticket ) . |
| 9 | On March 21 Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , announced interim results of the outcome of the review of local government structure , functions and finance with which he had been entrusted upon his appointment to the Major government in November 1990 [ see pp. 37839-40 ] . |
| 10 | Lep Group , the transport business which is attracting increasing US investment , fell 16p to 149p after it announced interim profits of £9.5m against £5m . |
| 11 | But that should be offset by recovery from the bathroom and heating companies which made little-changed profits of £42.6m last year . |
| 12 | Henry VII himself supplemented the eyre with judicial proceedings of other kinds , such as the judicial inquiry in 1494 into offences in Pickering Forest , which revealed extensive destruction of vert and venison . |
| 13 | ‘ For candour read complete lack of tact , not to mention rudeness , ’ she said ruefully . |
| 14 | After recording , innervation was assayed by double staining with anti-HRP and anti-fasciclin III ( see Fig. 1 legend ) ; anti-HRP revealed innervation , anti-fasciclin III revealed normal zone of RP3 innervation . |
| 15 | Medecin sans Frontieres and the Armenian Ministry of Health made complete inventories of this aid . |
| 16 | In the 1930s the Chicago surgeon , C. A. Huggins , made extensive studies of the prostate gland of humans and of dogs . |
| 17 | In the later decades of the century the professor of entomology at Oxford , E. B. Poulton ( 1856–1943 ) , made extensive studies of animal coloration , which he explained in Darwinian terms . |
| 18 | The baroque carvers in Germany and France made extensive use of this type of gouge in the drapery of their ecclesiastical figures , enabling them to make difficult pipes and folds against the grain , whilst keeping a smooth flow . |
| 19 | The earliest video installations — associated with names like Vito Acconci and Bruce Nauman — made extensive use of time-delay mechanisms , exploiting and altering the instant playback facility of the electronic medium . |
| 20 | Pearson ( 1983 ) made extensive use of press reports in his historical study of changing public perceptions of the threat of hooliganism and street crime . |
| 21 | They made extensive use of sub-contractors , some of whom might agree to bring as few as a dozen men-at-arms and archers to the force . |
| 22 | Hitchcock 's The Birds made extensive use of a variety of effects , including matte painting , travelling mattes and rotoscoping . |
| 23 | He experimented with cast iron , made extensive use of slate — from the Penrhyn quarries managed by his brother , Benjamin ( d . |
| 24 | The actual station buildings at the centre of these new railway communities became administrative centres of some importance and this was reflected in their architecture . |
| 25 | For example , in the early agricultural villages , some individuals became full-time producers of pottery , clothing and agricultural implements . |
| 26 | Analysis by flow-cytometry of V usage by T cells from HIV-infected patients after 4 days ' stimulation with ETA , with antibodies against members of the V5 , V8 , and V12 families ( Diversi-T TCR , T Cell Sciences ) revealed complete lack of activation of the VB T-cell subset , whereas the V12 subset responded normally to the superantigen . |
| 27 | The better-known Worsted Acts of 1777 ( 17 George III c. 11 and c. 56 ) , which set up an inspectorate to work with a prosecuting committee of employers , were described by the Hammonds as a piece of " class legislation " because they allowed conviction on the oath of the employer who owned the yarn in question and because they empowered extensive searching of weavers ' homes . |
| 28 | On either side her head gleamed coiled braids of dark-gold hair , almost pale copper in the subdued light of the room . |
| 29 | PAKISTAN 'S victory at Melbourne against England in the World Cup final produced unbelievable scenes of happiness and jubilation all over the country . |
| 30 | In 1946 he was promoted to senior principal scientific officer and became assistant director of the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment , subsequently becoming director . |