Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among them was Abdelaziz Bouteflika , who had served as Foreign Minister for 16 years , Belaid Abdessalam , a former Energy Minister who had publicly criticized Chadli 's energy policy , and Kasdi Merbah , the previous Prime Minister . |
| 2 | HAD GENERAL Manuel Noriega been overthrown by rebel troops , it would have meant the end of a two-year political crisis that has wrecked Panama 's economy and brought political embarrassment and frustration to the United States . |
| 3 | Pedro Gomez had sensed Trent 's unease prior to their sailing . |
| 4 | Given Hobbes 's view of egocentric human nature , according to which people always act in such a way as to produce pleasure and avoid pain , it is plain how they will behave in an ungoverned state of nature . |
| 5 | I 've never , I 've never ever heard Jim 's voice before . |
| 6 | Had she not heard Sarah 's cry of outrage the moment before she opened the carriage door and caught John in that position ? |
| 7 | Given Foix 's Haus-machtpolitik at this time , a desire to dominate the south-west by annexing further territories was easily attributed to the count . |
| 8 | Given Nizan 's view that 1914 represents the moment of closure of this particular historical period , it is not surprising that in the concluding chapters of the novel the historical environment is virtually ignored and an anguished , existential discourse comes to the forefront . |
| 9 | The German supreme command had long foreseen Romania 's strategy , and two powerful armies had been quietly assembled to counter just this eventuality . |
| 10 | A SENIOR ICI executive has joined Middlesbrough 's City Challenge team . |
| 11 | Given employers ' lack of knowledge about qualifications and the relatively arbitrary way in which they use them , it is difficult to give credence to the widespread notion that they are dissatisfied with the educational levels of young workers . |
| 12 | Has just recently withdrawn Labour 's promise to link pensions with average earnings . |
| 13 | Ben Gurion had strongly favoured Abdallah 's support of partition in 1937 . |
| 14 | The biology may not be very convincing in this argument , but it is nevertheless a useful distinction to make , given Freud 's purpose of understanding the emotional structure of human groups . |
| 15 | Maybe , but if you 've heard Nicolette 's debut album , you 'll know this strange-style hybrid is for real . |
| 16 | Sir Eustace Maxwell has turned traitor , as I knew he would , and has joined Balliol 's host there , with his own people from Caerlaverock and Dumfries and also the Comyn and Balliol levies from Galloway . |
| 17 | But like so many Scottish aristocrats before them , history has exposed Dundee 's status to be founded on a fading past . |
| 18 | Most people involved with the ‘ Carry On ’ films regarded Ken 's participation in them as totally professional . |
| 19 | Britten had heard Gershwin 's opera in America , and his own solitary previous stage work , Paul Bunyan , evidently owes still more than Grimes to the American show tradition . |
| 20 | She felt rather than heard David 's gasp of horror . |
| 21 | Given Labour 's espousal of the goal of a united Ireland , albeit by the consent of the people , it is hard to believe any accommodation could be reached with the Ulster Unionists . |
| 22 | This pleasant perk was gained from Zev Bufman because the Broadway company had not been given Dustin 's permission to use certain material on him in the programme . |
| 23 | Nutrition experts hope that after the kids have heard Scott 's message they will abandon the corner chip shop , forsake the packets of crisps and pack in the pot noodles and sweets . |
| 24 | In 1951 he took on the vice-presidency of the newly formed Musician 's Organization for Peace . |
| 25 | But no one , given Frankie 's temper , dared interfere . |
| 26 | Given Indonesia 's size and geography , distribution is hardly simple . |
| 27 | The trip to the Soviet Union in 1934 had deepened Nizan 's grasp of reality . |
| 28 | Like their opponents , these anti-Nazis had stressed Europe 's cultural heritage ( rather as Germany 's 19th-century philosophers had stressed Germany 's culture and its superiority over the French ) and sought to use this as a political model . |
| 29 | Er and then you wash it over with a hot solution of three parts clarified sheep 's tallow four parts clarified sheep 's tallow , five parts rosin . |
| 30 | Er and then you wash it over with a hot solution of three parts clarified sheep 's tallow four parts clarified sheep 's tallow , five parts rosin . |