Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significance of the site in terms of faunal diversity , time span covered and complexity became clear in the course of preliminary work ( Heal , 1970 ; Stanton , 1973 ; Bishop , 1974 , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Once the alternative assessments ceased to be enforceable , the taxpayer became liable to the tax assessed , and this was not capable of any serious challenge . |
| 3 | New heart became evident in the town . |
| 4 | It was not until the eighteenth century that the word Champagne became synonymous with the sparkling wine of the region . |
| 5 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 6 | The World Bank extended to Iran its first loan since 1978 ( prior to the Iranian revolution ) on March 16 , a loan made possible by the US decision to remain neutral on the matter . |
| 7 | In their view this Soviet withdrawal , and the policy of ‘ Finlandisation ’ which Finland ostensibly embarked on , had been enabled by Sweden 's decision to remain neutral after the war . |
| 8 | Such competition would be designed to reduce administrative costs and increase politicians ' information until a bureau 's budget became optimal for the politicians . |
| 9 | Epping Forest , a vast tract of woodland made available to the people of London by Queen Victoria , provided a much needed source of refreshment . |
| 10 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 11 | Their fur became soaked with the dew . |
| 12 | A parachutist narrowly escaped death after his canopy became tangled with the landing gear of the light aircraft he was jumping from . |
| 13 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 14 | The later history of the Daily Express suggests not : when the Express became hostile in the 1920s , Younger raged " when I think of the large sum of money this office has put into that gutter print it makes my blood boil " . |
| 15 | Wilson left the application ‘ on the table ’ in Brussels , but it was only in late 1969 that progress became possible on the extension of the EC to new members . |
| 16 | Housing associations received a major boost from the Housing Act 1974 when a new once-and-for-all capital grant became payable at the outset of each scheme ( Baker 1976 ; Lansley 1979 ) . |
| 17 | My heart turns red In the expanding now |
| 18 | Dirkin sits alone at a side table . |
| 19 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 20 | On examination she was unwell with a pyrexia at 38°C , a tachycardia , and chest signs consistent with a left basal pneumonia . |
| 21 | They could hear his great cry , and see the flash of his hat flung in the air , and the brown silk of his hair whipping free as a flag against his glistening eyes , and the bright joy-stained red of his cheeks . |
| 22 | His Technique became fundamental to the whole school curriculum . |
| 23 | I think we ought to be pleased at the money made available in the last 5 years for players . |
| 24 | It is indisputable , however , that much of the money made available by the EEC and by national governments for price support ( guidance and guarantee ) as well as for structural purposes has ended up in the richer regions . |
| 25 | Eighteen eighty nine the Foston selling plate at Derby was declared void after the whole field got lost in the thick fog covering the course and ended up running round the back of a cricket pavilion . |
| 26 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 27 | The changes of height and course became automatic after a while . |
| 28 | Shell became knowledgeable about the possible pitfalls of RFI when , five years ago , objections were raised over the company 's plan to site a gas-separation plant near a NATO radio transmitter in St Fergus , Scotland . |
| 29 | Perhaps , in the primordial soup , left and right handedness were in free competition until some small chance advantage became overwhelming through the evolutionary progress . |
| 30 | So under Law the language of the boardroom became commonplace on the platforms and in the propaganda of the party . |