Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fitzgerald found that for some books , an increase to six or even nine samples actually produced means which systematically departed even further from the population mean — the true overall difficulty level , Only after the number of samples taken approached or exceeded the critical number did the mean of the samples agree with the population mean . |
| 2 | Michel reported that in 1989 the cost of debt servicing had surpassed the funds available in loans and grants and would have to be paid for out of foreign exchange . |
| 3 | Charles Martel had them out in 737 , but the island was laid waste and largely abandoned for three centuries , the Bishop and clergy fleeing and the Counts of Melgueil , of evil repute , appropriating the see and its revenues ; yet in 798 St Theodulph of Orléans reported that despite this , and pirates , there were still four chapters there . |
| 4 | As late as January 1923 Pravda reported that in some villages in the Saratov guberniia 80 to 85 per cent of the population were still starving . |
| 5 | Goods services between Llangynog and Llanrhaiadr Mochnant ceased as from 1 July 1952 for ever . |
| 6 | Counsel maintained that in any situation where the facts , as here , would give rise to such a verdict , the death should be regarded as ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8 . |
| 7 | General Roberts stated that on 6 May a unit of the ROK army had advanced north of the 38th parallel to a depth of 2.5 miles ( 4 km ) and had attacked several settlements . |
| 8 | It was a complete caricature of Schleiermacher when Hegel remarked that on this account a dog must be more religious than his master , because even more completely dependent . |
| 9 | Rabbi Moishe felt that at last the past was about to bear sweet fruit . |
| 10 | Bill Webster of Hilton said that at first it might be voluntary for guests to use their towels twice . |
| 11 | Moynihan said that between 1974 and 1988 the USA had given more than $80,000,000 in aid towards opium eradication in Myanma " to absolutely no avail " . |
| 12 | The study by Taubman and Wales of males in the top half of the IQ distribution in the United States concluded that for high school graduates ‘ ability is a more important determinant of the range of income distribution than is education . ’ |
| 13 | Adams retired because of ill health in 1895 . |
| 14 | Durkheim recognized that in modern societies social solidarity was no longer based on widely shared social values and that government and law had important functions to perform in organizing the ‘ collective conscience ’ of the new order and acting as an integrative mechanism respectively . |
| 15 | Martin Jajo equalised and within five minutes Jacobson sealed Darlington 's fate . |
| 16 | In a 1975 survey on library lectures and their evaluation , Hernon found that about two-thirds of the responding libraries were not evaluating their library lecture programmes . |
| 17 | Eve knew that through these doors next week would come girls who only intended to use university as part of their social life . |
| 18 | Presently the Youngs appeared and with smiling acquaintanceship joined Filmer . |
| 19 | Mr Flanagan said that with more choice from Europe , European legislation and the Food Safety Act , ‘ people now want someone to look over their shoulders ’ . |
| 20 | The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland said that among restrictive provisions to be addressed , carry-forward facilities should be provided and ACT on FIDs should not be paid at all , otherwise it was simply an interest-free loan to Government . |
| 21 | However , Ms Saunders said that in some cases , costs will be less than half that of a leased line . |
| 22 | In his Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex , therefore , Darwin concluded that for distasteful species ‘ the most gaudy colours would be serviceable , and might have been gained by variation and the survival of the most-easily recognised individuals ’ . |
| 23 | Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves . |
| 24 | The survey of students and graduates at Hull showed that over two-thirds of them agreed with the statement that " Exercise improves the quality of sleep " . |
| 25 | Slowly Fernando turned and in that fearful second Ruth thought she had gone too far . |
| 26 | On March 3 King Hassan announced that at some time prior to the legislative elections which were scheduled for Oct. 9 , 1992 , constitutional changes to establish a better balance between legislative and executive bodies would be put to a referendum . |
| 27 | Mr Sugar revealed that at one point one of his children had tried to persuade him to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |
| 28 | In a 1963 survey , Butler and Stokes found that among those with a ‘ middle class ’ self-image and who also considered themselves partisans of the major parties 79 per cent were Tory and 21 per cent Labour supporters . |
| 29 | In the course of his research Alfred Kinsey noticed that among many mammals the speed of erection was swift to say the least . |
| 30 | For example , Nobinul noticed that in all the notations we had collected , two digits were used to express ten . |