Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although polling apparently passed off peacefully , the election campaign period had reportedly been characterized by months of repression , severe restrictions and official harassment of candidates and political activists , as the military regime continued the clampdown on the pro-democracy movement which it had brutally repressed in September 1988 [ see pp. 36221-25 for background ] . |
| 2 | At the same time , military service had taken its toll in many American Boardrooms : inevitably , far fewer returned than had originally joined up , their ranks thinned by death on active service , by the desire to stay on in uniform and by retirement . |
| 3 | Far greater numbers of girls opted for technical subjects than had ever done so before . |
| 4 | The time for gentlemanliness had passed ; in a moment he could learn the truth of her , and if to do so involved not behaving like a gentleman , then so be it . |
| 5 | While fundholding originally represented only 3 – 4 per cent of practices , the eligibility criteria now permit 50 per cent of practices to apply . |
| 6 | In addition , Iraq viewed Kuwait as having gradually eaten away patches of Iraqi territory in the border area between them over the years and also as draining reserves from part of Iraq 's South Rumailah oilfield which straddled the frontier . |