Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [vb pp] through [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However pleased she was to revel in the shimmersilk robes of garnet and lavender , their perfumed delight was as insubstantial as light through caramel compared with the security of the only place the fresh-born Chesarynth knew — and the gateway to the starscape of meanings called through the tides of her blood . |
| 2 | Eventually she simmered down sufficiently to complete a few small office jobs , and she had just checked the answering machine when the sound of voices floated through the open front entrance . |
| 3 | Even in the nineteenth century , many hundreds of vessels passed through the Straits each year , most of them small coasting ships but also a good many larger vessels trading between Europe and the East Indies ( Java and Sumatra were at that time prosperous Dutch colonies ) . |
| 4 | The applied maps were computer generated and then colour printed , using information from a number of databases processed through a Geographic Information System New computer methods were developed during the project to enable these various databases , which included digitised geological linework and mine plans , raster-scanned topography and computer-coded borehole and geotechnical data , to be used in this way . |
| 5 | Well before noon , beside a small church whose roof sagged under clumps of grass and willow-herb , they came to the bridge over to Grandtully and looked across at the dense little settlement , lumpish houses made of undressed river boulders with brown smoke streaming through their heather thatch , hovels of branches littered through the trees , a few solid cottages with level roof-trees . |
| 6 | In most of the non-militant fields , on the other hand , ballots were held , support for the strike was low , and the majority of miners worked through the entire period of the dispute . |
| 7 | There is indeed a corpus of proverbs scattered through The Lord of the Rings , which add weight to the implications of interlace . |
| 8 | Groups of firms related through the charismatic leadership of the parent company 's founder or owner , such as Seibu Railway . |
| 9 | Overhead , flights of pigeons wheeled through the minarets , cutting over the heads of the congregation towards the Red Fort . |
| 10 | The best measure of average grain size , the mean is computed from sizes of particles spread through a range of percentile values . |
| 11 | Following those reports co-operative research into the control of odours continued through the auspices of the working party , the CBI and local authority associations , in which many companies , trade associations and local authorities participated , resulting in a series of reports published by Warren Spring Laboratory summarising the work carried out there during that three year research programme . |
| 12 | A group of men standing at a bus turn-about opened fire on the patrol and a number of bullets passed through the rear window , narrowly missing a soldier . |
| 13 | Broadly speaking , their best strategies to cope with a Labour win would be to ensure they make the most of allowances created through the independent taxation of husbands and wives , and — where possible — to take income on a self-employed basis rather than as employees . |
| 14 | ‘ The average number of vehicles passed through the shops for repairs annually is 8,100 … . there are 3,200 employed at Wolverton , while outside we have 2,000 at Crewe , Carlisle and Willesden , and scattered over the line ’ . |
| 15 | A large group of men passed through the carriage . |
| 16 | It was the first day 's work in weeks for many of the dockers and all day a steady stream of men passed through the doorway of the little cafe . |
| 17 | Responding to Bush 's initiative , Gorbachev said during a banquet speech on July 31 that " a more determined reciprocal movement is needed " , in particular , the lifting of restrictions applied through the 17-member Co-ordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls ( COCOM ) on the transfer of technology from the West to the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | I waited in the corridor for our blanket and any message for Sister Casualty , and brooded on the baby 's chances of survival , how any mother could have made herself pack her own baby in a carrier-bag , and what kind of thoughts passed through a woman 's mind when she walked away after abandoning her baby in a telephone-box , or anywhere else . |
| 19 | ‘ I realised that our existence is nothing but a succession of moments perceived through the senses . |
| 20 | Texas Instruments also has a quality simulator for the TMS320C30 processor which provides the designer with an extensive range of options evoked through the command menu . |
| 21 | The highest price of £38,000 ( $58,140 ) was paid for ‘ On the Road ’ ( lot 16 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , a depiction of horses led through a landscape by Sir Alfred Munnings . |
| 22 | Wash erosion , with removal of fines is another possible cause , as is a surface concentration of stones achieved through the upward displacement of stones in the profile , a common enough phenomenon but one the causes of which are incompletely understood . |
| 23 | Yet still it appears impossible to discover the ownership of shares held through a minor Swiss bank which were used to help a second division British company build up stakes in several third division British companies . |