Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] pass through [art] " in BNC.

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1 The unfocused light has to pass through the retina on its journey to the mirror and this degrades the quality of the image .
2 One of the nine graduates from the estimable Haringey ( now London ) Cricket College to have passed through the first-class portals , the seamer from St Lucia found himself plopped at the top of the order in the absence of four injured batsmen , this despite a previous firstclass output of 0 and 4 not out .
3 The previous day the Pentagon had issued a statement claiming that the photograph had passed through the hands of a " ring of Cambodia opportunists led by a well-known and admitted fabricator " of information about MIAs .
4 In retaliation Abdoujaparov , last year 's winner , reached out and pulled Cipollini 's racing jersey , using the momentum gained to pass through a narrowing gap between the Italian and the barriers on the right side of the road .
5 They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material .
6 … the construction of a character has to pass through a death , necessary to the structuring of the subject as subject of utterance , and for his insertion into the circuit of signifiers , I mean the narration .
7 The water having to pass through the media en route to the pump , there was no clogged impeller to worry about .
8 The forester had passed through the village recently .
9 A great deal of Thomas 's trade had passed through the hands of Spencer Grenfell who seemed to have trouble bringing in payment to her father on time .
10 As to the case for Monktonhall , it seems that the hon. Gentleman is seeking privatisation before a Bill has passed through the House .
11 The second Bill had passed through the House of Commons only to be thrown out by the House of Lords which could reject all legislation except money bills .
12 If you 're comparing us with primary and secondary schools we have to remember that the erm the great erm age bulge pass has passed through the primary schools and is passing through the secondary schools and is still to reach higher education .
13 It has to be admitted that the railway has passed through a period of financial difficulty but now appears to be settled and operating a successful service of trains .
14 About that number had passed through the turnstiles and his experienced eye estimated no more in the crowd , but … how many other , unseen , watchers had witnessed that particular match ?
15 It was learned later that the plane had flown through overhead high tension power cables and left the topmost cable intact ; 132,000 volts of electricity had passed through the aircraft , igniting all flammable material on board .
16 Intimacies soon followed and , because they did not share a common language in those early days , the words of love that they shared over breakfast had to pass through a translator .
17 ‘ We rejoice that our brother has passed through the valley and is in the everlasting arms of the Saviour ’ might mean something to a Christian but it is difficult for anyone else to understand .
18 During 1991 the spellchecker market has passed through a damaging cycle .
19 The time taken to pass through a junction ranged from 11 seconds to 4 minutes 31 seconds , mean 41.4 seconds .
20 However it is clear that these students who did not meet the GER had passed through a rigorous process of selection , and a number of them already had two A-level at the time of entry .
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