Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] pass [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its aim is to understand the historical origins and the development in the successive cultural milieux through which the Christian faith has passed of the major doctrines in which these beliefs have been expressed ; and it is particularly concerned with the contemporary appraisal and formulation of these doctrines in view of the dominant directions of modern thought , and with their ecumenical prospects . |
| 2 | The unfocused light has to pass through the retina on its journey to the mirror and this degrades the quality of the image . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By 1317 the manor had passed from the hands of the de Costentin family into those of the de Caversham family who , in turn , passed it on to the Herberts in 1550 . |
| 5 | The whole episode had passed into the mythology of the place . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Edouard came into her body with a feeling of shuddering release and the afternoon seemed to pass in a dream he had had , or she had had long before . |
| 9 | Once the syntax window has passed beyond a character position , the score for each word is scaled , relative to the highest scoring word in the position i.e. |
| 10 | Back at Liberal Democrat headquarters in Cowley Street , Westminster , party strategists were delighted that the campaign has passed without a significant hitch . |
| 11 | But the mood had passed by the time Harry walked once more into Breakspear College , sucking at an extra-strong mint and glad to see that a different porter was manning the lodge . |
| 12 | While her back legs trampled the pups in the box , her gaze was fixed on the door through which Lady had passed to the freedom of the yard . |
| 13 | According to the alphabetical rotation sequence , the presidency of the Security Council had passed from the United States ( a permanent member along with China , France , the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom ) to Yemen for December . |
| 14 | By 1830 , the mill had passed from the Clissold family and was being run by Evans , Robson and Severs , who were London-based textile merchants . |
| 15 | Now responsibility for social security has passed to the State itself , administered by the civil service . |
| 16 | As we have seen , in the case of both policies and budgets , the initiative has passed to the executive . |
| 17 | It will be a matter for consideration whether the fact that the plaintiff has passed on the tax or levy so that the burden has fallen on another should provide a defence to his claim . |
| 18 | James I believed that ‘ Kings were breathing images of God upon earth ’ and he insisted on lecturing Parliament , so the relationship between King and Parliament steadily deteriorated and much of the political initiative began to pass from the House of Lords to the House of Commons . |
| 19 | First , if the plaintiff had passed on the relevant tax to others , the taxing authority could not be said to have been unjustly enriched at the plaintiff 's expense , and he was not therefore entitled to recover . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the crisis had passed with the timely appearance of Evan-Thomas . |
| 21 | Tallis grew aware of the girl 's angry gaze towards her , then Morthen had slipped away , leaving a swirl of grey smoke where her body had passed by the hearth . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | … 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 . |
| 24 | A DECADE has passed since the first report of a second messenger function for inositol(1,4,5)-trisphosphate ( InsP 3 ) . |
| 25 | The water having to pass through the media en route to the pump , there was no clogged impeller to worry about . |
| 26 | The forester had passed through the village recently . |
| 27 | There was a terrifying rumbling noise and the stairs shook as though a minor earthquake had passed beneath the house . |
| 28 | In France and Germany more and more authority had passed into the hands of local and feudal courts , presided over by local lords and their officials , from which these lords drew ample revenues . |
| 29 | A week had passed without the offer of one single outside ride ; she badly needed a winner . |
| 30 | 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 . |