Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It concluded that the support given varied inversely with the degree of natural handicap !
2 13 beaches entered for the award failed due to the detection of sewage on the sand .
3 Now , with the tide driven high by the approaching storm , it was hardly visible .
4 The select committee retorted : ‘ Once the case for funds to meet the maintenance backlog has been made out it is the task of the department and the minister … . to use their best endeavours to get the money made available . ’
5 First , information about the meaning of the word in the component labelled cognitive system is accessed , since there is a pathway of communication from entries in the logogen system to semantic information in the cognitive system .
6 Gla go ge gar ge ga has the computer gone mad ?
7 In the Greek Church , the mystical writings of the fifth century author who wrote under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite achieved near-canonical status : not only did they inform the devotional and liturgical life of the people , but they also influenced the development of Orthodox theology which became hostile to any rationalistic or naturalistic ways of interpreting the reality of God and religious truth .
8 Again , the grant consolidated existing ducal interests , rounding out Gloucester 's influence in the honour of Pickering further east .
9 Again , the grant consolidated existing ducal interests , rounding out Gloucester 's influence in the honour of Pickering further east .
10 I 'll get the cheque made payable to and
11 Already a major exporter of UK goods and services , the division achieved significant growth in 1992 .
12 We went by excursion train to Weymouth ; I took with me from my parents twopence to spend ; on the journey the vicar distributed small sums calculated on services and practices attended .
13 The budget projected total expenditure in 1992-93 to rise by only 5 per cent ( i.e. less than inflation ) to Rs1,190,000 million .
14 Even a statement very close to the periphery can be held true in the face of recalcitrant experience by pleading hallucination or by amending certain statements of the kind called logical laws .
15 In 1949 the College achieved full status as an integral school of the university .
16 The side qualified unbeaten through the top quality round-robin leagues and beat St John Payne , of Chelmsford , in the semi-final to set up their first Championship success .
17 Once the spirochaete which caused syphilis had been identified and Wassermann had invented the diagnostic reaction which perpetuates his name , the condition called general paralysis of the insane was recognized to be the result of a long-lasting infection .
18 It gives the warmth without the bulk and the lightweight material ensures smooth base for the Egyptian influenced pastel patterned print .
19 Only if the control preparations were negative was the staining considered positive .
20 But the experiment proved unrepeatable .
21 The DEA recruited undercover couriers who would be monitored as they carried the drugs from Lebanon , through Cyprus and Europe and on to drug dealers in Detroit .
22 He has , he says , no wish to compromise the commercial and intellectual property rights of the research based pharmaceutical companies .
23 According to the nineteen eighty eight Road Traffic Act the E T F can be charged only to the driver of the car involved irrespective of who caused the accident .
24 The men that stepped out of the car looked suitable enough at first glance .
25 They interpreted this finding as showing that associability lost by the stimulus during the first stage of training could outweigh the transfer deriving from the fact that both stage of the study involved inhibitory learning .
26 The programme placed German unity before European unity and on the latter point the goal was defined as " not a united Europe but a Europe of the fatherlands " .
27 Using an integrated programme of modules , the programme achieved outstanding results in language teaching .
28 My main reason for writing is that the photograph entitled Cool for Cats ( which is , as stated , a soft touch E1 5b ) actually shows someone on Manzoku , which in reality is a hard touch E1 5b .
29 At a point on the coast called Sand-le-Mere is a small area of dune which has always been a danger point from incursion from the sea .
30 The review abolished local authority representation in health service bodies , gave a greater role to the Audit Commission to ensure value for money , gave doctors budgets and linked a greater share of their salaries to the number of patients treated , and held out the possibility of hospitals ‘ opting out ’ and becoming self-governing .
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