Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bachelard 's work on the formation of scientific disciplines led him to argue that the proper form of historical analysis should focus not upon an empirical history but upon the cognitive or epistemological status of concepts that distinguish a new science from an old one . |
| 2 | Dahl argued that power is fragmented between the different groups involved in the decision-making process since different groups got their way on different issues . |
| 3 | The hostile reception of Alford 's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech . |
| 4 | I jut hope to god Fashanu and John Scales sought themselves out . |
| 5 | The French fabliau in England may take one of two basic forms : fabliaux composed in Old French in France of which copies made their way to England , and fabliaux composed ( in most cases re-composed ) in the Anglo-Norman dialect , presumably in England . |
| 6 | Investigations revealed he was driving without insurance or a licence . |
| 7 | One of the other Germans emptied it and I recognized among the papers the interrogation form which the naval officer on the island had filled in . |
| 8 | This was not well received , and in fact Blackett 's sympathy with the Russians made it impossible for him to get a visa to visit the US during the McCarthy years . |
| 9 | As inevitably occurs when abstract semantic properties are posited independently of form and then forms sought which express these properties , however , the binding hierarchy explanation , while offering some significant observations , does not square very well with the full range of data from actual language use . |
| 10 | As he groped his way under his seat , seeking somewhere to stow the paper , his fingers met something cold and hard and sharp . |
| 11 | Some birds laid their eggs on the floor and others showed signs of frustration . |
| 12 | When the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) first screened the videotape of the Dec. 14 demonstration on state television in June [ see p. 37544 ] , Mladenov denounced it as a " slanderous montage " , but experts ruled it authentic on July 4 , whereupon Mladenov in a nationwide broadcast declared that his remark had been taken out of context , and that he should be judged by deeds not words . |
| 13 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 14 | The experts got their calculations wrong and the daily influx into London is vastly greater at the end than the start of the eighties , or any prediction forecast . |
| 15 | The predicted expansion never came and it may be argued that Kielder , and the flooding of the valley , was a disastrous example of the worst kind of crystal-ball gazing so frequently employed to force unwelcome developments on an unwilling population ; and once again , the experts got it wrong . |
| 16 | Even before the securities houses announced their decision , the advantages of issuing new equity had slumped along with the Nikkei . |
| 17 | Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy . |
| 18 | Richard Dreyfuss was booked one week and on the night of the show a confusion over dates and times led his film company to arrange a business call that linked up Los Angeles , London , Australia and New York and he just had to be there . |
| 19 | Darlington and South West Durham health authorities made their pledge while unveiling plans for the new Patient 's Charter at a press conference in Darlington . |
| 20 | The large numbers of the English gentry and aristocracy who enjoyed the profits from impropriated tithes were further alarmed when the Laudian ecclesiastical authorities made it clear they would spare no pains in an attempt to recover as much as they could of the church 's former wealth and power . |
| 21 | Soon afterwards we were able to use real rifles , for the authorities made us members of the ‘ Universal Training ’ organization , our criminal past being deliberately overlooked . |
| 22 | The Russians agreed they were legally at fault . |
| 23 | The IMF 's satisfaction with Jordan 's continued implementation of economic restructuring programmes led it to approve on July 14 , 1989 , a financial package of 76,600,000 special drawing rights ( approximately US$96,000,000 ) . |
| 24 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
| 25 | The starships passed us by . |
| 26 | His enemies attacked its vulgar over-simplification , but the lecture did bring near the centre of popular debate many of the problems which Moberly had analysed a decade before . |
| 27 | On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation . |
| 28 | But last week the Russians admitted what aircraft experts have long claimed-that at least seven in 10 of its fleet have reached the end of their ‘ useful life ’ . |
| 29 | Lecturers voiced their overwhelming support for Mrs Falconer and her sister at a meeting at RGU yesterday . |
| 30 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |