Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [conj] [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now eighteen months ago we had three hundred and , it was April , the report in April nineteen ninety two there were three hundred and sixty five I think it was places that were vacant in our homes and this is before we started the refurbishment . |
| 2 | This is because it raised the real sterling exchange rate , rendering ‘ marginal ’ manufacturing exports uncompetitive . |
| 3 | The reason for this was that he followed the methods of the scholastics ( medieval theologians ) whom he admired very much . |
| 4 | The justification for this was that it saved the skyline of the Granite City . |
| 5 | In both cases this was because they exceeded the 5 per cent minimum threshold in terms of votes won in what was formerly East Germany , albeit not in Germany as a whole . |
| 6 | Possibly this was because he distrusted the enthusiasm , sometimes pushed to excessive lengths , which some agnostics felt for the church ( for example their defence of Cranmer 's Prayer Book ) , and Hardy 's enthusiasm amounted almost to love . |
| 7 | Another reason why the Greeks may have chosen the number 360 is because they thought the year was made up of 360 days and that the sun went round the earth once a year . |
| 8 | All we can say for sure is that it entered the microscope , perhaps on one side , perhaps on the other , perhaps in the middle . |
| 9 | The main importance of the change of practice in 1966 is that it allowed the Law Lords to accept an innovatory role and to avoid the practice of ‘ Dissimulation ’ . |
| 10 | What made the result so glorious was that it epitomized the essence of steeplechasing : at its most prestigious moment the sport had returned to its rural roots and shown that the humblest contestants can win the biggest prizes . |
| 11 | Yes Mr Chairman I 'm not clear erm about something that Mr Gordon said in his opening remarks that I 'd like clarified and that is that he gave the committee the impression that there were er certain of the of the partners that were accepting erm a lower specification in other words , omitting from the what is the British best if you like , erm certain items of of equipment in order to reduce cost of the aircraft , both in development stage and at the production stage , final cost of the aircraft , unit cost . |
| 12 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |
| 13 | This weekend he seems to be in Bratislava — that is if we understood the five ( at least ) different voices that answered the telephone at the number we have for him . |
| 14 | The latter will give you a feeling of comfort on reaching the parallel position , that is until you hit the golf shot and wonder why it keeps finishing in the rough on the right side . |
| 15 | What is certain is that he carried the legend of a king or emperor waiting to be reborn for several centuries , just as the British King Arthur has done . |
| 16 | Hardly a rally was over two strokes and what was more disappointing was that it followed the brilliant final at Brighton . |
| 17 | That was before they found the patches of damp on their own kitchen and bathroom ceilings , which , when touched with a finger , smelled unmistakably of cat-piss . |
| 18 | That was before we installed the eight thousand gallon water storage tank , which Health and Safety thought could drown a child . |
| 19 | and that was before we bought the petrol this morning . |
| 20 | ‘ I know I did , but that was before I knew the labels were typed on Dick Tavett 's typewriter and that the bags matched those in the Post 's stationery stockroom . ’ |
| 21 | That was before he saw the apple . |
| 22 | I mean the foyer when you come in to the building when the place was refurbished that was that we got the consultant 's to look at the into the foyer and what you see as you come into the building is the recommendations of those consultants were talking about having a red foyer making it inviting and friendly that was their recommendation which was adopted . |
| 23 | I thought I was a serious fan , that was until I met the fans at this game . |
| 24 | That was until I tried the Renault 19-Turbo DX . |
| 25 | That was because one got the feeling she was not with her husband . |
| 26 | That was because it enabled the whole rugby fraternity to participate , with financial reward being the last thing on anyone 's mind . |