Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adult education classes can increase skills in subjects like photograph , badminton , or a language , often leading to joining a club or group devoted to that interest . |
| 2 | Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers . |
| 3 | The day after the performance of this test , patients were asked ( by one of the investigators who was unaware of the hydrogen analysis ) whether symptoms of nausea , abdominal bloating , cramps , or diarrhoea occurred within 8 hours of the lactose load . |
| 4 | We have provided in the Finance Bill that where property held on discretionary trust were settled before 26th March 1974 a different — and almost invariably more generous — basis of charge will apply . |
| 5 | Sect. 46 , sub-s. 1 , of the Housing Act , 1925 , says this : ‘ Where land included in any Improvement or reconstruction scheme … is acquired compulsorily , ’ certain provisions as to compensation shall apply . |
| 6 | To avoid having to place soft material under the feet of a loft ladder every time it 's used , stick a small piece of foam rubber or carpet underlay to each foot of the ladder . |
| 7 | Further , while it was said that the decision of Browne J. in the Bognor Regis case [ 1972 ] 2 Q.B. 169 had been generally approved , or not criticised , by textbook writers , and by the Faulks Committee in 1975 , it was not suggested that Parliament had in any legislation apparently treated that decision as representing settled law . |
| 8 | for light branchline work the success of the design was such that building continued into British Railways ' days and 46521 was actually built at Swindon in 1953 . |
| 9 | Although revenue tripled in real terms during the seventeenth century the budget was not brought into balance . |
| 10 | In Britain , the ‘ Darwinians ’ led by Huxley succeeded in dominating the scientific community of the late 1860s and 1870s , although opposition grew in later decades . |
| 11 | The bed that Boy climbed into that morning , knowing that he would n't sleep , but wanting just to lie there a while , was on the twentieth floor of a council block right close by the river on the east side of the city . |
| 12 | Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience . |
| 13 | In 999 he speaks of delay in getting the fleet into action , and suggests that delay occurred on other occasions , but without explaining why . |
| 14 | Neither athletics nor soccer prospered from black participation in the same way as boxing , but there were exceptions . |
| 15 | In particular he must be aware that Nonconformity flourished in certain types of local communities and that the social composition of the various denominations was often markedly different from sect to sect . |
| 16 | Most respondents thought that fundholding had in some respect changed the way they worked ( table III ) . |
| 17 | Tasks which placed greater demands on interpretation and judgement resulted in lower success rates . |
| 18 | The din and chaos continued for some time after help arrived from the êchelon of spectators , Charles and Peregrine among them . |
| 19 | It was a period when the newly ( re ) found sense of idealism and hope led to great expectations of the rehabilitative force of prison and its alternatives . |
| 20 | Discussion on the schema on priestly life and ministry began on 13 October . |
| 21 | Morning and afternoon encircled in one light |
| 22 | In the Middle East there was a tradition of religious pluralism and the new faiths of Judaism and Zoroastrianism and — later — Christianity and Islam coexisted in relative harmony ; in India during the seventeenth century , some Muslims and Hindus pooled their ideas and attempted to find a common vision : Sikhism was born of this attempt . |
| 23 | Spectra from a clean tungsten surface and from oxygen and hydrogen chemisorbed on that surface are shown in Fig. 2 . |
| 24 | We came here because our brother and sister went to this school . |
| 25 | ‘ Can I … go for a walk in the garden while I think it over ? ’ she blurted , and brother and sister looked at each other . |
| 26 | When he came to Noreen , Paddy stopped , and brother and sister stared at each other . |
| 27 | Limitations of time and money acted as major constraints in the design of my research . |
| 28 | Can anyone wonder that disbelief and despondency settled upon many schools in time to give way to anger and protest at the possibility of carrying out tasks that has been imposed on them under impossible conditions . |
| 29 | KMnO 4 was then added up to 4 mM and incubation continued for 30 seconds at 37°C . |
| 30 | ‘ Many bishops in Latin America , Asia , and Africa , since the end of the Council , have exercised this prophetic role vigorously , denouncing political disappearances , torture , economic exploitation , and racism perpetrated by authoritarian regimes in their countries . ’ |