Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Methodists the talk of collectivism remained largely a political debate because , despite their numerous schisms , all five Methodist connexions had strong central authorities much envied by some Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 2 | Recently , for instance , the GHI Taste Panel tucked in to ready-made Christmas cakes ( see page 107 ) , while two more GHI researchers literally went into cold storage ( -18°C ) to test out the thermal properties of the vests featured on page 105 . |
| 3 | The conclusion that the speeches largely appealed to long-standing victims of the ‘ Führer myth ’ also seems justified on the basis of an examination of the more nuanced reports from local SD agencies , which , while generally positive , provide a somewhat more varied picture of reactions . |
| 4 | The branches above murmured to each other and refracted the light from the street lamps into kaleidoscopic shapes on the pavement , shades of concrete grey , forming and reforming , overlapping and separating . |
| 5 | The marble is Naxian , and Naxos dominates early marble sculpture , though quarries soon opened on neighbouring Paros and that marble was afterwards preferred . |
| 6 | As was to be the case with far more important orders to the peasantry from the very highest level at the start of collectivization after NEP , bureaucratic delays and excessive central demands soon resulted in comparable excess of zeal at local levels . |
| 7 | Lower and higher concentrations finally led to increased numbers of blue insertless plaques on the selection plates . |
| 8 | LABOUR backbenchers yesterday called for two Cabinet ministers to explain how they allegedly spent £6,000 of taxpayers ' money on three urgent flights home from France , or repay the money . |
| 9 | It was observed that Joanne 's temper tantrums always began with shrill screaming , the other behaviours followed on as she got ‘ into the swing of it ’ . |
| 10 | The results for British , Japanese , Finnish , Australian and Hong Kong index futures , which allowed for transactions costs , suggest that arbitrage opportunities also existed in these markets . |
| 11 | The ‘ feeble minded ’ children labelled cretins also suffered from thyroid deficiency , or , usually , from a deficiency of the iodine which is necessary for the gland to function effectively . |
| 12 | Animals also benefited from these operations : gravel pits have allowed many birds , including the Great Crested Grebe and the Little Ringed Plover , to increase in number or extend their range . |
| 13 | The main parties also agreed on constitutional changes to stem the influx of immigrants , one of the main reasons for the rise in attacks on foreigners . |
| 14 | Absolute losses also fell in Outer London , from 26,000 to only 3,000 per year over the same period . |
| 15 | The words blazed from lips now denuded of artificial colour , their natural flush wrought by the man — the enemy — she confronted , but she made herself be silent when they were said . |
| 16 | More than 4,400 Teesside homes now stood within 200 metres of overhead lines , almost 900 of them closer than 50 metres . |
| 17 | The highly-charged atmosphere in the aftermath of the Sacheverell affair meant that the partisan use of public anniversaries often resulted in violent clashes between rival groups . |
| 18 | Disputes often arose between various parishes and during the reign of Henry VIII there was a dispute between Henry Johnson , Vicar of Halling 1534–45 and John Wildbore Master of Strood hospital , concerning the proportion of tithes each should receive . |
| 19 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 20 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 21 | Even after many of the separate grants were amalgamated in 1958 into a single general grant , government continued to expand its financial support quite rapidly to make it possible for local councils to fulfil the pledges which national parties frequently gave in general elections — to replace slums or old schools , to reduce the size of classes , and much else . |
| 22 | Notable performances here came from 10 year old Ben Bransby , who finished seventh in the men 's event , Emma Williams , who dominated the women 's event , and eight year old Adam Dewhurst , who would have placed higher than his tenth if he had been able to reach all the holds ! |
| 23 | The working-class homes seldom rose above two storeys . |
| 24 | There were many food kitchens and supplementary feeding centres run by Unicef and the Red Cross ; several were based on projects already started by local women . |
| 25 | His skill in managing multidisciplinary activities soon led to important successes . |
| 26 | The two witches suddenly looked at each other in horror . |
| 27 | Models nevertheless existed in some parts of Europe and variation has been explained by the use of forms of the lost-wax or -lead process ( Capelle and Vierck 1975 ; Vierck 1976 ; Arrhenius 1973 ; 1975 ; Dickinson 1982 , pp. 21–2 ) . |
| 28 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 29 | Long-standing tensions also emerged in Soviet Georgia during 1988 and 1989 , inspired in part by nationalist pressures for a greater degree of autonomy within ( if not total separation from ) the USSR , and in part by differences of a social and ethnic character within Georgia itself . |
| 30 | Standardised mortality ratios also fell with increasing head circumference ( x≥4.6 , p=0.03 ) and increasing ponderal index ( weight/length ) ( x≥3.8 , p=0.05 ; for premature deaths x≥6.0 , p=0.01 ) . |