Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effectively this happened in two stages — the first in the 1920s and 30s when British colonialism wanted to create an intermediate class in East African countries , and the second after World War II when Britain in common with other Western European countries was faced with a chronic shortage of labour . |
| 2 | Since the Royal Commission on Population found that out of a sample of 7,625 pregnancies only 147 resulted in criminal abortions ( equal to 2 per cent of all pregnancies and 17 per cent of all abortions ) , it is unlikely that changes in the abortion rate played a major part in accounting for the decrease in working class fertility . |
| 3 | Only two switched to social science or humanities . |
| 4 | One of the most graphic came from experienced Paul Futcher after a Rush treble against Barnsley . |
| 5 | It was a wonderful achievement that over 50pc of Welsh lamb production was going to the European market , of which approximately 380,000 went as live animals . |
| 6 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 7 | But , in addition to Galwey , Peter Clohessey , Nick Popplewell , Brian Robinson , Pat O'Hara and Eric Elwood yesterday all emerged with genuine claims for inclusion . |
| 8 | The powerhouses of film production in the previous decade nearly all wilted in this atmosphere . |
| 9 | Subodh Kant Sahay , Minister of State for Home Affairs , in a statement on Jan. 2 to the Indian parliament announced that 890 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured in 15 weeks of Hindu-Moslem riots triggered by Hindu agitation around the disputed sacred site where a mosque currently stood in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh . |
| 10 | The acceptance of his first article in about 1895 led to regular contributions to popular journals , including the Spectator and the Cornhill Magazine , with syndication in American journals . |
| 11 | In Bombay , where at least 246 people were killed and about 1,200 injured in 13 bomb blasts last Friday , police said a large amount of explosives was still in the city and as yet unlocated . |
| 12 | The largest group of immigrants came from within a 5-mile radius , but almost as many came from 5–10 miles and as many again from beyond 20 miles ; only half this number came from between 10 and 20 miles . |
| 13 | Of these about 40 lived in hutted accommodation adjacent to the works , whilst the remainder lived in lodgings in the surrounding villages . |
| 14 | Growth , standing crop and metabolic rates of lichens are difficult to measure , but these unusually tough plants seem particularly well preadapted to polar conditions . |
| 15 | Of the 400 state-owned firms which the Treuhand sold last year , netting DM2.5 billion , almost all went to western Germans . |
| 16 | The pellet was then gentle resuspended in 10 ml homogenising medium and used for incubation with ethanol , acetaldehyde , or cholesteryl oleate . |
| 17 | The demonstration was attacked by the military , several women were arrested and at least two shot with rubber bullets . |
| 18 | Of the 21 attacks attributed to Iran from January to May 1986 , over half occurred in this area and many involved helicopters . |
| 19 | This compromise agreement came in the wake of general strikes in May and July which had left at least six dead and over 100 wounded during violent disturbances between FSLN and UNO supporters [ see pp. 37450 ; 37607 ] . |
| 20 | Between 1985 and 1990 , however , the number of people aged over 85 supported in residential care by local authorities has declined at a slower rate than that for all people aged 65+ . |
| 21 | What has this socially created discrimination against women over 60 and men over 65 meant to British pensioners ? |
| 22 | Not only had he earned the Huge Reward but for once , indeed the only time without Tom 's help , he had outwitted his most terrible enemy and he could not resist cocking a very vulgar snook at Cut-throat Jake as he went over to shake the Dragoon officer by the hand . |
| 23 | As might be expected , very few came from middle-class suburbs like Newington , Morningside or the West End , practically none from the squares of the New Town , and very few from outlying villages or districts . |
| 24 | Certainly this happened in some Partnerships . |
| 25 | But something very serious happened in mid-Cretaceous times after the deposition of the " Urgonian " . |
| 26 | To that extent , the Circular received a cautious welcome in the art world , but nothing very concrete occurred until three years later when , on 1 September 1974 , the NCDAD merged with the CNAA . |