Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun sg] of [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand this expansion offered for the first time a substantial number of teaching posts which together formed a fully-integrated career structure , and on the other it considerably lessened the security of both the " historical " and " critical " paradigms for which Bateson had been at such pains to seek some form of mutual accommodation . |
| 2 | Lyle , as defending champion , had to be-jacket Faldo , and coincidentally it signalled the end of perhaps the finest stretch of golf played by a British golfer . |
| 3 | In cases like these local landowners allowed the construction of only the minimum number of houses needed to accommodate their permanently employed labour force , often in ‘ estate villages ’ . |
| 4 | This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench , but Wigg 's hostility was not evenly spread . |
| 5 | Meeting in Luxembourg which required the attendance of both the Prime Minister and myself , and in an important improvement in Anglo-Soviet relations , Andrei Gromyko , the Soviet Foreign Minister , had accepted my invitation to pay an official visit to London-his first for some years-for discussions on East-West relations and bilateral affairs . |
| 6 | Myra sobbed as she told me that , although many men were attracted to her — and she to them — as soon as the relationship reached the stage of even the most innocent physical contact , such as a gentle kiss or even holding hands , something in her forced her to draw back and run away from the situation . |
| 7 | They took the form of both the grandmother and father doubting the decision and persuading her to change her mind ; and from medical advisors and social workers seeking to persuade her to keep the child . |
| 8 | Against these points must be set the fatalism with which Law watched his country drift into civil war ; the patriotic party became begetters of rebellion , the party of order suborned crime and mutiny , and the leader of the opposition in parliament approved and supported the destruction of both the practice and the authority of parliament . |
| 9 | EC Transport Ministers agreed on Dec. 5 , 1989 , to adopt new deregulatory rules allowing airlines the right to reduce scheduled air fares at will from Jan. 1 , 1990 , provided that they had the approval of either the arrival or destination airport of any flight . |