Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [vb past] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was little more than Rangers deserved when they took the lead 10 minutes later when the impressive Sinton played a delightful one-two with Holloway before scoring with a rasping drive . |
| 2 | Although reports indicated that there continued to be widespread resistance to any dilution of the CSCE 's unanimity rule [ see p. 38314 ; 38366 ] , questions about its merits resurfaced after the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd on Sept. 10 urged the conference to seek ways of strengthening the CSCE 's mechanisms for the protection of human rights , adding that the UK was " certainly in favour of moving beyond the present situation where everything happens by consensus " . |
| 3 | Officially Pol Pot had " retired " from the Khmer Rouge leadership in the mid-1980s , although analysts contended that he remained firmly in charge of the organization . |
| 4 | The financial sector welcomed the changes while employers complained that they had to pay out more money for no increase in productivity . |
| 5 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 6 | The DLV had recently banned the athletes after irregularities appeared when they underwent an out-of-competition test in South Africa on Jan 24 . |
| 7 | The tombs faced east , towards Jerusalem — as Nazareans did when they prayed . |
| 8 | Members were pleased when constituents said that they had seen them on the box , and only one Member had received complaints that he had not been seen . |
| 9 | As things stood when he became minister , the empire created wholly new regiments and divisions when it expanded its forces in wartime . |
| 10 | Ryutaro Hashimoto , the Finance Minister , on Oct. 3 announced his resignation , effective Oct. 18 , as accusations mounted that he had failed to stem the tide of financial scandals which had been sweeping the country since the start of the year . |