Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves . |
| 2 | Lord Justice Watkins said that in the case of the six officers , where two years — less 12 days — elapsed before the officers were summonsed , Mr Bartle exercised his discretion ‘ without any flaw ’ . |
| 3 | Allowing the Crown 's appeal , and dismissing the taxpayer 's cross-appeal , Lord Justice Scott said that on a first reading of s 72 it was natural to read subsection ( 4 ) as one of a group of subsections dealing only with cases where the amount of capital distribution was comparatively small . |
| 4 | General Roberts stated that on 6 May a unit of the ROK army had advanced north of the 38th parallel to a depth of 2.5 miles ( 4 km ) and had attacked several settlements . |
| 5 | Its guidlines state that the bypass would have to be within a hundred yards of the road or the conditions intolerable before the property would be bought , though the Judge Mr Justice Latham said that in his view those guidelines were a shambles . |
| 6 | On Slovak television on Aug. 21 Czechoslovakian Defence Minister Imrich Andrejcak said that in the event of a division of the federation , the army would be split up " in an organized manner under a combined command " . |
| 7 | David Howell complained that in Cabinet there was ‘ too much argument and not enough discussion ’ and regretted the trend towards ‘ a huge argument where tremendous battle lines will be drawn up and everyone will be hit on the head ’ . |
| 8 | But shortly afterwards Ronnie O'Sullivan topped that with 142 in his 5–1 win over Mick Price . |
| 9 | In Kennedy v. Broun ( 1863 ) 13 C.B. 677 ( Common Pleas ) Erle C.J. said that in Lampleigh v. Brathwait , ‘ it was assumed that the journeys which the plaintiff performed at the request of the defendant , and the other services he rendered , would have been sufficient to make any promise binding if it had been connected therewith in one contract ; the peculiarity of the decision lies in connecting a subsequent promise with a prior consideration after it had been executed . |
| 10 | The surprise defeat of Puma Sunderland away to Top Spin Darlington meant that with two games in hand Ilkley need to win only one of their last two matches to be the North-East representatives in the area play-offs . |
| 11 | Marie Stopes found that amongst her first 10,000 birth control patients , 1,321 had slit cervixes , 335 serious prolapses , and 1,508 internal deformations . |
| 12 | The Home Office Minister David Maclean said that despite some encouraging signs the Government would not become complacent on crime . |
| 13 | Israel 's Foreign Minister David Levy said that in return for Israel 's acceptance of a UN emissary , the USA had agreed to " take steps to remove the subject of the Temple Mount from the Security Council agenda " . |
| 14 | Although China wanted the naval base retained , Chief Secretary Sir David Ford announced that by 1992 it would be moved from its central site to make way for land reclamation . |
| 15 | Sitting much later in the genteel coffee shop of a Holiday Inn in Suburban Virginia , Habib Olahi recalled that as the Shah walked to and fro , he said , " This is against the constitution . " |
| 16 | Dr Jaleel argued that in the country 's more economically deprived areas , the pressure on the health service is far worse . |
| 17 | Interestingly , the first organized political movement of labour in North Shields originated because of agitation about housing conditions and the failure of the private system to provide an adequate number of dwellings ( see North Tyneside CDP , 1977 ; Byrne , 1980 ) . |
| 18 | Old ‘ n ’ new mix just right Del Amitri : Middlesbrough Town Hall IT 'S been a while since Del Amitri toured and with current single Always The Last To Know nudging it 's way up the charts , I was pleased to see that the band have n't lost either their raw edge or their well developed sense of humour . |
| 19 | The White Paper preceding the abolition of the GLC ad MCCs stated that on reorganisation the London boroughs and metropolitan district councils would ‘ acquire responsibility , individually or collectively , for the functions currently exercised by the GLC and MCCs , with the exception of London Transport , flood protection in the London area [ which went to the RWA ] and a few minor aspects of other functions ’ ( DOE 1983b:6 ) . |
| 20 | Two generations later Horace Walpole complained that in London the Spanish ambassador was " almost the only envoy from a foreign court who disdained to turn his exalted office to trading purposes " . |
| 21 | B.F. Skinner emphasised that during instrumental conditioning an organism learns a response by operating on its environment . |
| 22 | Dr Tweedy stressed that from the Christian point of view , it was a necessity to look after our God-given body , and there was an obligation to receive treatment if it did not involve undue risk , was not distressing and was practically viable — in other words , ‘ ordinary medical treatment ’ . |
| 23 | Alan Farmer suggested that with a vivid feature film , children should be allowed to watch it through without a single interruption . |
| 24 | Ethel Elderton found that in Chorlton working class wives talked freely about birth control and said that they ‘ made their husbands take precautions ’ . |
| 25 | Earlier Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes said that in a month Mr Lamont could announce proposals which would make 10 million people ineligible for legal aid yet at the same time he had been ‘ allowed £4,000 , his own private legal aid scheme , to pay his own private bill for an entirely private matter ’ . |
| 26 | Dr Benton found that in trials , university students who sat tests two hours after breakfast performed Medical Correspondent better than those who started the day on empty stomachs . |
| 27 | On March 3 King Hassan announced that at some time prior to the legislative elections which were scheduled for Oct. 9 , 1992 , constitutional changes to establish a better balance between legislative and executive bodies would be put to a referendum . |
| 28 | Mr Gummer claimed that during the negotiations the powerful American farming lobby had been ‘ all over the hotel ’ . |
| 29 | Bolivian President Jaime Paz Zamora reported that during his May meeting in Washington with US President George Bush the latter had shown a serious attitude to the drug problem ( the US government having agreed almost to double Bolivia 's anti-drug aid , to $33,000,000 ) . |
| 30 | In an interview , Mr Baig alleged that during last year 's general election campaign , three cabinet members had received financial assistance from him . |