Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friction led to furious rows and the rows led to Willy demanding that he should be allowed to take a room where he could look after himself . |
| 2 | Despite this , only 50% of cancers in this group were actually detected by faecal occult blood testing , the remainder arose as symptomatic cancers in the period between screenings . |
| 3 | It led to an abandoned fishing hamlet called Hamningberg , where we camped for the night in a grassy field studded with interesting saxifrages and other flowers . |
| 4 | But it turns out that snails parasitized by certain kinds of fluke ( flatworm ) have extra-thick shells . |
| 5 | Subtle lamps gleamed on pink-clothed tables , each with its own vase of flowers . |
| 6 | Further chemical reactions led to living organisms . |
| 7 | Provision made by other agencies , Guide Post Trusts , for example , MENCAP Homes and so on and so forth . |
| 8 | The ever expanding knowledge of the builders led to these forms . |
| 9 | In 1801 the population of England and Wales was under nine million , of whom the great majority lived in rural communities outside London . |
| 10 | Ellis admitted to 22 charges under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 11 | In Japan , as in Germany , love of consensus and the absence of a revolving door leave little room for unorthodox views peddled by independent institutes . |
| 12 | In Saudi Arabia Baker met with foreign ministers from the six GCC countries and Egypt and Syria , who issued a joint statement expressing their appreciation for Bush 's March 6 speech and its " positive treatment " to the Palestinian question . |
| 13 | Taylor led off eight Hurricanes in V7671 , climbing to 28,000 feet , when many Ju87s were seen below at about 10,000 feet just as the A.A. barrage opened up against them . |
| 14 | She tried a red-and-pink Chanel shift , a Lacroix confection splattered with turquoise roses and a long green tube by Azzedine Alaia which made her six foot , 128 lb body look like some exotic serpent . |
| 15 | It was a period when the newly ( re ) found sense of idealism and hope led to great expectations of the rehabilitative force of prison and its alternatives . |
| 16 | In 1989 nickel production reached 46,935 tonnes , of which exports amounted to 46,071 tonnes worth 715,000,000 francs and equivalent to one-fifth of the territory 's budget . |
| 17 | Sarah schemed for several weeks before daring to put forward a proposal . |
| 18 | One by one , from about 5 April , their supplies depleted , badly damaged , often without masts and rigging , and with exhausted crews , Alberoni 's armada crept into any ports its captains could find . |
| 19 | We soon came upon a fascinating group of ancient dwellings , all that remained of the old village where the last inhabitants of Rona lived in primitive conditions and awful isolation until their final evacuation in 1844 . |
| 20 | In November Moscow agreed on United Nations monitoring on both sides of the Afghan border . |
| 21 | This seems to be the logical approach , as the surplus giving rise to the refund arose from excess contributions in past years on which tax relief was claimed . |
| 22 | Lines of eyes peeping and ogling , rows of breasts hoisted and nipples tweaked and Vaselined ; reddened mouths gaped at her , naturists demonstrated star-jumps , plump pink bottoms poked , arch looks pinned her down , and fingers crested with scarlet points beckoned . |
| 23 | The freedom to experiment , to organise classrooms in a way which supported and encouraged children 's learning , and which incidentally ( though not haphazardly ) covered the key areas of the curriculum led to many innovations . |
| 24 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 25 | Productivity improvements led to further losses of jobs , cut from 190,000 in 1979 to 51,600 in 1988 ( Figure 5.6B ) , and to a return to profitability and private ownership , although the survival of the Ravenscraig Works ( Strathclyde ) , threatened in 1990 , was owed to political factors . |
| 26 | Anne McGrath , prosecuting at Chester Youth Court said that sometimes the graffiti re-appeared within 30 minutes of it being cleaned off . |
| 27 | Her hair clung in damp strands to her forehead , emphasising the whiteness of her face with the starkness of a black border on a mourning card . |
| 28 | Originally the coastal Eskimos , Chukchis and Koryaks lived in subterranean lodges like those of the Nivkhs . |
| 29 | Right , Chair , P A G asked for two reports to be produced as part of the budget process , looking in more detail at the budget , and the two specific reports that were asked for , were fire safety and trimming . |
| 30 | Mr Hamlyn operated for four hours on the man who remained in intensive care . |