Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winners pictured left to right Mr M. Mullalley , Cheltenham ; Mrs M. Clist , Bournemouth ; Ms J. Riordan , Plymouth and Mr D. Fisher of Liversedge West Yorks . |
| 2 | His eyes had gone to positive slits by now . |
| 3 | Ruth swung to see his eyes had changed to cold hostility and the set of his jaw was so damned determined it chilled her to the very marrow of her bones . |
| 4 | The Communist Party wrote to the National Executive of the Labour Party on 25 November applying for affiliation ; they based their claim on the federal nature of the labour movement and the help which Communists had given to Labour candidates . |
| 5 | The mistakes occurred over a ‘ considerable period ’ when responsibility for individual loans was transferred between benefit offices because recipients had moved to new addresses . |
| 6 | The most worrying aspect of all , for Corby , however , was that many parents felt they were kept in the dark about what was happening , so that while there were exceptions , and in some cases social workers had gone to great lengths to explain the system and the likely outcomes , in two cases the parents were not aware until later in the process that they and their children were the subjects of child abuse investigations . |
| 7 | Under-resourcing over many years had led to inordinate delays . |
| 8 | Her cries had subsided to little hiccups . |
| 9 | The lights had changed to green but nobody was going anywhere unless I moved . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the use of powerful and wealthy nobles and kings as missionizers had led to proprietary churches and monasteries , that is to churches which were built and financed or " owned " by laymen who might make their own appointments . |
| 11 | If in the 1960s firms had responded to regional policy assistance , for instance , it was necessary to know why at that time they had needed that assistance . |
| 12 | Once things had returned to normal , he would have been quietly elbowed out of power so that the parties could resume their disastrous " game " . |
| 13 | Warner Bros remained committed to social drama and their ideas boys eagerly perused the papers for potential stories . |
| 14 | Prior to 1917 most Belorussian peasant farms had belonged to individual families and had averaged less than 20 acres . |
| 15 | The most striking difference from Smolensk lay in the large numbers of peasant communes : before 1917 most Belorussian farms had belonged to individual families . |
| 16 | The outcome has removed strains between members of the committee which last week resulted in Coun. Mrs Scott expressing ‘ disappointment ’ that some other members had written to local politicians about the unit while she was away on holiday . |
| 17 | The restlessness of industrialists at being expected to take the brunt of sacrifices had led to commercial consumers ( shops , offices , hotels , etc. ) also being brought into the load spreading arrangements in 1948 . |
| 18 | Palestinian negotiators asserted that the Israelis were at last beginning to appreciate the damage their punitive measures had done to popular support for the peace talks in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 19 | The issue of two-year degrees had led to long discussions on the Council . |
| 20 | Technology company AWA had sued DRT ( then Deloitte Haskins & Sells ) , claiming that its negligence during two 1986 audits had contributed to foreign exchange losses . |
| 21 | The ANC indicated that it was prepared to meet Inkatha at a multiparty meeting in the context of the National Peace Accord [ see p. 38422 ] , but expressed unwillingness to hold bilateral talks , arguing that previous meetings had failed to produced effective results [ see pp. 37951-52 ] . |
| 22 | Unfounded optimism over anticipated revenue from oil exports had led to major increases in imports in 1989 [ see p. 37016 for unsuccessful commencement of oil exports in 1988 ] . |
| 23 | However , by May 23 fears of widespread violence had receded and most cities and towns had returned to normal . |
| 24 | The Gnomes had gone to considerable trouble ; Culdub and Bith had sat up long hours and consulted books and chronicles and there had been much burning of late candles and worried scurryings to and fro between the Gnomes ' houses in the little mountain village . |
| 25 | The point was that their claims had gone to different adjudication officers and they had made different decisions . |
| 26 | But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals . |
| 27 | Rather than only recording those instances of violence that the women had reported to official agencies such as the police , they explored a wide range of violent incidents from the women 's points of view . |
| 28 | Many of their employees had travelled to sub-Saharan Africa , south or South East Asia , and Latin America , where HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases are prevalent . |