Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But is the thing is budget led at this stage , I mean is n't that , are we really , is n't the
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 One Soviet writer argued in this vein that the EEC proposal was not directed at the neutralisation of Afghanistan at all but at hiding the ‘ undeclared war against the Afghan people ’ .
5 So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants .
6 The 1988 budget occurred during that period and proposed legislation such as the Housing Bill , poll tax , Education Bill , Consumer Protection Act , Financial Services Act , Legal Aid Bill , Immigration Bill and Criminal Justice Bill had to be monitored .
7 This judgement was made by comparing the percentage of the regional budget devoted to this service with the corresponding percentages in other regions .
8 As the driver stopped at this junction the girl managed to jump out of the car .
9 As for the reform of the National Health Service , it is already well established that every hour devoted to this subject plays into Labour 's hands .
10 His black hair sprouted at all angles from his scalp and he still had n't found time to shave .
11 Inside the plant , levels of radiation in the abandoned reactor building rose to many times the lethal level .
12 No great change occurred in this situation until the outbreak of the crisis and the introduction of the adjustment policies .
13 The exclusion of women from the paid labour force became in many areas an important part of the development of both working-class ‘ respectability ’ and of notions of working-class manhood .
14 Erm , members will be aware of the at the bottom of Abbey Foregate , opposite the Abbey which work is currently under way on , erm initial discussions with County Council officers from E E D department led to some suggestions being made .
15 Chlorine was used at the same time , and one may suppose that confusion arose in many minds about their separate effects .
16 How the lighting industry got from this point in its technology to today 's sources is a tale of technical give and take .
17 A fair point , maybe , but one that smacks of the kind of social-comment spuriousness spouted by many fashion editors who ought to know better .
18 Violence and disruption occurred during both rounds .
19 The labour cost of this work would be presented to the Camphill Building Fund as our gift/donation .
20 Dot woke on that morning that could have been the last morning of her life and knew by the brightness reflected across the ceiling that she was safe , for the roads would still be blocked .
21 I stress we are not anti-Europe and nor was this meant to be a mischievous motion , but we are very distrustful about any deal negotiated by any member of this government .
22 The heads of various departments , foremen and other key workers were recruited from just across the county boundary in Sheffield and south Yorkshire ; the rest of the labour force came from many parts of Britain and Ireland .
23 Much of Sir Charles Irving 's personal vote came from these areas , where many know of his extraordinary personal kindness .
24 The boys were waiting to cross the road here and the horse came down this lane , galloped straight across the road in front of the traffic then onto the pavement , tried to jump over the boys and jumped onto the boys .
25 I was absolutely delighted , colleagues , when the , er , recommendation came through that Eric should be awarded the gold badge because I could personally testify that there can be no better winner or holder of the G M gold badge .
26 Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious .
27 Further along the landing light came from another room .
28 The mayor appealed to both sides to spare the city 's Turkish-era centre as terrified residents prepared for a long night in cellar shelters .
29 It has no emotional effect upon the reader because it does n't show how the poet came to these conclusions .
30 By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied .
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