Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I understand the position , the duty in negligence arose purely from the fact that the wife was also a customer of the bank . |
| 2 | One review board chairman agreed completely with the inspector , one completely disagreed and in the third case the chairman merely rewrote the report in different words without coming down on one side or the other . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , never for a second was there any lifting in the murderous artillery blanket laid down by the cannon of the opposing sides , now nearly 4,000 strong . |
| 4 | The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 5 | More than half the 12.5 billion kilograms of milk produced annually in the Netherlands today is sold abroad and , of course , Dutch cheeses are renowned as well . |
| 6 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 7 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 8 | Teaching in schools must follow the lines of a national curriculum laid down by the Secretary of State which will dominate approximately 90 per cent of school timetables . |
| 9 | I would like to ask a question , that if this particular rule is n't necessary , then how does a branch go about appealing a decision made elsewhere in the union 's hierarchy ? |
| 10 | The royal favourite gazed moodily around the chamber . |
| 11 | Finally , we showed that indomethacin at a concentration of 100 uM significantly inhibited the chemiluminescence produced chemically by the interaction of hypochlorous acid with luminol . |
| 12 | To the layman they all look pretty similar : crisp emerald weed buoyed up in the stream and then , in July , a snow in summer of glistening white flowers , which spill over the water in a way that seems to spell out the brief abundance of midsummer . |
| 13 | The Ministry of Defence argued strongly against the merger on the grounds that GEC and Plessey were the two largest suppliers of defence electronics in the UK . |
| 14 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 15 | A ‘ Slaven for Scotland ’ number was followed immediately by the striker 's selection for Ireland ; the ‘ Pears for Sweden ’ shirt led inevitably to the goalie missing his England B call up with a fractured cheek bone . |
| 16 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 17 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 18 | However , Soviet trade with the West expanded rapidly in the first half of 1989 , showing a 9 per cent growth in volume , while imports grew by about 11 per cent . |
| 19 | The case arose out of the Executive Agreement concluded between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran which led to the eventual release of the hostages detained in Tehran from November 1979 to January 1981 . |
| 20 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 21 | Then , some time later , Francis Greenway was accused of forgery in connection with a building contract made shortly before the failure ; and , tried at Bristol assizes on 23 March 1812 , he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to transportation for life . |
| 22 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 23 | ‘ When the woman driver got out of the car she went to intervene between the two men . |
| 24 | The driver got out of the car . |
| 25 | A white T-shirt clung faithfully to the contoured steel of his pectoral muscles . |
| 26 | They could hear the younger dog in the distance , his bark muffled now by the rapidly descending cloud . |
| 27 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
| 28 | The money announced today would be a one-off payment made automatically to the victims which would not imply any acceptance of liability on the part of the Government . |
| 29 | Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders . |
| 30 | Friends and colleagues past and present got together at the Brunswick Arms in Stamford Street to give him a big send off . |