Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever else was lost , the impetus that Winckelmann had given to Greek scholarship in Germany survived ; and if we wish to understand its subsequent history and the remarkable growth of German classical scholarship as a whole , we should not forget his formative contribution , even though much of the impending development can hardly be traced directly back to him . |
| 2 | The company is also examining the possibility of starting minivan production in Europe and Mr Miller said Chrysler had spoken to potential partners . |
| 3 | At a special session of the homeland parliament on March 13 , Ravhele had succumbed to popular demands for a multiparty system and a referendum on reintegration into South Africa , in line with African National Congress ( ANC ) policy which favoured a united , non-racial South Africa . |
| 4 | Although even the thought of a quick divorce from this man , when Liz and Owen had returned to full health , did n't seem to lift her spirits , somehow . |
| 5 | The British consul in Israel maintained that Hurd 's statements to the politicians had been misunderstood , that the UK remained committed to Palestinian self-determination , and that the question of whether or not this led to an independent state was a Palestinian issue . |
| 6 | The failed coup of August had led to fundamental reforms of the KGB [ see p. 38372 ] and the appointment of Vadim Bakatin to replace its former chair , Vladimir Kryuchkov , who had been arrested for his part in the coup . |
| 7 | De Klerk said later that the visit was successful in that it had given the US side " the correct perspective " on developments in South Africa , and that the meeting with Bush had amounted to important progress towards " the final normalization of relations between South Africa and the USA " . |
| 8 | In November there had already been press reports to the effect that UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar had yielded to Moroccan arguments for a broadening of the criteria for inclusion on the list of voters . |
| 9 | On Aug. 5 Mobutu had threatened to suspended the conference following its decision the previous day to resume the use of the country 's name before 1971 , the Republic of Congo , and to adopt the country 's former flag , anthem and motto . |
| 10 | President Alpha Oumar Konare announced on Oct. 9 that France had decided to given financial support for the implementation of the national peace pact signed in April with Tuareg rebels [ see p. 38853 ] . |
| 11 | Richard Baxter had preached to large congregations who listened to him very attentively . |
| 12 | Gen. Kassem asserted that Kuwait had been an integral component of the southern Iraqi province of Basra under Ottoman rule and that Iraq had succeeded to Turkish territorial sovereignty over Basra with the dissolution of the Ottoman empire after the First World War . |
| 13 | It all underlined what I 'd always believed — that Famlio had grown to big , scattered and over-confident , and could be eluded by someone who was small , concentrated and clever . |
| 14 | RCA had agreed to certain kinds of support that got out of hand . |
| 15 | The recording started with the news-reader announcing that Harriet Shakespeare had replied to Free People 's demands . |
| 16 | It has now been decided to write to Rangers asking for their views on statements attributed to the three men since Ferguson 's club dropped him for disciplinary reasons , after which it came to light that Murray had spoken to United 's manager/chairman , Jim Mclean , about buying the Scotland internationalist . |
| 17 | In March 1989 Rocard had reacted to public calls for the assassination of Rushdie by saying that " any further calls for violence or murder will lead to immediate criminal prosecution " . |
| 18 | Within days of Israel 's victory , Shehadeh had suggested to senior Israelis that they should permit the West Bank to declare an independent Palestinian state forthwith , without waiting for a political settlement with the rest of the Arab world . |
| 19 | A very old friend of the family wrote to me when each of my parents died , and from her I had learnt that Sarah had decided to have no more children after Emma , and that Emma had gone to medical school so she is presumably now a doctor somewhere . |
| 20 | Sir Willie Induppe had travelled to various dealing firms , including : Buckingham Securities , Tudorbury Securities , Fox Milton & Co , Instant Rate , and Equity Share ( now UK & General ) . |
| 21 | However , critics pointed out that the Soviet Union already had an upgraded fifth model of the SS-18 and was able , therefore , to get by on half its present firepower ; they also claimed that the USA had bowed to Soviet wishes that the START treaty cover all air-launched , nuclear-tipped missiles with a range of more than 375 miles ( 600 km ) . |
| 22 | The biggest component of these exports was textiles ; in March 1990 the USA had agreed to double Turkey 's quota of textile imports , and in May 1991 the EC increased by 30 per cent the quota for Turkish textiles entering the European market , in which around 40 per cent of imports already came from Turkey . |
| 23 | Behind them the nests of little lights at Ballinluig and Grandtully had dimmed to orange sparks in the fine drizzle . |
| 24 | On March 13 King Michael had written to interim President Ion Iliescu stating that he was prepared to lead the country to democracy through a constitutional monarchy . |
| 25 | By 1975 the overseas staff at Howard had shrunk to single figures . |
| 26 | The raising of fuel prices by 36 per cent in June had led to widespread unrest . |