Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The symptoms , especially noticeable in some spring barleys , range from the odd missing floret to distinctly tapered ears in some wheats where the top and bottom few spikelets have failed to set seed . |
| 2 | Such excessive fines and reliefs headed the list of grievances which the barons presented to King John in 1215 , and Magna Carta made concessions in this respect . |
| 3 | The Commission made concessions in some areas but , backed by the Netherlands and the UK , succeeded in staying within the expenditure ceiling of ECU32,500 million set in February 1988 [ see p. 35914 ] . |
| 4 | The Organisers shall effect insurance covering the above- mentioned risks in such sum as shall be adequate in all the circumstances for the benefit of the Organisers and the University . |
| 5 | The officer , Mr. Matthews , who lived in St. Ann 's Street , was a keen member of the Local Amateur Dramatic Society and visited schools in another capacity — that of conjuror — an art in which he excelled . |
| 6 | We built factories in those caves . |
| 7 | So it was not until we set out to explore the headland of Snaefellsness that we encountered sea-birds in any numbers . |
| 8 | Computerised composition and the previous generation of photo-typesetters , which came into their own during the 1970s , described characters in this way , known as ‘ bit-mapping ’ . |
| 9 | Some 150,000 homes changed hands in this way in 1988 . |
| 10 | In 1951 , another purine , 6-mercaptopurine ( 6-MP ) , was found which caused remissions in some leukaemias . |
| 11 | She obediently played sports in all weathers without complaint . |
| 12 | The same writer also states : " The Bishop of Rochester remained at Hailing and Trottescliffe , where he conferred orders in both places and at certain intervals , " he continues , " this mortality swept away so vast a multitude of both sexes that none could be found to carry the corpses to the grave , men and women bore their own offspring to the Church and cast them into a common pit , and from these pits came such a great stench that hardly anyone dared cross the cemeteries . " |
| 13 | Its simplistic political viewpoint may have correctly reflected attitudes at the time it was set ; but it provided a target for the anti-war movement and provoked demonstrations in many cities world-wide when it was shown . |
| 14 | I therefore suggest that all possible steps are taken to dispose soonest of all surrendered personnel in this area either to Italy or their homes whichever may be the policy . " |
| 15 | I therefore suggest that all possible steps are taken to dispose soonest of all surrendered personnel in this area whether German , Austrian or Russian by moving them to northern Italy or their homes whichever may be the policy . |
| 16 | He was therefore asking as a matter of urgency that " all possible steps " should be taken " to dispose soonest of all surrendered personnel in this area whether German , Austrian or Russian " by " moving them to northern Italy or their homes whichever may be the policy " . |
| 17 | Of German , French , and Swiss stock , she was educated at South Hampstead High School and at Newnham College , Cambridge , where , in addition to several scholarships and prizes , she obtained firsts in both parts of the classical tripos ( 1903 and 1904 ) , followed by a research fellowship . |
| 18 | I showed paintings in many south coast towns and in the early 19802 began to show in London , first at the Patrick Searle Gallery in Motcomb Street and then at the Mercury Gallery , my present dealers . |
| 19 | Even then they do n't get a break , because they are woken suddenly at night and asked questions in some language they are not supposed to speak . |
| 20 | Concern over the extent of environmental pollution prompted the formation of ecological groups , the chief of which , the Ecological Movement , fielded candidates in all constituencies for the Assembly and Senate elections . |
| 21 | One dealer of the author 's acquaintance addressed sellers in this manner : " Sell ? |
| 22 | Although the SNP recorded swings in several seats it failed to breakthrough in the Labour seats it would need to win in any significant nationalist revival . |
| 23 | The resultant lack of manpower prompted authorities in several regions to declare a state of emergency and to call on all able-bodied citizens to help with harvesting . |
| 24 | Cigarette companies picked up the idea a hundred years later and included romances in each packet of cigarettes . |
| 25 | He very soon diversified , however , and his subsequent career included investigations in many areas . |
| 26 | To prove his point he has taken on the legal profession and , with no legal training whatsoever , tied judges in such knots they have overruled each other . |
| 27 | Contact with alien , European , societies initiated changes in these land tenure and inheritance arrangements . |
| 28 | But millions of theatregoers remembered Miss Hayes for her long-running Broadway career that included leads in such shows as What Every Woman Knows ( 1926 ) , Mary of Scotland ( 1933 ) , Harriet ( 1944 ) and Mrs McThing ( 1952 ) . |
| 29 | The cellular machinery of the regulated pathway and associated processing enzymes may be poorly represented in colorectal cancer cells , and consequently the apparent failure to process progastrin derived peptides in these tumours is not surprising . |
| 30 | these skivvies , in , what we called skivvies in those days , at these big houses up round a about the village . |