Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan involves building an enormous tapering chimney , up to 3,000 feet high and 1,000 feet across the base . |
| 2 | Thus if the coursework involves using an EP system called X , then X source files should be in a form that other tools can read . |
| 3 | Predicating a theme involves using an it-structure ( also called a cleft structure ) to place an element near the beginning of the clause , as in It was the book that received a great deal of publicity in China , it was a great deal of publicity that the book received in China , or It was in China that the book received a great deal of publicity . |
| 4 | This involves gaining an idea of villagers ' senses of their past and future fates , their senses of history , and their identities with others sharing or differences from those not sharing their fates . |
| 5 | It has emphasized an aspect of psychology that is particularly important for the discipline 's status and influence . |
| 6 | Someone who has received an object in exchange is like a buyer ; and so is someone who has received it in payment or retained it after settlement of a law suit or obtained it on the basis of a promise otherwise than as a gift . |
| 7 | The plant has received an energy conservation grant under the EC 's Thermie programme in recognition of the expected reduction in CO2 output . |
| 8 | Every club in the country has received an invitation to enter from the FBAS . |
| 9 | Since the antimatter particle did not have any existence before , the Universe has received an injection of extra energy ; on the other hand , it has lost the energy of the particle that fell into the black hole , so things seem to have evened themselves out . |
| 10 | Dr Proctor , already a wealthy man , has received an eight figure sum for the movie rights to his forthcoming autobiography What 's Cookin' , Doc ? , and director Kim Newman has already announced his intention to cast either Jeremy Irons or Steve Martin in the leading role . |
| 11 | Lindner , who was set to join Leeds until they swooped for Kiwi centre Kevin Iro last week , has claimed he has received an offer from another English First Division club . |
| 12 | Now the J/44 , which was launched only last year , has received an exceptional response worldwide , with 57 boats already on the water or in the process of construction . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the hospitals in respect of which he has received an expression of interest in opting out or establishing a national health service trust . |
| 14 | In one stroke Lyle has added 230 retailers to their list of customers and Stoddard 's Contract Division has received an order for 15,200 square meters of Custom carpeting for two Stakis Country Court Hotels . |
| 15 | The former Royal maid accused of stealing letters from Princess Anne has received an apology from the national newspaper which called her a thief . |
| 16 | A pensioner who pulled two people from a burning car has received an award for heroism . |
| 17 | Labour 's Stuart Bell , who is defending Middlesbrough in the General Election , has received an inscribed glass paperweight from the League Against Cruel Sports for supporting the Second Reading of the Wild Animals ( Protecion ) Bill on February 14 . |
| 18 | A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs . |
| 19 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 20 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 21 | Mrs Mandela will appear in court on the 24th of September ; the attorney general says he has received an undertaking from her lawyer that she will cooperate with the investigation and she will not be taken into custody . |
| 22 | UCM , a software house from Hove , has developed an animated video showing the workings of the Difference Engine No 2 . |
| 23 | She can only equip herself to face the world from a secure position when she has developed an internal strength which will come from the accumulation of power by centres of growth which lie far outside the existing bureaucracies of government , party and presidential palace . |
| 24 | Seiko in Japan has developed an STM capable of accurately placing the needle anywhere on the five-inch wafers of silicon on which microelectronic circuitry is printed before it is diced into chips . |
| 25 | FOR a supposed corpse , America 's junk-bond market has developed an unnerving habit of sporadically twitching into life . |
| 26 | Prince Charles , on the other hand , has developed an apparently informal style , easy , genuinely popular , with a nice line in self-deprecating jokes . |
| 27 | Tekhne has developed an automated gas from oil extraction system . |
| 28 | Revusky ( 1971 , 1977 ) has developed an account of the role of interference effects in associative learning that has proved applicable to a wide range of phenomena . |
| 29 | From this has developed an extremely high quality culture service , without which , as will be seen in the chapter on gonorrhoea , it is difficult to cope adequately with the disease , particularly in women . |
| 30 | The firm has developed an electronic chip that can bring piecemeal systems under unified control . |