Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It produces items in almost every conceivable quality , size and design , and has skilfully adapted a wide range of Persian workshop and village compositions to the requirements of Western furnishing tastes . |
| 32 | Marcus , limply , but for a perfectly decent period , took it as it was offered , and then moved on to lay a cold cheek against his mother 's . |
| 33 | Individual differences are obviously a consequence of the particular past experience of each person who has thereby acquired a unique set of skills based on a natural endowment which was also unique . |
| 34 | I did , however , discuss such a marvel with Sir John Harrington , the Queen 's nephew , who has since devised an ingenious system to build a water closet so that privies and latrines can be cleaned by pulling a chain and releasing water . |
| 35 | ‘ He behaved very much like the character he was playing , and everybody treated him like the character , the young kid , ’ recalled Chuck Julian , an actor in the film who has since become a theatrical agent . |
| 36 | Ken McReddie , an actor and assistant stage manager at the Playhouse , who has since become a theatrical agent , remembered Crawford being ‘ very energetic and noticeably good ’ , but there were other memories , too . |
| 37 | THE OFFICIAL , artist-approved re-release of a private pressing from ‘ 74 that has since become a sought-after collector 's item . |
| 38 | What does seem likely , at least in part , is that a practice which began in the Sixties — distinguishing themselves from their left-leaning peers through a pose of premature reactionism — has since become an indistinguishable part of their character . |
| 39 | In a recent review of rural leisure and recreation research Owens ( 1984 ) has commented on not only how participation in rural leisure and recreation grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s , but how it was also accompanied by a surge of interest in applied research which has since spawned an enormous literature . |
| 40 | In 1987 he had declined an offer to direct the National Gallery in London , opting instead to lead the Kimbell where he has since conducted an exemplary acquisitions campaign ; also , he has close ties with Mr Mellon , having served as CEO of the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art , established by the philanthropist at Yale University . |
| 41 | The stock dove almost disappeared from some areas , but , like other species that were hard-hit at the same time , it has since made a good recovery . |
| 42 | The company has since made a remarkable recovery by clearing out its middle management ranks and replacing them with semi-autonomous work teams . |
| 43 | Mrs Brown , 35 , has since made a full recovery but was unable to attend the ceremony because she has moved away from the area . |
| 44 | In spite of her angry and tearful protests Charles insisted on giving the token to the woman who had haunted their courtship and has since cast a long shadow across their married life . |
| 45 | He has since completed a splendid four-timer when making all to take the Group Two Richmond Stakes at Goodwood last week . |
| 46 | He has since died a sad death at Saigon , choked in his own vomit after a bout of energetic drinking . |
| 47 | ICI has since published an environmental policy document with these four objectives as its cornerstones . |
| 48 | Rees has since proved a reliable deputy for Simon Tracey . |
| 49 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |
| 50 | Derrida 's famous paper ‘ Structure , Sign and Play ’ aroused much excitement when it was delivered at a conference on structuralism at Johns Hopkins in 1966 , and has since acquired a mythological significance as the fountainhead of American deconstruction . |
| 51 | Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey were among the first to import them into England , and the painter Hans Holbein has since had a particular type of design named after him because of the number of times it featured in his portraits of Henry and the English Court , Similarly , the Flemish painter Hans Memlinc provides ample pictorial evidence of the passion for oriental rugs in the Netherlands and the Northern Europe . |
| 52 | This is to certify that … has successfully completed an advanced training course in the following subjects : Information Management , Plant Information Systems , Database Design and Construction , Word Processing , and Personal Computer Operating Systems ; and that he has demonstrated his abilities in these subjects by constructing a database of the Economically Useful Plants of India . |
| 53 | Germany has successfully created an internal federation of well balanced parts . |
| 54 | Morrissey , formerly lead singer of the Smiths and now a solo artist , is the central figure in this demi-monde and he has successfully mounted a long career based on a delightfully British blend of prurience and prudery . |
| 55 | When an hypothesis that has successfully withstood a wide range of rigorous tests is eventually falsified , a new problem , hopefully far removed from the original solved problem , has emerged . |
| 56 | His dealings with the chief sources of Opera North 's subsidy , the Arts Council and Leeds City Council , are happy enough , and he has successfully scotched a dismal plan to merge with Scottish Opera , but he worries that Leeds lacks a ‘ coherent cultural policy ’ of the sort that Birmingham and Glasgow have committed themselves to . |
| 57 | The Law Society has successfully resisted a judicial review application by Mr Raymond Curtin concerning imposition of a condition on his practising certificate by an Assistant Director of the Solicitors complaints Bureau . |
| 58 | The sense of relief , and the newfound power , of a queen who has successfully produced a healthy boy emerge in an anecdote told by Charles himself over forty years later : " In the very hour of my birth , my mother Judith sent a ring to Ebbo [ archbishop of Rheims ] , asking him , since he was an archbishop , to pray for the newborn baby . |
| 59 | He has successfully rescued a whole series of major houses , without a penny of historic buildings grants , by adapting them as self-contained houses and cottages . |
| 60 | These ecological considerations , together with the economic advantages that are apparent , must commend the system as one that has successfully modified a traditional subsistence system into a more economic one without major detrimental effects . |