Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | APSYCHOLOGIST whose research suggests that almost a fifth of pupils are being bullied has called for government action to tackle the problem . |
| 2 | Finally , we should recognize that ours is not the only computer-using community which has felt constrained by industry standard database packages and markup languages which simply could not cater for our dates , currency measures , and time scales . |
| 3 | ANTHONY Brannen has decided to stick to home territory for his last-gasp bid for Olympic selection . |
| 4 | The leadership wants the old baggage left behind ; wants to avoid legislating against public opinion , as with the closed shop ; wants to stick with a hard-headed economic programme . |
| 5 | The control room , although just workable , is very cramped ( especially as it has had to take on committee work ) . |
| 6 | Is he happy with the fact that one of the deprivation factors that he has used relates to car ownership ? |
| 7 | And former Liverpool City Council leader , Sir Trevor Jones , has volunteered to act as appeal treasurer . |
| 8 | Bachelard and Cavaillès agree that the distinguishing characteristic of modern science is the degree to which it has become separated from common-sense knowledge so that consciousness and its concepts are now opposed : |
| 9 | In both countries fingerspelling has become incorporated into sign language communication and deaf people will use fingerspelling with one another . |
| 10 | The number of people in this country whose hearing has become impaired in adult life is very large indeed . |
| 11 | The attempts by banks in recent years to find new sources of deposit has become known as liability management , and signifies an important change in bank behaviour . |
| 12 | Consideration has so far been given only to family situations of legal , or what has become known as common-law marriage and to sexual elements of marriage in our indigenous culture . |
| 13 | This remained a crucial obstacle until well into the 1960s , when attempts began to synthesise the two ideologies , in what has become known as Liberation Theology . |
| 14 | The protected toe area is designed to reduce wear from toe drag . |
| 15 | In particular it has attempted to take on board community aspirations and local authority plans rather than ride roughshod over local wishes . |
| 16 | The latest plan was to provide a temporary mobile home but Mrs Davis has refused to return to caravan life . |
| 17 | EC vice president Martin Bangemann also tried to get rid of prawn cocktail-flavoured crisps . |
| 18 | Press censorship was maintained and several opposition leaders , including members of the dissolved parliament , were arrested for addressing illegal gatherings ( diwwaniya ) which police were reported to have dispersed with tear gas and baton charges . |
| 19 | MIDDLESBROUGH council has declined to appeal against Government charge capping . |
| 20 | There are actually quite a few positive steps forward : for a start , and under intense pressure from environmentalists and scientists , the World Bank has begun to take into account conservation when it is approving projects for funding . |
| 21 | Now that Singapore has virtually full employment , it has begun to move beyond production stage manufacturing and attract foreign investment in research and development and high technology industries such as aircraft assembly , material sciences , biotechnology and information technology . |
| 22 | THE first prediction for the new decade to fall before the new decade has begun comes from World Soccer 's January edition . |
| 23 | First production from Purification , through temporary facilities , is forecast to begin contributing to cash flow early in 1993 . |
| 24 | Now Oslear is wondering if the truth will ever come out — especially as ICC supremo Sir Colin Cowdrey has failed to comment on match referee Deryck Murray 's report and on the umpires ' official findings . |
| 25 | Liz Headleand stared at the scene with a marked lack of dismay , as Kate Armstrong knelt down and started to dust the earth off Giles , looking up to ask anyone who might be interested about the little blobs of white polystyrene that always seem to come mixed with bulb fibre : ‘ What is this stuff ? ’ asked Kate , ‘ I 've often wondered , ’ as she proceeded to re-pot a hyacinth with one hand while stroking Giles 's shoulder with the other . |
| 26 | Police chiefs give support to review of justice system |
| 27 | Police officers investigating the case were shown to have tampered with confession evidence and altered interview notes , a newly developed electrostatic document analysis test having indicated that interview notes were not contemporaneous . |
| 28 | An estimated 5,000 people were thought to have died in township violence since 1986 , more than 1,200 of them since August 1990 . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , first we 've got to get rid of air resistance — so we can see exactly what gravity itself is doing . ’ |
| 30 | The information is duff partly because the polls have not yet found a reliable way to deal with non-voters , or with Do n't Knows ( who may become Do Knows on election day ) . |