Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even he had to bow to reality when Czechoslovakia 's two largest parties failed to agree on retaining a common state . |
| 2 | What is important is that , having used their muscle to overthrow the power-sharing executive , the working-class loyalists failed to capitalize by creating an enduring political presence and more traditional loyalist leaders returned to pre-eminence in the struggle against nationalism . |
| 3 | Nevertheless the memory of his stricken face was somehow disturbing and made her feel guilty — a strange and unpleasant sensation that she tried to banish by taking a final look at her patient . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the answer that he has given on paying the guaranteed minimum pension to the Maxwell pensioners is wholly inadequate ? |
| 5 | Rainbow , unaware that she has succeeded in reviving an old Babylonian technique for the conjuration of spirits , blinks at something which is certainly not her own reflection . |
| 6 | GRAHAM HINKLEY , undertaking the restoration to flying condition of a Polish-built MiG-15 at Shoreham Airport , Sussex , and featured in the September FlyPast ( page 16 ) has succeeded in bringing a second aircraft into the country . |
| 7 | That 's why nobody has succeeded in creating a National Collection . ’ |
| 8 | Henry James was followed by the Benson brothers , E. F. Benson the novelist and A. C , for years Master of Oxford 's Magdalen College — I wonder if anyone has succeeded in editing the twenty-six volumes of autobiography he left . |
| 9 | In the event , minor engineering work to the existing twin-catalyst 6.7-litre pushrod V8 has succeeded in achieving the desired results . |
| 10 | and an increase in front-line staff of about 28 per cent. , he has succeeded in securing a yearly increase of 42 per cent . |
| 11 | Especially rich in irony is Le Prestre et Alison , " The Priest and Alison " , in which a lecherous priest believes he has succeeded in bedding a beautiful young girl but has had , in the darkness , an elderly whore substituted for her . |
| 12 | However , it can be argued that neither strategy has succeeded in making a significant enough difference in Third World women 's access to information and skills relevant to them and useful for contributing to development in their communities . |
| 13 | Since it began using the gas phase process in 1979 , ICI has been at the forefront of process control and development and has succeeded in covering the whole product range with this new technology . |
| 14 | Byron 's is not the only ghost to be detected here : the cold hearts of his precursors Lovelace and Laclos 's Valmont are present in Pechorin , who has succeeded in attracting a certain princess . |
| 15 | Despite deep and unremitting opposition from , in particular , the Labour-controlled councils of Lewisham and Southwark , Haberdashers ' Aske 's CTC has succeeded in attracting an overwhelming amount of interest from parents . |
| 16 | Can Sandra Bernhard ( FACE 48 ) seriously believe that , because it is she who is stripping for Playboy and not some ‘ subservient bimbo ’ , she has succeeded in subverting the soft-porn medium ? |
| 17 | From these exceedingly modest sums , the Centre has succeeded in presenting a worthy programme of exhibitions and other events over its twenty years of activity , including Sol LeWitt ( 1976 ) , performances by Dan Graham ( 1976 ) and John Cage ( 1978 ) , Francesco Clemente ( 1978 ) , Cindy Sherman ( 1983 ) , Kiki Smith ( 1990 ) , and Juan Munoz and Genevieve Cadieux ( 1991 ) . |
| 18 | S. A. Kaplan has succeeded in presenting an informal yet exciting introduction to stellar structure and evolution . |
| 19 | Although so far no one has succeeded in interpreting the Etruscan language we can fully appreciate their sculpture , painting and craftsmanship . |
| 20 | The government has responded by increasing the military presence in the area , while the " Mindanao Defenders " , an irregular civilian paramilitary force of a type common in the Philippines , is beginning to intimidate the protestors . |
| 21 | Mutation has to work by modifying the existing processes of embryonic development . |
| 22 | Much of the data on the health effects of radiation has come from studying the surviving victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs , where the Japanese people 's exposure to radiation was of an extremely large dose in a matter of seconds . |
| 23 | These employ close to two-thirds of IBM 's 300,000 strong workforce : remember that Dell Computer Corp 's success has come from engineering the best , lowest-cost distribution strategy , not to a better product . |
| 24 | Even Roxburgh had to admit that over the last year , during which Ferguson has flirted with letting the latter trait get the better of the former , has brought the player an ‘ awareness of the tough , competitive business he is in . ’ |
| 25 | He is succeeded by Russell Planitzer , the company 's chairman and the leader of the buyout group that has struggled since acquiring the former parent , Prime Computer Inc in 1989 . |
| 26 | President , I would take this opportunity on behalf of the region to condra sorry , congratulate Nigel on the excellent work that he has done since becoming the National Health and Safety Officer . |
| 27 | To ask the Attorney-General what progress he has made in identifying the total cost of the ’ Spycatcher ’ litigation . |
| 28 | Instead you should investigate the reasons why progress has faltered by taking an analytical look through your diary . |
| 29 | got ta buy got ta buy a new one in n it ? |
| 30 | These can be designed to deal with taking the initial instructions , recording the requirements of the client and recording matters as the case progresses . |