Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A survey by Spectrum Communication Group showed that 70 per cent of the companies questioned intended to increase their budget allocation to conferences for 1985/86 , whereas only 19 per cent estimated that their budgets would be decreased . |
| 2 | In this study , most of the patients with severe constipation failed to increase their motility index after eating . |
| 3 | We want to see their country benefit from all of this . |
| 4 | Will the Chancellor assist businesses in making their investment plans by telling us whether he has revised his growth forecast for this year in the light of the Prime Minister 's statements in his new year interview , which seemed to cast considerable doubt on the growth forecasts given earlier ? |
| 5 | Donald had forgotten to reset his alarm clock for Daylight Savings Time , and was out in the street at 5.30am : prime drug-dealing time . |
| 6 | Hoylake withdraws action : Hoylake has withdrawn its court action against the insurance commissioners in nine US states , challenging their right to review its bid for BAT Industries . |
| 7 | This page and View from City Road , page 33 Fitton drops bid : Andrew Fitton , the chief executive of Braithwaite , has withdrawn his recapitalisation offer for Eagle Trust . |
| 8 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 9 | ( 7 ) The possibility of commencing the offer timetable so that the target has to issue its defence document at a difficult time ( eg during a holiday period or a particularly busy time of year for the target ) may secure a tactical advantage ( see para 13.3.3 below ) . |
| 10 | Only one country is expected to see its GNP decline between the two years : Sweden , with a 0.5% drop . |
| 11 | My Lords , the case for relocating the areas that my Noble Friend spoke about , will be considered when the British Library has completed its investment appraisal for use of the surplus land . |
| 12 | One in three has consulted their family doctor during the past five years about stress-related symptoms . |
| 13 | As a result of an innovation introduced in 1969 , this is now more formally recognized : candidates are permitted to include their party designation on the ballot paper . |
| 14 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 15 | The disclosure comes after last night 's announcement by the UVF that it has lifted its death threat against prison officers . |
| 16 | The Minister for the Economy for Northern Ireland , Mr. Richard Needham , in the foreword to this publication has outlined a number of reasons why Northern Ireland companies should seek to increase their market share through exports . |
| 17 | Zimbabwe has quadrupled its food production in the last decade and has proved not only that small farmers are vastly more effective than large landowners but also that Green-Revolution techniques can be harnessed to help the poor — provided the political will is there . |
| 18 | ACTRESS Lisa Bonet , 24 , who plays Bill Cosby 's teenage daughter Denise Huxtable in The Cosby Show , has wed her yoga teacher in secret , I hear . |
| 19 | Rush , the Echo 's Liverpool Man-of-the-Match winner last season , has carried his scoring form into the summer by notching the third goal in Wales ' 3–0 World Cup win over the Faroe Islands last weekend . |
| 20 | The Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking in the heart of Seattle ( Washington , USA ) , has addressed his problem head on and , by the look of its showroom , has solved it . |
| 21 | In the UK , ICL plc has previewed its Search Accelerator for the Informix relational database running on Unix SVR4 . |
| 22 | In recent years , it has supplemented its news service with training schemes for journalists from all regions of the world . |
| 23 | He has won our launch prize of a fabulous three day trip to the San Marino Grand Prix in addition to a £1,000 Gold Award . |
| 24 | Data General Corp , which will be co-developing subsequent releases , has built its office strategy around onGO and so onGO will appear first in April on its AViiON boxes and IBM Corp RS/6000s . |
| 25 | Data General , which will be co-developing subsequent releases , has built its office strategy around onGO and so onGO will appear first in April on its AViiON boxes plus IBM RS/6000s . |
| 26 | I think of a lady who , now seventy , has attended her parish church in Edinburgh regularly year by year for forty years . |
| 27 | IN these times of recession , the advice is DO N'T PUT YOUR CASH INTO CARS — as any classic car owner who has seen his investment crash through the floor will tell you . |
| 28 | He has upgraded his profit forecast for BAT from £1.49 billion to £1.56 billion given that the profit on the deal will go above the line in the second quarter . |
| 29 | Unisys Corp has moved its microprocessor implementation of its basic A-series mainframe architecture up the line and has created new entry-level A Series ‘ openFrame ’ enterprise servers and added software that increases open communications and client-server computing capabilities for existing and new users across the A Series family . |
| 30 | MOVIE star Britt Ekland has turned her panto debut in Aladdin at Birmingham 's Hippodrome into a family affair by inviting her four-year-old son Thomas Jefferson and 14 relatives . |