Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential document written by Anglian Water to the Scottish Office about the reorganisation of Scottish water . |
| 2 | He told a Westminster press lunch : ‘ I want to see a Conservative government returned at the next general election under Margaret Thatcher 's leadership . ’ |
| 3 | Uncle H has developed a fascinating heresy based on the idea that exactly what you did to other people while you were alive gets done right back to you once you 're dead . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Inc hopes to get one of its workstations on BBC1 's Tomorrow 's World science television programme in the UK tomorrow : Oklahoma State University 's Dr Marvin Stone has developed a hand-held device dubbed ‘ the thumper ’ which can measure the ripeness of a watermelon by delivering a blow to its skin and Sparcstations can put up a colour map indicating the ripeness of a field of watermelons from data downloaded to it from the thumper . |
| 5 | He has joined a new group called The Popguns who have appeared several times in the independent charts . |
| 6 | Szekeres ( 1972 ) has indicated how to integrate this equation using Riemann 's method , and has given a general solution expressed as a line integral involving a Legendre function of order -½ . |
| 7 | ( There are spiders too : an engineer , inspecting the Lake as it was filling , reported seeing a half-drowned tree covered with what appeared to be black foliage : he paddled alongside , then shot away as fast as his blades could carry him . |
| 8 | As annual consumption of wine has risen from five to 11 litres per head in the decade between 1977 and 1987 , the high-street off-licence has seen a golden opportunity snatched from under its nose by the supermarkets . |
| 9 | Beryl Chapman , the author , has written a small workbook based on many years of experience for a variety of people to use , not as a large reference book . |
| 10 | It should , in my opinion , only be in the rare cases where the very issue of interpretation which the courts are called on to resolve has been addressed in Parliamentary debate and where the promoter of the legislation has made a clear statement directed to that very issue , that reference to Hansard should be permitted . |
| 11 | Thirdly , as most of this century has produced a managerial literature based on a fervent belief in rationality and structure in organizations , power as a subject of investigation goes somewhat against the trend because it incorporates so much that is irrational , indefinable and not easily structured into neat manuals of best practice . |
| 12 | The Finnish instrument maker Suunto , has produced a new unit called the Solution . |
| 13 | The man born Reginald Dwight 45 years ago in Pinner , Middlesex , has had a spectacular career founded on talent and outrageous presentation . |
| 14 | Hartlepool goalkeeper Martin Hodge has had a two-match ban quashed at an FA appeal hearing . |
| 15 | Yet this is now the fourth general election in a row in which Scotland has had a Tory government imposed upon it against the wishes and the votes of the overwhelming majority of its people . |
| 16 | The Victorian Society , London , has commissioned a new report entitled ‘ Coming Unstuck : the removal of fixtures from listed buildings ’ . |
| 17 | Japan 's government is deeply opposed to what America 's trade representative , Mickey Kantor , has called a new policy geared to ‘ quantifiable results ’ for some products . |
| 18 | The Städel 's Graphische Sammlung has contributed a special display grouped around the ‘ The Glove ’ , the series of ten etchings ( 1881 ) which made Klinger famous and which influenced Max Ernst and other surrealists . |
| 19 | Freya is usually depicted wearing a magic necklace forged in the sun called Brisingamen , and a cloak made of falcon 's wings . |
| 20 | Two decades later the gallery has become an international institution recognised throughout the photographic communities of the world . |
| 21 | Students often hesitate to let a rhythmic design run on for a long period , fearing monotony ; they therefore begin something different every few bars , sometimes in the belief that changing words need a constantly changing accompaniment . |
| 22 | Under the terms of the referendum the government was committed to devise a detailed proposal based on MMP . |
| 23 | They claimed that the party was in the grip of militant right-wing extremists , and proposed to form a new party led by Özal . |
| 24 | If you have inherited patio doors from the previous owner and it would be too expensive to replace them , you might consider having a sliding grille fitted behind the doors , which can be pulled across and locked when you are out . |
| 25 | The BA ( Hons ) design student has invented a poop-scooping device called a poopet , a cardboard contraption for disposing of dog dirt which is based on the principle of a puppet . |
| 26 | Although the advertising industry is almost promiscuous in its use of verbal slogans , the creative emphasis falls more and more upon the persuasive power of imagery — slow motion shots demonstrating the lustrous lightness of newly washed hair , or the soft resilience of freshly laundered towels — in fact it would be tiresome to list the repertoire of non-verbal devices deliberately designed to by-pass a critical vigilance based upon language . |
| 27 | The taxpayer may seek to raise a robust argument based on fundamental Schedule E rules that the benefit should be limited to the amount which the taxpayer could obtain on a sale of the rights ( Tennant v Smith ( 1892 ) 3 TC 158 , Abbott v Philbin ( 1960 ) 39 TC 82 and Heaton v Bell ( 1969 ) 46 TC 11 ) . |
| 28 | be willing to take time away from the office to work in a quiet place such as a library when you want to get an important job done to a deadline |
| 29 | Professor Clare was also expected to deliver a public lecture entitled ‘ The Stigmata of Mental Illness ’ later tonight . |
| 30 | Paddy End Vein was the first to be cut in these levels and its course can easily be seen in the cliff or scar to the west of Levers Water where ancient mining has left a conspicuous cleft known as Simon 's Nick . |