Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun and water power in Toledo : BP Solar Espana is helping to connect a 1MW photovoltaic plant to the Spanish grid near Toledo in central Spain . |
| 2 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 3 | She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape . |
| 4 | The scheme , whose cost is to be shared by Thames Water and the National Rivers Authority , involves building a 10-mile underground pipe to pump water from chalk pits at Northfleet to the river 's middle reaches when necessary . |
| 5 | Mrs Allsopp failed to attend a meeting last night of the Parish Council , of which she 's chairman . |
| 6 | Right , yes , it is important you see is n't it ? , because one of things that happens also I think is , is that we tend to see a motorway and we tend to see a call one side it , and a call the other side , and work on the assumption that we can actually get across the motorway there , or under the motorway there , but sometimes you ca n't can you ? |
| 7 | After five years of negotiations on the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade talks of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , intended to establish new rules liberalizing world trade , negotiators failed to meet a Nov. 1 target date to produce draft agreements . |
| 8 | Alternatively the table values can be found experimentally and , as an aid to this potentially laborious process , Lafreniere ( 1979 ) has developed a microprocessor.based interactive system , which calculates the complete look-up table from a limited number of velocity profile parameters , such as maximum stepping rate , acceleration/deceleration rate . |
| 9 | The British Standards Institution ( BSI ) has developed a UK National Standard ( BS 5750 ) for manufacturing quality carpets . |
| 10 | Some people expect to see a Sigmund Freud-like figure and to lie down on a couch . |
| 11 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 12 | Meanwhile , NCR has formed a $3 million alliance with Software Clearing House Inc to sell Frame Technology Corp 's FrameMaker desktop publishing software into the NCR customer base . |
| 13 | Harris Corp , Melbourne , Florida has formed a telecommunications joint venture with Shenzhen Telecom Equipment Co : Shenzhen Harris Telecom Co Ltd to manufacture and sell Harris 's low- and medium-capacity digital microwave radios and will integrate them with other systems . |
| 14 | Half of these preferred a non-executive style appointment at partnership level , 35% mentioned outside management consultants and 31% said they would consider employing a manager full time . |
| 15 | I tried to write a speech last year and I made a right mess of it , so this year I 'm gon na speak from the heart , because I might get a boo like the leader of the council here , I install water meters . |
| 16 | She has amassed a £94 million fortune through her family 's food , hotel and banking chain , making her the nation 's 13th richest woman . |
| 17 | The leisure group , which has a significant holding in Rank Xerox , has included a summary unaudited balance sheet in its interim report for the first time ( the report covers the 28 weeks ended 16 May 1992 ) . |
| 18 | P-E International Plc has reported a £48,000 net loss for the year to December 31 , struck after £524,000 extraordinary costs associated with the sale of its Applied Skills for Management Ltd subsidiary , on turnover up 3.4% to £71.1m . |
| 19 | Terry has designed a PVC-covered three foot foam mat with an eight inch deep cut-out for fish to be laid in while the fishing hook is removed . |
| 20 | But in January this year , Ironside was caught driving a Renault 14 car at Milford . |
| 21 | LONDON & SOUTH EAST has won a £3.9 million contract to build student accommodation for the University of Hertfordshire . |
| 22 | The region has won a £3 million contract awarded by Birmingham City Council to repair and redecorate 7078 council homes . |
| 23 | The company has won a £24 million contract awarded by the United Overseas Bank for an extension and extensive alterations to its 38-storey Plaza 2 offices in Singapore . |
| 24 | A STUDENT has won a £500 human resources prize from Courtaulds for his work on recruitment techniques and reviewing performance . |
| 25 | For the first time in 14 years , the country 's top sprinter , currently sunning himself in Australia , has decided to skip the event at which he has won a record nine men 's titles . |
| 26 | SCOTLAND has won a £1.1 million contract for Strathclyde Regional Council to build the St John The Baptist Primary School for 495 pupils in Uddingston . |
| 27 | MIDLANDS , WEST & WALES has won a £1 million contract to refurbish 324 houses and flats on the Pool Farm Estate in Birmingham for Birmingham City Council . |
| 28 | The region has won a £4.1 million contract from News International for refurbishment work at the existing printworks in Virginia Street , London EC1 . |
| 29 | JOHN Brown Engineering , the Clydebank-based Trafalgar House subsidiary , has won a £65 million contract to build a gas-fired power station in Malaysia , it was announced yesterday . |
| 30 | NORTHERN region has won a £3.2 million contract for the North Western Regional Health Authority to build a three storey building linking to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Lancashire . |