Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 16-bit ’ audio has a signal-to-noise ratio which comfortably exceeds the full dynamic range of an orchestra , so it became possible to record orchestral music without any need to compress its dynamic range . |
| 2 | During the Sixties and Seventies the systems gradually improved , the computer parts got more powerful and cheaper and it even became possible to get some sort of an idea as to what the page might look like . |
| 3 | Loans were handled as the National Debt rather than the royal debt and it became possible to raise long-term loans with the authority of Parliament behind them , and even to float loans on terms which meant that the principal would never be repaid but that , because the interest would be paid regularly forever , it would be possible to treat the bond for the debt as an asset which could be bought and sold . |
| 4 | The words " receiving " " undertaking " and " arranging " all seem to suggest a positive act , but " assisting " covers omissions , provided that there is a legal duty to act : Brown [ 1970 ] 1 QB 105 ( CA ) — allowing another to place stolen goods on his property . |
| 5 | Such suspicions were reinforced when he made this pampered favourite Duke of Lennox and granted him the revenues of Arbroath abbey . |
| 6 | Mr Robin Cook , who wants Labour to adopt proportional representation for Westminster elections , could also be tempted to run but he does not command strong support in the party . |
| 7 | Its ability to trickle along at three-figure revs is legendary , and it has that thumping great reserve of power if you need it . |
| 8 | HBsAg positive individuals ( accounting for 3% of our cirrhotic population ) were excluded because at the outset of the trial hepatitus B virus immunisation was not widely available to theatre staff and it was not deemed acceptable to expose such staff to the risks of infection undergoing elective surgery . |
| 9 | Quorum says that it has some Echo Logic-type technology in development that it calls Autoport and might be interested in a cross-licensing deal — see page four . |
| 10 | Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately . |
| 11 | Estée Lauder 's latest launch , Time-Zone , looks set to continue this preoccupation with dry skin as one of the first and most uncomfortable signs of an ageing complexion . |
| 12 | Norwich 's record buy , Darren Beckford , looks set to join relegation-threatened Oldham for £500,000 . |
| 13 | However , because of the deeply held pessimism in Whitehall it was considered pointless to make detailed plans for an evacuation that would take place in an atmosphere of panic and confusion ; railway timetables would matter little if bombs were raining down . |
| 14 | The tour , sponsored by New Zealand 's Rugby News magazine , also looks likely to include four games in Ireland . |
| 15 | He ran on in the latter stages , but never looked likely to justify heavy support in the betting market . |
| 16 | In most psychiatric units it is now usually considered inappropriate to have one member of staff constantly accompany a patient at risk . |
| 17 | One of you stands still holding one end of the string ; the other walks round marking out a circle with the chalk on the ground , holding the other end and keeping the string pulled tight . |
| 18 | No photographer has better described manual labour in the heavy industries , or the settlements in which these industries are sited . |
| 19 | The introduction of the National Insurance and Workmen 's Compensation Acts meant that many employers were becoming reluctant to employ deaf people in case they had to pay higher premiums just to employ them . |
| 20 | Congress , time and time again , the majority of our sponsored MPs appear unable to sustain any sort of attack on this government 's policies . |
| 21 | It comes with a Sybase SQL Server interface , enabling full read-write client-server access to Sybase from AIX , OpenVMS , MS-DOS and OS/2 clients . |
| 22 | Despite having dispensed with sundry items deemed essential to sustain European stomachs on their World Cup visit in 1987 — doctor , diet sheets , microwave oven and Tesco-sponsored tuck-boxes all left them flushed , as it were , with lack of success — England have been here almost a week , practising every day in sauna-bath temperatures for their opening match against Sri Lanka on Sunday . |
| 23 | They argue that we do not know enough to develop meaningful theories of psychological processes and relegate theories to the level of intellectual devices for stimulating experimentation . |
| 24 | PETER Swales is unlikely to find any escape this week from the pressures of being one of soccer 's most powerful men . |
| 25 | But in practice , government intervention may be considered desirable to neutralize short-term disturbances in the exchange markets . |
| 26 | In particular , it may be considered desirable to have universal access to basic utilities and essential services . |
| 27 | The company had to halt as it became impossible to make any progress through the press of bodies . |
| 28 | Critics claimed that economic success had done little to alleviate fundamental problems of poverty and the grossly unequal distribution of income . |
| 29 | The extra strength of synthetic fibre allows Evergreen to spin finer yarns with efficiency . |
| 30 | They say it 'll do little to bring long-term trade to the city , and will only encourge tour operators to use Oxford as a picturesque bus-stop . |