Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outcome is that an industry which has skilfully managed to convert a chemical with meagre medical justification and considerable potential for harm ( Grinspoon and Hedblom 1975 ) into a legitimate drug , remained free from federal control to go on manufacturing , distributing , and advertising it . |
| 2 | Dounreay has apparently given AECL a quotation and AECL is now considering it . |
| 3 | In reply , Gorbachev in his Oct. 19 Supreme Soviet address lashed out at Yeltsin , accusing him of getting " carried away trying to mount a show of strength " by demanding creation of a radical coalition government . |
| 4 | And now I learn that the Foundation has just had to purchase a number of canvases from this very donor for a far from meagre amount . |
| 5 | Paul Downton has just failed to reach a snick by Larry Gomes off Derek Pringle , and the response of Botham and Gower says it all . |
| 6 | The Commission has already proposed establishing a compensation fund for damage caused by waste . |
| 7 | But no reported case has been cited to the court in which any judge in any jurisdiction has ever purported to order a doctor to treat a patient in a particular way contrary to the doctor 's will until Waite J. made his order in the present case . |
| 8 | No one who has ever contemplated sending a parcel by British Rail 's Red Star — minimum charge £23.50 for same-day delivery between stations , plus a lot more if you want door-to-door service — will be greatly surprised to learn that the operation is allegedly riddled with inefficiency , waste , and misdirection . |
| 9 | Most notable among the latter were numerous gold bees or cicadas , which appear once to have adorned a cloak , a small bull 's head , also made of gold , and a signet-ring , which identified the occupant of the tomb . |
| 10 | The Jockey Club has always declined to give a reason for its suddenly being seen as performance-affecting , saying only : ‘ Our list is being updated all the time . ’ |
| 11 | Spencer has always longed to have a Spitfire and one day Mike Searle , presumably having recovered from the shock of the Jungmann episode ( see the September issue , page 25 ) , pointed out an advertisement in which some Spitfires were for sale at Strathallan in Scotland . |
| 12 | He had a point there , his reluctant listener admitted , Rose probably had kept a key . |
| 13 | The Darlington MP has also pledged to investigate a Home Office staffing proposal that could provide another 50 policemen . |
| 14 | Don is involved in plans to build a large plastic slope , and golf course , at the site I visited , and has also applied to build a slope at High Wycombe . |
| 15 | Barnes Wallis , son of the man who designed the famous ‘ bouncing bomb ’ , has also agreed to become a patron . |
| 16 | It has also started developing a debit/credit card handling system . |
| 17 | Alwyn has also managed to publish a book Watercolour Painting Course , a step-by-step guide to success , that has already sold thousands of copies in Britain . |
| 18 | Although this literature has now grown to gargantuan proportions , Owens has also managed to discern a number of themes and trends . |
| 19 | Graham Gooch , the England captain , has provisionally agreed to take a group of professional cricketers to compete in an international six-a-side tournament which is planned in Hong Kong for Oct 3-4 , writes Charles Randall . |
| 20 | The European Commission has now decided to draft a proposal dealing specifically with heavy vehicle drivers to enforce harmonisation of working conditions and in particular to ensure a consistent definition of ‘ working time ’ as well as driving time . |
| 21 | The question facing women 's studies today is the extent to which she has , in the last decade , matured into the dutiful daughter of the white patriarchal university — a daughter who threw tantrums and played the tomboy when she was younger , but who has now learned to wear a dress and speak and act almost as nicely as Daddy wants her to . |
| 22 | With Ingres Corp and Informix Software Inc already won over to CAFS Content-Addressable File Store-based database Search Accelerator hardware , ICL says that Oracle Systems Corp has now signed to implement a version of its database for the system , while Sybase Inc is waiting in the wings to follow suit . |
| 23 | Following the meeting , Mr R Mulford has kindly offered to give a talk and slideshow . |
| 24 | She has kindly offered to give a slide show for any who are interested — Please contact Hilary . |
| 25 | RIBA has even proposed staging a debate at its headquarters in London 's Portland Place on the motion that ‘ volume housebuilders give insufficient thought to design , leaving innovation to the designers of individual homes ’ . |
| 26 | Since 29-year-old Melia , from Stretchley , near Sheffield , was taken into custody he has steadfastly refused to say a word to any of the officers who questioned him . |
| 27 | The Association issued in 1975 a compendium , Not by books alone ( Waite and Colebourne 1975 ) but few of the reprinted articles were initiated within the SLA , which has unfortunately tended to resemble a pressure-group of teachers of English i/c Libraries rather than an innovatory body . |
| 28 | Mr Field has previously threatened to force a byelection if he won a majority of the individual votes . |
| 29 | SCOTVEC recognises that the use of levels to describe vocational qualifications is becoming generally accepted and has therefore decided to adopt a system of levels for SVQs which is analogous to that adopted by NCVQ and NVQs . |
| 30 | Mark has recently finished writing a paper on the harmful effects of secrets in families . |