Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , ethnographers tend rather to play down the question of whether their particular group is typical of others , but the reader must recognize that the choice of group is a kind of sampling , and the question of representativeness must arise . |
| 2 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 3 | After which , his empty sledge on his back , he would walk and clamber slowly back up the steepness to enter once more into the dripping slate shaft and repeat the exhausting process . |
| 4 | They tackled like demons and when they were able to run the ball back at the Londoners their refusal to capitulate eventually wore down the opposition . |
| 5 | French plastic manufacturers and bottle suppliers have joined together to set up a recycling company , " Valorplast " , which intends to recycle around 1 billion plastic bottles by the year 1996 . |
| 6 | He sought only to take up the challenge they had thrown down in their fight against Fascism and Britain . |
| 7 | Space is limited so fill in the coupon on page 188 ( before May 11 ) to book a place at the most entertaining and educational event of the year — or risk being Green with envy ! |
| 8 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 9 | Taylor has since brought in a consultancy company to examine his public relations techniques . |
| 10 | She has successfully set up a resource centre for materials from Christian Aid and the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund . |
| 11 | If the patient has successfully carried out the task that was agreed he should now be helped to plan what to do before the next session . |
| 12 | Ken Robinson , too , has successfully taken on the role of one-man interpreter , friend , challenger , articulator and spokesman not only for drama but for the arts in education generally ( 1980 and 1982 ) . |
| 13 | Habsburg dynasty Dr Otto von Habsburg , son of the last King-Emperor of Hungary , has politely turned down an offer to stand in next month 's Hungarian presidential election as the candidate of the Smallholders party . |
| 14 | The Open Software Foundation has unofficially put out a Request For Technology for its next generation graphical user interface , UEC II , ( UX No 392 ) . |
| 15 | However , so long as we remain in the Community , Parliament has effectively handed over a number of functions that it has traditionally fulfilled . |
| 16 | Detectives praised the help they received from the public , saying the artist 's impression of Katherine 's attacker helped greatly to bring about a conviction . |
| 17 | They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . |
| 18 | Fedelma has only started up the business since beginning the course and has found it a ‘ great practical help ’ . |
| 19 | Press gently to squeeze out a star of icing , stop the pressure , and pull away the nozzle tip so that the icing star forms to a point and breaks off . |
| 20 | Q : Have you ever considered just hanging up the business ? |
| 21 | Objectivity of the scientific and economic ilk has progressively driven out the Utopianism which had previously permeated science and technology . |
| 22 | She retched and failed , squeezed , tried again , tried desperately to choke out the stodge that blocked her . |
| 23 | THE BRITISH government 's decision to pour taxpayers ' money into a new factory to make video tape for the Japanese firm , Hitachi , has finally killed off the idea of putting a tax on the tape . |
| 24 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 25 | After months of pursuing its quarry , it looks like IXI Ltd has finally nailed down the OEM agreement with DEC for its X.desktop manager that has been long in the making . |
| 26 | The Magyars were a nomad people of the steppes , claiming kinship with those Huns who briefly occupied the Danubian basin in the fifth century and who helped finally to bring down the edifice of Roman power in the West . |
| 27 | safety candle , but it was very pretty , it 's from Marks & Spencers and she said er your candle has , has just give up the rights of last night . |
| 28 | Jackie Gardner takes exhibits to horticultural shows all over the country and the nursery has just picked up a Gold Medal at Chelsea . |
| 29 | The French prime minister has just thrown down a gauntlet to America on agricultural trade : he wants to rewrite the deal recently struck by America and the EC on farm exports ( see page 92 ) . |
| 30 | Jacques Poos , the foreign minister of Luxembourg ( which has just taken over the Community 's rotating presidency ) , expressed the hope that he would be authorised to visit Baghdad on its behalf . |