Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Audit Commission has examined achieving value for money in areas such as the management of the council housing stock , and has produced reports on absenteeism through sickness , on the police , on refuse collection and on schools . |
| 2 | Similarly in Re New Mashonaland Exploration Company Vaughan Williams J commented , obiter , that where a company has resolved to lend money on security , to have parted with the money before the security had been created would have been negligent . |
| 3 | The government has decided to take power over sex education out of the hands of local authorities and give it to school governors and parents . |
| 4 | For the first time in its history , the Conference of European Churches ( CEC ) has decided to give priority to communication issues , placing particular emphasis on media ethics . |
| 5 | Faced with rapidly diminishing timber reserves , the Malaysian federal government has decided to assume control over log exports from the state of Sabah . |
| 6 | Rangers manager Walter Smith has decided to keep faith with goalkeeper Ally Maxwell for tomorrow 's Premier league game at Tynecastle . |
| 7 | But the federal Department of Energy has helped to accelerate research on waste disposal by arguing that these pools are becoming dangerously crowded — an argument the plants ' owners echo . |
| 8 | Ernst & Young has offered to pay compensation to Sound Diffusion investors who took up shares in a rights issue seven months before the electrical equipment company collapsed . |
| 9 | British Rail are helpful ; the Water Authority with its moderate drainage scheme and its new pumping station has promised to keep wildlife in mind when regulating levels ; the South Yorkshire County Council gives useful financial assistance ; the Manpower Services Commission provides stalwart helpers . |
| 10 | Again , traditional teaching has tended to dissociate grammar from context and to deal in isolated sentences . |
| 11 | This pays particular attention to the body of law which has attempted to redress abuse of power by central and local government , and other organisations . |
| 12 | John Major 's government has refused to provide cash for phase four of the project , despite being told it would now cost substantially less than first thought . |
| 13 | John Major 's government has refused to provide cash for phase four of the project , despite being told it would now cost substantially less than first thought . |
| 14 | Genuinely considerate and sympathetic to others , she is rather disorganised in her day-to-day functioning but has learned to delegate attention to detail and accuracy while she focuses on broader , long-term objectives . |
| 15 | Starting with a meeting he arranged at Val Duchesse in 1985 , Mr Delors has tried to encourage discussion between management and union leaders . |
| 16 | Yet it is plainly obvious to anyone who works in central London , or has tried to get admission to hospital there , that this is untrue . |
| 17 | At the other extreme , Prof Patrick Minford believes that most of the UK 's problems are cyclical and will disappear as a spontaneous recovery takes root , filling the Chancellor 's coffers with tax revenues and creating new jobs , so long as the Chancellor has continued to keep inflation under control . |
| 18 | Since 1960 , this usually has meant studying war in relation to local ecology ’ ( 1984 : 23 ) . |
| 19 | Not surprisingly , the DTI has declined to contemplate legislation at present , presumably because there is not enough detailed information available . |
| 20 | But Edinburgh has begun to produce music of note : The Chimes have just celebrated their second number one on the Billboard dance charts , and Paul Haig has recently completed sessions with Curtis Mantronik and Lil Louis . |
| 21 | Secondly , the giving of notice will establish the priority of the purchaser against the debtor ahead of any other assignee of the vendor who has failed to give notice of assignment to the debtor ( see Dearl v Hall [ 1828 ] 3 RUS 1 ) . |
| 22 | Fremont , California-based Lam Research Corp has failed to reach agreement for acquisition of Westech Systems Inc and the two have agreed to go their separate ways . |
| 23 | However , for a variety of reasons , income from invisible exports has failed to keep pace with expenditure on physical imports , resulting in an overall deficit throughout this period . |
| 24 | Unix has managed to win space in mission critical , distributed application areas by offering its inherent diversification , customisable features and scope for optimisation as distinctive advantages for developers . |
| 25 | So today it was lessons at home for some of the class provided by parents who 'd had to take time off work . |
| 26 | I was talking to a screw one day and she was telling me that when she 'd wanted to get work in prison she thought she 'd be there to help prisoners . |
| 27 | Dear Guitarist After reading your article on A&R depts , I feel moved to put pen to paper . |
| 28 | Freddie resolutely refused to rehearse with water because he would have had to drink glass after glass and , being a bitter expert , he refused to drink bottled beer . |
| 29 | Discussing the case of a headmaster who had reported his pupils to the police for criminal behaviour , the Philosopher , who was female , expressed the opinion that , since the headmaster is in loco parentis , he should have tried to avoid resort to law ; he should have dealt with his pupils himself , privately and without publicity — as would , she suggested , a loving parent . |
| 30 | But this would almost certainly have meant abandoning voluntarism in favour of some form of formal constitution demanding a greater commitment from users . |