Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Energy has recognized that its current termination date for subsidizing such projects , 1998 , is too tight and that many projects will be unable to raise the necessary finance beyond that date and might have to be abandoned . |
| 2 | One of the major chain stores has calculated that their own management time has been reduced by 80% as they are now only involved in inspecting the finished result of the cleaning operation . |
| 3 | More than one ex-dealer has claimed that their old firm would still have an employee 's banking details , and would ring the bank to check whether the ex-dealer was currently receiving a direct debit , and if so , from what firm . |
| 4 | Corrected Result : Sequent Computer Systems Inc has reported that its first quarter net profits jumped 253% at $3.4m on turnover 20.4% ahead at $77.6m . |
| 5 | Since the beginning of the 1980s Vietnam has considered that its future policy in relation to the Zone idea would merely be a continuation of its course as a ‘ non-aligned ’ state . |
| 6 | The famous American film star , W C Fields , has been known to earn as much as £1,000 a day and yet he has said that his greatest thrill in life is the luxury of stretching out at night between freshly laundered sheets . |
| 7 | For the first time he has revealed that his controversial substitution in the European Championship finals came after a series of confrontations . |
| 8 | After failing to reach an agreement over the rent with Belle Vue 's new owner , David Butters , the committee has decided that their faithful followers should be the ones to vote on the club 's fate . |
| 9 | Intel Corp has decided that its 1989 acquisition of universal communications processor manufacturer Jupiter Technology Inc ( UX No 240 ) was a mistake , and it is letting the company go in a management buyout backed by a private investment group . |
| 10 | It is a creature of the Secretary of State for Wales and the right hon. Gentleman has shown that its first responsibility is to him and not to the local community . |
| 11 | HTFS has found that its M-TASC software is used every minute of the day by oil , chemical and petrochemical companies in the design of heat exchangers . |
| 12 | Although there 's been a lot of interest in the Bath exhibition , Roles has found that his radical approach to the medium has made it hard to get his work established in this country . |
| 13 | What is most disappointing though is that Nashwan is not to return to Paris to try to prove that his defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French Glory , who now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betting , was because he was having an off-day rather than because he has deteriorated since his magnificent victories in the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and Eclipse Stakes earlier in the year . |
| 14 | Madge Networks Ltd , Chalfont St Giles , Buckinghamshire has announced that its intelligent hub , the SmartCAU , has been enhanced to support unshielded twisted pair cabling and Simple Network Management Protocol network management . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher has gone but her intellectual legacy lives on , not least in the Labour Party . |
| 16 | Bridget Hill has remarked that what constituted marriage among the eighteenth-century lower orders was " anything but clearly defined " , especially in the first half of the century before the passing of Hardwicke 's Marriage Act . |
| 17 | Unfortunately we 've had to make this change because of the new points limit which was imposed on us which has meant that our higher points riders have had to go . |
| 18 | Teaching art , thinking about , writing about , looking at art , with very little time for anything else , except the daily round , has meant that my visual faculties are numbed , rubbed down with the hard graft of making art a living . |
| 19 | In this state , he attacks the professor 's wife and tries to rape her , while she , in turn , has discovered that her former lover had venereal disease and has also made her pregnant ! |
| 20 | One thing he has discovered since his global circumnavigation , is that it 's a big conversation killer . |
| 21 | DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin has denied that his former Leeds teammate Tony Currie is on the way to Feethams . |
| 22 | — DARLINGTON boss Ray Hankin has denied that his former Leeds teammate Tony Currie is on the way to Feethams . |
| 23 | We 'd guessed that whatever local dispute had provoked the initial spat it was now a battle between much larger factions , probably Amal and Hezbollah . |
| 24 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 25 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 26 | It then became known that their maternal uncle ( patient 202 ) was also affected . |
| 27 | By now you will have gathered that our famous range of 3,000 carpet options is just part of the Allied home furnishing collection . |
| 28 | He himself would probably have claimed that his greatest achievement was to be able to predict accurately where and when a particular cuckoo would lay its eggs . |
| 29 | By the simple expedient of giving Charles control of the military elements of his kingdom , Pepin may have ensured that his elder son would retain greater control . |
| 30 | I do n't think he will ever do another Love Story , but having accepted that his gutsy sagas are OK . |