Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Counterfeit car parts uncovered included fake brake pads which got mixed up with genuine ones , Mr Northcott said . |
| 2 | I was supposed to be running the operation but I got caught up with other business . |
| 3 | The project has developed out of previous research funded by the ESRC on decision making processes in transport operations . |
| 4 | But since then a major row has broken out over Russian supplies to Ukraine . |
| 5 | Teesside TEC has joined up with Northern Marketing Initiative for an open day at Training and Enterprise House , Queen 's Square , Middlesbrough , on February 28 between 10.30am and 5.30pm . |
| 6 | This sense of deprivation has spilled over into civil conflict or war a sufficient number of times for it to be a continuing threat , or an on-going reality as in Chad , Sudan , Ethiopia , Burundi , Uganda and Somalia . |
| 7 | Michel Dauberville , Chairman of Paris 's Comite des galeries d'art , a body which represents 160 modern and contemporary art dealers , has resigned along with vice chairman Daniel Gervis and treasurer Jean-Pierre Benezit because the art market crisis has left the organisation seriously short of money . |
| 8 | To prevent a messy legal battle , the TODAY casting couch has come up with alternative stars for the role of Liz and seventh husband Larry . |
| 9 | Following the announcement of its pact with StrataCom Inc and Cisco Systems Inc , AT&T Co has come up with sketchy details of the Asynchronous Transfer Mode service it will begin offering early next year . |
| 10 | The archaeological researcher John Barnatt has recently re-examined alignments , first noted last century , of stone circles onto key peaks on Bodmin Moor in or a wall , and has come up with favourable results . |
| 11 | For mums who want something more convenient than hanks of cotton wool , Púr has come up with Little Tearaways , sheets of flat , highly absorbent 100% cotton wool . |
| 12 | The spartan nature of camping requires that you live on dehydrated food , and since at the time of going to print no manufacturer has come up with dehydrated beer , enforced sobriety will be a big feature of your expedition . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've run fifteen variations of that conversation , and every one has come up with different motivations for the Doctor . |
| 14 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 15 | One thing has come out of recent research , perhaps it was known all along . |
| 16 | He carries only nine pounds more than in 1992 and despite being plagued by a wind problem since that success , has come back in great style after being ‘ tubed . ’ |
| 17 | Christianity especially has come in for great criticism as being the major religion in the history of Western civilization . |
| 18 | It is on the detail of the recommendations that Cadbury has come in for strong criticism — in particular , over some of the recommendations in the code ( see also this issue , p 24 ) . |
| 19 | But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures . |
| 20 | A spate of airline buyouts , which has touched every major US carrier during the last six months , has come in for growing criticism because of the heavy debt it loads on the companies . |
| 21 | Superficially attractive and officially , if implicitly , condoned by UNESCO , this theory has come in for severe criticism from Western media interests and journalists . |
| 22 | It will also outline the role and operation of the Social Work Services Inspectorate , which has come in for severe criticism since it was set up by the Scottish Office a year ago . |
| 23 | The growth of its domination of policy initiation has come about with growing state intervention in society and the increasing extent and complexity of the policy-making process . |
| 24 | The containment of public spending has won out over local choice ; reducing the state in this area has meant central government rolling back the local state . |
| 25 | Thus , the lack of rules about case allocation and re-allocation procedures , and a consequent separatism which has grown up between social worker and nurse caseloads , mean that team members work in a similar way to each other , but in parallel . |
| 26 | A large body of information — and a certain amount of ‘ folklore ’ — has grown up around hot-wire anemometry . |
| 27 | It is small wonder that the practice has grown up in recent years of referring , however inaccurately , to a mistress as a ‘ common law wife ’ . |
| 28 | The Alumni Foundation concerts are a new and pleasant tradition which has grown up in recent years . |
| 29 | One of the reasons that Britain habitually trails in this sort of event is the culture of dogged amateurism that has grown up in recent years . |
| 30 | The franchise is a form of business which has grown up in recent years and offers the would-be entrepreneur what may at first sight appear to be an easy way to start up in business . |