Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Howard , Computer Programmer has achieved a Grade One , HNC pass in Computing . |
| 2 | IBM Corp 's IBM Personal Software Products division has become a charter member of a new Tools Interface Standards committee , an industry group that aims to define specifications that enable vendors to enhance the interoperability and portability of 32-bit development tools and to improve the economics of developing 32-bit applications ; others include Borland International Inc , Intel Corp , Lotus Development Corp , Metaware Inc , Microsoft Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Watcom Ltd , which will work to define a set of tool interface specifications for 32-bit operating systems and provide an open forum . |
| 3 | With the news that NCR Corp has joined the ranks of those opting for its Unix implementation for the iAPX-86 processor family , Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunSoft subsidiary finally took the wrapping off its long-awaited Unix SVR4-based operating system environment last week . |
| 4 | NCR Corp has instituted a trade-in programme to move its installed base of Tower and 3B2 users on to its 3400 servers . |
| 5 | AT&T Co 's NCR Corp has signed an OEM contract for NetLabs Inc 's new Overlord network management technology for use in its StarSentry product line . |
| 6 | NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data . |
| 7 | The IBM Personal Computer Co has formed a team under an executive hired last month from NEC Technologies executive to launch the cheapo Ambras in the US , US PC Week says . |
| 8 | Time Warner Inc 's Time Warner Cable has bought an AT&T Co GCNS-2000 Asynchronous Transfer Mode switch as a key component of its Full Service Network electronic superhighway it is constructing in the Orlando , Florida area . |
| 9 | Loughborough University has built a test rig to compare the new glazing , which Alpine is making . |
| 10 | The Cotswold-stone shop sells bears vintage ( £2,500 ) and everyday ( £10 ) , and owner Ian Pout has trawled the world for the top teddies . |
| 11 | IG Index has noticed a weakening of interest in Thames , with interest growing in South West . |
| 12 | In 1864 , the L & NWR Board decided to centralise the Carriage Works at Wolverton . |
| 13 | in real terms , whereas in the past 12 years the 2 million pensioners who are dependent entirely on the basic pension or on income support have had a zilch increase in their standard of living . |
| 14 | The judge in the Matrix Churchill case refused to accept the attempt of four Cabinet ministers , acting on the advice of the Attorney-General , to allow three innocent businessmen to face near-certain imprisonment . |
| 15 | The LTTE offensive appeared to take the government by surprise , and over 20 police stations were quickly taken over by the LTTE . |
| 16 | Answer guide : In this case Transom has incurred a cost but there is no future benefit because Transom can not sell defective seat belts . |
| 17 | The Securities and Investments Board has welcomed the Formation Committee 's proposals , in a discussion paper , for the establishment of the Personal Investment Authority ( PIA ) . |
| 18 | Seymour Cray has been left holding the baby at his struggling Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp : Neil Davenport has resigned as president and chief executive , saying that Cray Computer had reached the point where it has appropriate resources to complete the Cray-3 so he is free to seek other opportunities — but the company is still seeking its first firm customer for the supercomputer . |
| 19 | Equally , the growth of the personnel function tended to minimise the responsibility of all managers for the effectiveness of staff management , either denying the significance of skills for managing people or delegating personnel issues . |
| 20 | Daewoo Electronics Co has set a conversion price of 14,400 Korean won on its par-priced $70m issue of convertible bonds due December 31 2008 and callable after May 18 1994 . |
| 21 | Milpitas , California-based Read-Rite Corp has formed a product development alliance with Mitsubishi Kasei Co for the development of magnetic heads and disks : the companies will co-operate to develop thin film heads and disks using inductive data detection for data densities of 500M-bits per square inch of disk , and magnetoresistive products , enabling 600Mb to be crammed onto a single 3.5″ platter ; high capacity drives have several platters in the disk-head assembly . |
| 22 | The US Senate voted on Nov. 25 to ratify the CFE treaty , and it also approved , by 86 votes to eight , the allocation of $500,000,000 from the US defence budget to help finance the destruction of tactical nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union , as proposed on Oct. 5 by President Mikhail Gorbachev [ see p. 38553 ] . |
| 23 | Tetley Bitter have signed a sponsorship dal with the TCCB , which will see the Yorkshire brewers putting over £3 million into the game over the next three years . |
| 24 | Turns out that that Game Genie sold by Lewis Galoob Toys Inc in the US that enables players to alter the parameters of games , and which Nintendo Co failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to declare illegal ( CI No 2,135 ) , is a British product : according to the Mail on Sunday , the thing comes from Codemasters Software Ltd of Leamington Spa , whose share of the $15m award to Lewis Galoob came to $3.4m ; Codemasters now has sights on Japan . |
| 25 | Nintendo Co has lost a bid to keep competitors from selling devices that modify its video games after the US Supreme Court refused to hear its arguments against an appeals court ruling in favour of Lewis Galoob Toys Inc , which offers Game Genie , which plugs into the Nintendo Entertainment System and cartridges , enabling players to use a simple code to change up to three elements of a game at a time ; the appeals court wrote that because Game Genie does n't cause any permanent change to the Nintendo cartridges — and is dependent upon a cartridge and the Nintendo system in order to operate — it does not usurp Nintendo 's copyright ; Nintendo said Game Genie violates a copyright owner 's exclusive right under the Copyright Act of 1976 to authorise or prepare derivative works . |
| 26 | The Defence Ministry had published a decree on Nov. 13 allowing senior officers to be retired " for reasons of renewal according to the needs of each institute " . |
| 27 | And if the first batch of 700 pigs is not enough for the test , the Bonn defence ministry has earmarked a budget of £77,000 to buy more of the live targets . |
| 28 | The present structure of support provision fails to meet the needs of the majority of disabled people , let alone those who may have additional needs associated with ageing ( Beardshaw , 1988 ; Fiedler , 1988 ) . |
| 29 | In one stroke Lyle has added 230 retailers to their list of customers and Stoddard 's Contract Division has received an order for 15,200 square meters of Custom carpeting for two Stakis Country Court Hotels . |
| 30 | As a step in this direction , Sun Microsystems Computer Corp has signed a service alliance agreement with Computer Sciences Corp , El Segundo , California to pursue systems integration business in the wireless telecommunications market . |