Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ambitious presentation of amateur radio to young people involves inviting Novice trainees , Scouts , Guides and ATC members to take part in amateur radio related activities arranged over a whole weekend plus some social activities . |
| 2 | All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg . |
| 3 | On this assumption , all is not lost , as the expenses of a training course undertaken by a self-employed person are allowed as a business deduction under general principles when the training is undertaken for the purposes of the trade . |
| 4 | Meiklejohn says , " Every adjective is either an explicit or an implicit predicate " , the former corresponding in his book to appearance in predicative position and the latter to attributive use ; and he goes on to show , with examples , that he takes exactly the same view as is found later in accounts given within a Chomskyan framework . |
| 5 | The video would show activities undertaken during a typical school day , including lunch times and break times , the routines for meeting children at the end of the day , introduce the staff and the chair of governors and the chair of the parents ' association . |
| 6 | In social work practice the term ‘ relationship ’ is used to describe the context of the general helping activities undertaken by a social worker in interaction with a particular client . |
| 7 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 8 | And she returned shortly afterwards with a thick roll of notes fastened with a rubber band and Melanie counted out seventy-eight pounds and a ten shilling note and the woman gave her five shillings from her alligator purse . |
| 9 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 10 | I returned to the toll office , got our money refunded plus a signed waiver that allowed us seven days to return to St Michael without having to pay on the Austrian roads . |
| 11 | This is because the subjects taught really fall into three types , namely , appropriate parts of basic disciplines taught on a theoretical basis , e.g. economics , psychology , sociology , mathematics ; essentially practical , procedural subjects such as accounting , and problem areas which are a mixture of theory , practice and problem solving , e.g. marketing , policy studies . |
| 12 | The degree of support given to Newton 's theory by Galle 's observation of Neptune is no different from the degree of support given by a modern observation of Neptune . |
| 13 | ZOMAX , a new pain-killing drug given to a million people in the UK over the last two years is being withdrawn by the manufacturers , pending changes in the prescribing information issued to doctors . |
| 14 | In the present context of the nine archetypes , a description given in a Gnostic text is particularly interesting . |
| 15 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 16 | An administrative block of text arranged in a standard format which is added to all LIFESPAN modules . |
| 17 | Arthur Kitson 's views developed from a generalized critique of the banking system and the role Jews supposedly played in it . |
| 18 | The expression " breach of warranty " is often used in disputes about deferred consideration , when vendors are said in the agreement to " warrant " that the profits reach a specified figure , and the purchasers seek a repayment from the vendors to compensate them for that loss , in most cases calculated on a pre-agreed formula : if the profits exceed the specified figure , the vendors may be entitled to additional consideration . |
| 19 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
| 20 | " Proceeds " in s.5(4) covers money received from a third party who had cashed a cheque for the accused : Davis ( 1989 ) 88 Cr App R 347 ( CA ) . |
| 21 | A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material . |
| 22 | The tufted ducks gathered into a loose raft in mid-water and eyed the intruders with disdain . |
| 23 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 24 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
| 25 | an evaluation of two kinds of training in writing skills given to a smaller group of postgraduates . |
| 26 | This attractive four-hundred-year-old listed building situated in a conservation area in the old town of Bridgnorth was once a Temperance hostel . |
| 27 | The ramifications arising from an assault by a group of white police officers on black motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3 [ see p. 38091 ] grew throughout April as the case developed into a national symbol of general police conduct and institutionalized racism . |
| 28 | With Nigel Clough withdrawn into a defensive position , Forest looked more solid at the back — even though they conceded a 12th minute Rod Wallace goal that gave Leeds fleeting hope of registering their first away win for almost 12 months . |
| 29 | In three of these cases referred with a probable diagnosis of achalasia , however , the absence of peristalsis in the body of the oesophagus helped to confirm the diagnosis . |
| 30 | In the same boat close to the bottom of Yorkshire Division plunged to a 20–6 defeat who played their best rugby of the season . |