Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the scale of the tragedy exposed by Michael Buerk and his BBC camera crew , and the response it provoked in the no-bullshit , energetic , passionately caring rock musician Bob Geldof meant that old-world attitudes towards the plight of helpless peoples have been given the biggest jolt since the anti-slavery campaigns of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | It might still be a little premature to consign famous old clubs Nottingham and Rosslyn Park to relegation , but both have been well beaten by a resurgent Bristol — whose youthful side have been setting a blistering pace at the Memorial Ground so far this season — and their other results indicate that they face an uphill struggle to maintain their First Division status . |
| 3 | FOUR Hereford players were sent off yesterday in their 1-1 draw at Northampton — the first time in British history four players from one side have been given the red card . |
| 4 | ‘ The fans have been wanting a new face up front because of our recent goal drought . |
| 5 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 6 | Ski survey readers have been offered a reduced rate at the Aviemore Highlands , a 4* luxury hotel in the town centre ( with a skibus stop right outside ) . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend may have noticed that the Opposition have been floating a similar idea among themselves and discussing again in an internal memorandum the possibility of a luxuries rate of VAT . |
| 8 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 9 | In the past week any number of interested parties have been granted the 30 second television sound bite in order to voice an opinion or two about the way English should be taught in our schools . |
| 10 | LAURENCEKIRK , Turriff and East Wemyss Branches have been voted the best in Scotland — and the best in Britain — by Royal Bank customers . |
| 11 | To test this hypothesis , six methanogenic subjects have been fed a low sulphate diet for 34 days supplemented with sodium sulphate from day 11 to 20 . |
| 12 | Supporters have been visiting the new hospice premises at Harewood House where a very successful coffee morning was attended by over 100 people . |
| 13 | A growing queue of upper-crust drinkers have been seeking the heady relief at the ‘ gentlemen 's pharmacy ’ , D R Harris & Co , of St James 's in London — chemist to the Queen Mother . |
| 14 | ‘ Needless to say , ’ adds our man with the scales of justice , ‘ the remaining frogs have been found a new home by the Tees . ’ |
| 15 | Each club have been fined the same amount as Arsenal , who were found to be the less culpable party in the mass scuffle with Norwich City on November 4 . |
| 16 | Once the two basic shapes have been created a single point is selected on each object using the blend tool and the program then creates the required number of ‘ in-between ’ stages . |
| 17 | As Ellen Wilkinson ( who in the 1920s had been among the first women in the Labour Party to support family allowances ) wrote in 1938 : ‘ what the Amery type want is to feed the existing and potential cannon-fodder with the greatest economy and lack of waste . |
| 18 | The basic way in which these c.c.d. lines operate is to have the first capacitor connected to the input so that it samples the input voltage . |
| 19 | To listen to her music , or to see Sharon Shannon live is to have the absolute truth of this assertion borne out . |
| 20 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 21 | To ensure confidentiality of information sources , companies have been given the following tags . |
| 22 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 23 | Together with the lower than expected flotation price , the 10 companies have been given an attractive yield averaging as much as 8.55 per cent . |
| 24 | Three years later her efforts have not gone unrewarded : both companies have been awarded the Small Firms Merit Award for Research and Technology ( SMART ) by the Department of Trade and Industry and the charity , Research in Cancer Immunology , has built up a capital base of £35,000 . |
| 25 | Over the last year many people around the diocese have been exploring the Catholic faith , with a view to becoming Catholics themselves . |
| 26 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 27 | CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases . |
| 28 | If you ask me , some of you odds-and-sods have been playing the old soldier . |
| 29 | The British men 's hockey team have been putting the final touches to their preparations for the Olympics . |
| 30 | Coltart and Everett have been learning the hard way that it hardly matters if you can sometimes drive the ball 50 yards father than anyone else if the statistics show that some of your opponents single-putt an average of 24 greens per tournament . |