Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The share account was paying up to 8.75 p.c. net in 1979 , the monthly savings account paid a top rate of 9.5 p.c. net and up to 12.5 p.c. net was paid on term accounts . |
2 | If so , bearing in mind that intention in this context is not the same as motive and that the tort may be committed without any ill will towards the plaintiff , it is likely to be a rare case in which A's words have had a causative effect on B's conduct and yet A escapes liability on the ground that they were only ‘ advice . ’ |
3 | Fortunately , the relations between the American and the British peoples have improved a great deal since then . |
4 | Purity-on-Tap have developed a combined carbon and RO unit , featuring the CBR ‘ metals ’ cartridge to produce very high quality water . |
5 | The rest of the Peachtree side have had a mixed time . |
6 | To my knowledge , such considerations have had a major influence on the circumstances of many other homeless people in West Yorkshire and elsewhere . |
7 | EIGHT lucky readers have earned a special night out at Durham Wasps ' final home play-off match . |
8 | In this time it seems that all other areas of the Lakes have had a new guide , and some of them two . |
9 | In addition , the short units have enabled a great variety of topics to be included . |
10 | With the increasing complexity of control information many organizations have devised a formal Management Information System ( MIS ) to cope with this problem . |
11 | Archeologists have discovered a creeping village . |
12 | For some years now Yamaha have played a major role in digital sound processors and for the new season they have produced several new models . |
13 | Cheque and banking frauds have seen a massive increase in Frankfurt , Berlin and Hamburg . |
14 | Meanwhile , The Orb have announced a 16-date tour for the autumn , including a marathon all-nighter at London 's Brixton Academy . |
15 | Berkshire have agreed a three-year sponsorship deal , covering the Minor County side and the Under-25 and -19 teams , with Reading-based solicitors The Head Partnership . |
16 | Pesticides have had a damaging effect on a lot of wildlife , including birds of prey , but for some reason this does n't seem to have affected barn owls as much as the sparrowhawk and peregrine populations . |
17 | Laws without strong enforcement are words without deeds , and the tragic truth is that courts in both England and the United States have displayed a general unwillingness to mete out harsh punishment to those found guilty of cruelty to animals and an even greater reluctance to render guilty verdicts in the first place . |
18 | Northants profit Cricket : NatWest Trophy holders Northamptonshire have announced a net profit of £19,312 for last year . |
19 | The 31 leading firms in the Netherlands metal industry have agreed a voluntary covenant to control pollution in line with the government 's National Environment Plan ( NEP ) . |
20 | Their designers have discovered a blind spot in the way humans play chess , and they have built machines with one ability : to sit in that blind spot and stab out of it , over and over , during the course of the game . |
21 | The designers have produced a complete range , including shoes you would n't normally associate with Doc Martens . |
22 | The public relations exercises of the LDDC have undergone a marked change over the past two years . |
23 | Experimental investigations of this prediction have produced a mixed set of results . |
24 | The paper , described as a discussion document by BR 's InterCity division , reveals that delays in investment have meant a lost opportunity to include the renewal work with a bigger project to improve services . |
25 | Over a period of 22 years , the Caldwells have tamed a rough diamond and beaten it into the gem it is today . |
26 | Great Escapes ' Paul Scrimshaw explained : ‘ It has always seemed to us that as long as the hoteliers play the game fairly then all parties have received a reasonable benefit . ’ |
27 | While some authors have reported a frequent history of peptic ulcer disease , data on concomitant peptic ulcer disease are lacking , mainly because in most studies this question was not studied specifically . |
28 | Government 's belief that ‘ the character of management-union relationships have provided a substantial blockage to the adoption of entrepreneurial behaviour by [ nationalized ] industry managers ’ ( Pendleton 1987a : 2 ) has focused political interest directly on the industrial relations of public enterprises . |
29 | European CD manufacturers have begun a regular exchange of information on quality to help improve the discs ' longevity and hope to agree on an international standard testing procedure involving exposure of the discs to heat and humidity . |
30 | A network of European car manufacturers have established a new trade association which will place particular emphasis on the need to " green the car " . |