Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv] [verb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing such a duty as a duty to further the interests of the enterprise is unhelpful , however , since the formulation has very limited information content : it fails to identify the relevant constituencies and gives no indication of what priority should be afforded to them inter se . |
| 2 | Digital Equipment Corp has just named company veteran John O'Keefe , formerly vice-president , channels marketing , to the post of vice-president , Unix marketing , reporting to vice-president , Bill Demmer . |
| 3 | Since 1979 Scotch Whisky has steadily lost market share . |
| 4 | It 's open 10 to 7 March 16 through 18 in the Sierra Conference Suite A. DEC has just named company veteran John O'Keefe , formerly vice president , channels marketing , to the post of vice president , Unix marketing reporting to vice president , Bill Demmer . |
| 5 | DEC has reportedly enticed Harris Corp to join its little list of Alpha OEMs adding its name beside Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA 's and Cray Research Inc 's : the enfeebled giant is going to need a lot more volume than these firms can muster for its ‘ bet-the-company ’ Alpha strategy to work . |
| 6 | The car has thermostatically controlled gas heating for wintertime use in the push-pull set . |
| 7 | Madge has also added SNMP support to its Smart Ringbridge stand-alone Token Ring bridge-router , as well as a Windows-based graphical management application , the TrueView Bridge Manager . |
| 8 | Balbinder has also had difficulty learning colours , numbers and sounds . |
| 9 | Since the beginning of September until this week there has been practically no rain , and the wind has never reached gale force , so the leaves have stayed on the trees far longer than usual , with a constantly changing pattern of glorious colour . |
| 10 | In the first case aid has frequently freed government revenue for purposes very different to those the donors would support ( a new presidential palace , a larger army , a new capital city ) ; in the second case corruption has affected the allocation of contracts in ways which damage project execution . |
| 11 | Potatoes growing on light soils often show magnesium deficiency |
| 12 | Fort Sterling has recently introduced toilet tissue and paper towels made from 100 per cent recycled paper . |
| 13 | The issue has already prompted Environment Secretary Michael Howerd to order a public inquiry into the proposal . |
| 14 | Merrill Lynch has effectively sold Waste Management short and will cover its position by picking up stock from any investors stagging the issue ( or ‘ flipping ’ in transatlantic speak ) . |
| 15 | In fact there have been various instances where the banks in the Euro-currency market have been willing to extend credit only if the country in question has already obtained IMF credit and its associated conditionality . |
| 16 | The Chairman of the County Council has just got food poisoning Where did he pick it up ? |
| 17 | The District Council has now commenced survey work for the local plan and is seeking information which would assist in the preparation of the district wide local plan . |
| 18 | Archaeology has even recovered cowrie money far away in central and northern Europe . |
| 19 | Seve Ballesteros has officially opened Westerwood Golf Club , at Cumbernauld , Scotland , the course he designed in conjunction with Dave Thomas and which marked his first venture into course design in the Home of Golf . |
| 20 | Behind this instability lies the simple fact that for many commodities such as coffee and ground-nuts , demand in the industrialized world with its stable population has probably reached saturation point . |
| 21 | ( Xu has willingly dropped monosodium glutamate after learning of its decreasing popularity here , admitting that it occasionally ‘ covered a multitude of sins ’ . ) |
| 22 | The move has yet to win government approval . |
| 23 | The Lord President has also appointed Sheriff Principal W. J. Bryden , CBE , QC , Sheriff Principal of Lothians and Borders , as a member of the Council . |
| 24 | Despite being Britain 's only world champion at three different weights and a highly respected professional , McKenzie has never approached star status in the eyes of the fight public or television paymasters . |
| 25 | BBC wins right to control satellite viewing fees . |
| 26 | The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has repeatedly asked Environment Minister Chris Patten for tighter controls to be imposed on biotechnology . |
| 27 | Kodak has recently demonstrated Photo CD . |
| 28 | As a result , RX has now achieved productivity parity with its Far Eastern competitors . |
| 29 | The charity has also staged hour game watches and constructed a bird hide . |
| 30 | Lipsticks from the lab — Elizabeth Arden has recently introduced Lip Spa , £11.50 , the first lipstick they say to contain water , nature 's best moisturiser . |