Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability . |
| 2 | Those who think that Jenny herself is a little dull at times might conclude that Patrick has impaled himself on that point , like one of those Romans whose language he used to teach . |
| 3 | She feels her Australian temperament has left her with fewer inhibitions than her European counterparts . |
| 4 | The dragonfish has expanded them into spectacular defensive weapons , each ray barbed with poison . |
| 5 | Research at Loughborough University has shown one in 7 accidents is caused by drowsy drivers . |
| 6 | It is true that history records frequent occasions when this has been forgotten and prejudice has shown itself in religious , racial and class distinctions . |
| 7 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 8 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 9 | Professor Uitsmijter has suggested what at first seems a crazy solution to my translation problems : I place my tape-recorder next to the phone , he records the laibon 's words in Nairobi and he faxes back the translation . |
| 10 | It is important to emphasise at the outset the magnitude of the task which the applicant has set himself by this appeal . |
| 11 | Sexy underwear 's got nothing on thermal britches and vests when it comes to keeping you cosy in the depths of winter . |
| 12 | His car 's got it on that |
| 13 | Actually Edward 's known me for ten years , but there we are . |
| 14 | In addition to suffering the longstanding US economic blockade , Cuba has found itself in 1990 and 1991 coming to terms with new threats to its economic viability . |
| 15 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 16 | Although we have answered some questions , our work has presented us with many more . |
| 17 | His subsequent career in equipment and clothing has kept him in close touch with needs , and there is no PE jargon in his down-to-earth advice . |
| 18 | There are cases where owners genuinely believe that their pet cat has followed them by some mystical means to a new home several thousand miles away from the original one . |
| 19 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 20 | CARL Fogarty has done it at last ! |
| 21 | Kirsty 's solvent abuse has left her with serious health problems . |
| 22 | Brenda 's got something like that in |
| 23 | The ‘ Sinatra/Jagger/Jive Bunny 's Back ’ joke has seen us through many a long winter . |
| 24 | Today a substantial winter population has re-established itself in both harbours and is still increasing ; there is little doubt that the numbers involved are now far greater than ever before . |
| 25 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 26 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 27 | Much heralded , the comics renaissance of the last five years has worn its For Mature Readers Only label like a badge of honour and serious intent . |
| 28 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 29 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 30 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |