Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This would lead to a graph of illegalities graded according to moral turpitude .
2 Dickinson was the last to empty his tins , and so he was the top plane when bits of wood began spitting in all directions .
3 Table IV gives rates of self reported smoking in 1989 and 1990 among pupils who were never smokers in 1988 .
4 Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m .
5 The auction was successful with bids received amounting to 2.28 times the amount of stock on offer and the following day the Bank announced the issue of three new tranchettes of tap stock .
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