Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Both trampling and weathering have produced modifications to the bone assemblages studied , but neither has brought about large scale breakage of bone .
2 This helps break down heavy soil and enables free-draining soil to hold water .
3 If you 're all trying to give up good luck !
4 Oxford Medical has fought off worldwide competition for a major slice of the lucrative American market where health is big business .
5 ( Occasional controversy in the press has caused public concern that medical records held by computers are less confidential than those left lying around general practice receptionists ' rooms and hospital records offices .
6 The able-bodied had to saw up old railway sleepers and then chop up the pieces for sale as firewood .
7 THERE was a time when the television variety spectacular threatened to take over popular entertainment completely , so that pantomime and seaside summer shows would be indistinguishable , all one poor man 's Palladium .
8 Out of total environmental lending of US$2,000 million for 23 projects approved last year , the Bank lent US$1,300 million for pollution control and the protection of the urban environment , US$521 million for natural resources management and US$173 million to help build up environmental protection institutions in developing countries .
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