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

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1 It is almost certain to earn more than its original — which became the third biggest grossing movie ever — and looks set to edge out top grossing film Terminator II for opening figures .
2 The vendor may be able to point out external electric cable runs , stop-cocks , gas and water runs , drains and manholes — otherwise you will have to look for them ; try to ascertain their age and condition ( see Chapter 6 ) .
3 There are other reasons why women are unable to build up sufficient National Insurance contributions and are thereby denied access to unemployment benefit .
4 For these reasons it is also unlikely to bring about genuine professional development and change .
5 The practice in some departments whereby supervisors put their own name first deprives Ph D authors of recognition by citation , and may delay or hinder those following up known current research programmes .
6 It is not clear whether or not Harris thinks that children of 10 should be obliged to take on full political status whether or not they want to , but Holt clearly does not .
7 The essence of the association 's idea was to develop flats for sale and this would make it possible to bring in private institutional finance — eg from a building society which might then become involved in providing mortgages for the individual purchasers .
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