Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draft clause 12 was enacted as section 15 ( which I have reproduced above ) and section 16 of the Act of 1968 and has got rid of some defects and difficulties which had arisen from section 32 of the Act of 1916 and from judicial interpretations of that section . |
| 2 | They will then see what the man or woman has got left in disposable income each week ; if it 's two pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two pounds , if it 's two hundred pounds , then it 'll be ten units x two hundred pounds to hit the better off in the same proportion as the people at the bottom of the income level . |
| 3 | But today desire has become incorporated as one element in a life 's work . |
| 4 | This government has been in office so long that this view of personal freedom has become written into detailed policy and into legal planning advice . |
| 5 | The 1992 programme has begun to falter amid growing evidence that it has become rigged with national interests , disadvantaging those countries who play by the rules . |
| 6 | The problem has become exacerbated since German unification . |
| 7 | Because the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics , it is important to appreciate that the chauvinism appears not only between religions but within them . |
| 8 | Such a relatively abrupt change in the rate of increase of population size has become known as demographic transition . |
| 9 | ‘ Recently this has become known as sustainable tourism , and the key to it lies in co-operation , and once again the festival is presented to the public through the dedication of many individuals and the commitment of its sponsors . ’ |
| 10 | The Marine Mammals Protection Act does at least go some way in limiting the dolphin kills , but since its introduction the tuna fishing fleet has become dominated by non-US vessels . |
| 11 | That concentration has become marked in recent elections . |
| 12 | Curiously Bancroftian filariasis in Brazil has remained restricted to certain suburbs of coastal cities linked to the old slave traffic such as Belém , Recife , Salvador , Rio de Janeiro , and Florianópolis . |
| 13 | Their manager , Graham Turner , had said before the game that Wolves could still make it into the play-offs , but this result has put paid to those hopes . |
| 14 | Will the Minister bear it in mind that if he wants to get rid of toxic waste in Northern Ireland , he had better not employ the services of the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ? |
| 15 | Maria has lived paralysed in this bed for thirty years . |
| 16 | The main difference is that a style has evolved known as open punctuation in which all punctuation outside of the main body of the letter is omitted . |
| 17 | No one wants to feel owned by another person , and perhaps what Matthew needs from you is some breathing space , some freedom , a demonstration of trust in him . ’ |
| 18 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | Stem stitch which would be fine on cloth tends to get hidden on knitted fabric . |
| 20 | However , the ASW role was not wholly positive : ASWs were significant in diverting women from compulsory admission , and injecting a psychosocial perspective which appears to have contributed to this diversion . |
| 21 | More than this , he appears to have served on numerous committees dealing with a wide range of bills : in this way , perhaps more than any other , he may be considered to have , as he put it , ‘ done my country some good , whereunto we are all called ’ . |
| 22 | The older boy appears to have gone through this initiation ritual , but still stands erect with arms raised in a gesture of worship and submission . |
| 23 | The vehicle appears to have remained in this condition for the remainder of its ownership by Croydon Corporation , but was rarely seen in daylight . |
| 24 | This marks a long-term trend of declining fertility which appears to have stabilised at 1.8 births per woman , below population replacement rate . |
| 25 | Above all , place what transpired last month into its right perspective , for a lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th appears to have coincided with some kind of an emotional conflict or watershed and you still need to face up to certain harsh realities . |
| 26 | We challenge the need for the alarm — almost panic — which the increased rate of survival of so many more people into their ninth and tenth decades appears to have evoked in some quarters . |
| 27 | The bulk of Lewis 's book is pure literary history , though its earlier chapters refer to the strange pseudo-religion of Love which appears to have originated in twelfth-century Provence . |
| 28 | This empirical and time consuming search for an effective strategy was mentioned by many arts interviewees , although every advisory teacher appears to have come to similar conclusions ultimately about which classroom practices were effective and which not . |
| 29 | Moreover , Oswiu appears to have entered into immediate relations with the papacy . |
| 30 | However , even in the hesitant phase , the planning of short clauses appears to have occurred during preceding utterances , since over 80 per cent of four-word clauses did not contain a pause in initial position , and nearly 75 per cent of three-word clauses did not contain any pauses at all . |