Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MacDonald 's rescue plan for Norton involves bringing in new sources of finance , selling the German FUS subsidiary ( he says he 'll get £100,000 — Norton paid £8 million ) , and designing ( personally ) a new , lower-cost bike to replace the F1 . |
| 2 | The monetary committee offers to carry out regular checks on ‘ a confidential set of indicators … primarily measures of external competitiveness ’ . |
| 3 | On the road , the Christian driver has pointed out those inscriptions on the walls of the Dog River . |
| 4 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 5 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 6 | This is the man who has conjured up fresh doubts about the validity of the so-called Dianagate tapes . |
| 7 | AUSTRALIAN he-man Mel Gibson , best known for ‘ Mad Max ’ and ‘ Lethal Weapon ’ , has picked up kinder notices for his ‘ Hamlet ’ than perhaps he or anyone else expected . |
| 8 | In the first case , elitism does not provide an explanation , being merely a loose term to describe a social category about which other features rather than the elite characteristic provide what explanation there is ; in the second case , the power elite looks remarkably like a social class , and elite explanation has come back full circle to its point of departure . |
| 9 | The ministry of agriculture has carried out successful trials on the new tests but says the government has yet to make a final decision on wether to fully adopt the new system . |
| 10 | The impartiality and fairness with which he has carried out all tasks during many years on the school 's management team have been beyond reproach . |
| 11 | Dunn ( 1983 ; 1984 ) in Cambridge has carried out extensive observations of sibling relationships and the effects of general family functioning of the arrival of a new baby . |
| 12 | The Guild of British Tie Makers has carried out extensive research into tie wearing and has discovered that , far from being viewed as a current trend , the tie is considered an essential item in a man 's wardrobe . |
| 13 | The Institute of Freedom and Decomcracy , a private research organization based in Lima headed by Peruvain economist Hernando de Soto , has carried out detailed research on the informal economy . |
| 14 | Moreover , according to Dr John Voorhees of the University of Michigan Medical Centre , who has carried out clinical trials on the drug , Retin-A needs to be used on an open-ended , on-going basis if the improvements are to be maintained . |
| 15 | The psychiatrist John Cooper has carried out some work on the personality characteristics of ‘ houseproud ’ women . |
| 16 | Refer to the compliance unit if the client is an audit client or if there is a possibility that the UK firm has carried out any work for the client in the past . |
| 17 | Halzen has carried out preliminary tests on the Greenland ice sheet . |
| 18 | She has three children , one under the age of one , and has to come up four flights of stairs to her home many times a day . |
| 19 | The government has made it known it wants to shake up local administrations by combining all their services under single authorities . |
| 20 | ADVANCED trenching equipment has speeded up this aspect of a project to such an extent , |
| 21 | The college has built up strong links with local industry and this will be reflected on the board . |
| 22 | ‘ The Institute has built up considerable expertise in the quality control and quality assurance areas both prior to , and since , accreditation by CNAA in September 1989 . |
| 23 | TOM KITE , winner of the Bob Hope Classic at La Quinta , California , with a record-breaking 35-under-par total of 325 for the five-round tournament , has moved up one place to ninth in the latest Sony world rankings . |
| 24 | Mark James has moved up 15 places to 38th following his victory in the Tenerife Open . |
| 25 | ‘ Cash Asmussen has turned down six rides in France for him , so he must fancy his chances , ’ smiled the trainer . |
| 26 | Stroud District Council has turned down three applications from superstore companies which want to build in Stroud . |
| 27 | But supposing Browning for some reason has copied out some lines from his wife 's almost equally well-known A Musical Instrument , beginning ‘ What was he doing , the great god Pan , Down in the reeds by the river ? ’ |
| 28 | Once a particular electron has soaked up enough energy from the X-rays for its release it begins to radiate from the parent atom ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 29 | This has opened up new areas of employment for actuaries , frequently involving communication skills as well as technical expertise . |
| 30 | The reunification of Germany has opened up new opportunities for many in the East , including a group of East German teachers of English who are visiting Oxford this week . |