Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can my right hon. Friend give us an assurance that the additional funds that the United Nations needs to carry out these increased responsibilities will be provided by the members of the United Nations ? |
| 2 | The much-praised new ski area at Aonach Mor near Fort William which opened last season has picked up two more awards in the close season , including one for architecture . |
| 3 | She has picked up some driving tricks from the SAS . |
| 4 | The 20-year-old , who has picked up three Premier League bookings already this season , also sprang to the defence of the game 's most notorious tough guy Vinny Jones . |
| 5 | On the other side of the frontier , Spain 's Navarre province has carried out major EC-financed improvements of its road network . |
| 6 | Refer to compliance unit if the client is an audit client or if there is a possibility that the UK firm has carried out any corporate finance work for the client in the past . |
| 7 | There 's nothing really to add to the words that have been previously written about Ce Ce Rogers ' passionate songs and unfortunately there 's no original mix , but David Morales has polished up this vocal yearner for today 's club ambience and the Hacienda massive will lap it up . |
| 8 | Every day I need to get up at seven o'clock in order to get ready in time to catch the bus for school but because the bus has to pick up many other pupils the journey to school every day takes thirty minutes ( it can take up to one hour for other people ) . |
| 9 | And you can see here the affect of er forty six percent increase in the price of bread , seventy eight percent on beer , eighty four on cars , and R P I has moved up seventy nine percent . |
| 10 | Pawing through the new range has turned up some interesting items . |
| 11 | ‘ Ms McGinley has turned down two reasonable offers , which have subsequently been taken up by other tenants . |
| 12 | The use of concept keyboard touch screens , or use of a " mouse " rather than the computer keyboard , has opened up many exciting possibilities . |
| 13 | The striking visual appearance of that black and white outline has sparked off innumerable creative ideas . |
| 14 | At least it has sparked off some serious research in determining whether organochlorides and PCBs , which do have an immunosuppressive effect and would make the seals vulnerable to viral attack , are the guilty parties . |
| 15 | Apart from humiliating a whole generation of adults in front of their more adept offspring , Rubik 's brilliant invention has sparked off some new thinking about how people solve problems . |
| 16 | As replacement , he has called up Welsh international Paul Higginson , a prolific run-maker and more-than-useful bowler . |
| 17 | Whoever 's running the course needs to fill in this particular form . |
| 18 | NatWest Leasing has tied up several major deals in the past 12 months with clients in industries as varied as motor manufacturing and power stations . |
| 19 | FOLLOWING the revelations in last week 's Daily Mirror that former wild men of rock , AEROSMITH , now no longer do anything more dangerous than eat sushi and play with their children , Bizzerk has found out that other rock stars are calming down their act too . |
| 20 | FOLLOWING the revelations in last week 's Daily Mirror that former wild men of rock , AEROSMITH , now no longer do anything more dangerous than eat sushi and play with their children , Bizzerk has found out that other rock stars are calming down their act too . |
| 21 | Angela has set up four regional training bases around the UK where she can draw on local church-related and BBC contacts to assist with training . |
| 22 | The UN has set up two new funds to support environmental protection work . |
| 23 | The Institute is so concerned about the smaller firms that are giving up training chartered accountant students that it has set up two working parties to explore ways to make the training system more attractive . |
| 24 | Sema also acquired Dowty Group Plc 's share in joint venture company Dowty Sema Ltd , and has set up another joint venture with France Telecom , following Telecom and Paribas 's purchase of a 39.3% stake in the company . |
| 25 | The IPCC has set up three working groups to investigate these points , and will present its report at WMO 's second World Climate Conference in November 1990 . |
| 26 | This chapter has laid out some general elements for an understanding of the ‘ logic ’ of state enterprises in an era of increased commercialism . |
| 27 | A new law in the German city of Munich has laid down strict environmental standards for burials and cremations . |
| 28 | Kenneth Baker , the Minister for Information Technology , has laid down basic technical requirements . |
| 29 | With no qualifications and precious little experience , she has taken on the job of Princess of Wales and is turning it into a significant career — and at the same time has brought up two small boys . |
| 30 | But the manager has brought in nine new players , including himself , and now is the time to put a brake on . |