Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darren Pearce 's Sapphire 1.8 LX has racked up a remarkable 112,000 miles in four years without missing a beat — and without regular servicing |
| 2 | While parental choice embodied in the Educational Reform Act has broken down the traditional secondary-feeder primary school catchment areas , for the vast number of secondary schools their associated primaries are unchanged . |
| 3 | As Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi of India has pointed out the real practical problem is that the rich will evade very high rates of tax . |
| 4 | Often the policies of individual railway companies determined what happened As Professor Simmonds has pointed out the Great Western was mainly concerned with long distance traffic in its early years . |
| 5 | The reigning European Barefoot Champion has picked up the British Waterski Federation 's highest award for her outstanding achievments . |
| 6 | The Royal Brompton has carried out a mere four heart-lung transplants this year . |
| 7 | Wickes Developments wants to set up a 31,000 square foot superstore at Lustrum Avenue , Portrack , but the council turned down the plan saying it would take trade away from the town centre , and create traffic problems . |
| 8 | Dounreay has built up an enviable international reputation as a centre of excellence for this work . |
| 9 | While Diana has built up an active social life within a two-mile radius of Kensington Palace , the Prince rarely ventures into town and prefers to dine with friends at Highgrove . |
| 10 | So far he has tracked down the chemical 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid . |
| 11 | The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once . |
| 12 | In the wider field of information processing in general , the development of computers and other sophisticated instruments has opened up a great many possibilities for really elaborate information retrieval techniques , but there remain very substantial difficulties of thesaurus control which librarians and information scientists in , particularly , the United Kingdom are at present exhaustively examining . |
| 13 | It has not only failed in this , it has opened up a potential new division between private practice and employed lawyers . |
| 14 | The advent of electric keyboards , synthesisers , sequencers , samplers , amplifiers and multi-track recording facilities has opened up an exciting new world of sound for young people , at the touch of a key . |
| 15 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has drawn up a five-year conservation programme aimed at preserving livestock breeds which are in danger of extinction as a result of the spread of Western farming practices . |
| 16 | Blue Circle wants to put up a small commercial development on the site of the old cement works and use the profits to pay for the restoration work — two lakes — one for fishing and sailing , the other for geologists and birdwatchers . |
| 17 | In his 33 games , he has called up a staggering 76 players and used 56 of them . |
| 18 | China has solved the problem of disposing of solid radioactive waste and has set up a complete purifying system for radioactive liquid and gaseous waste , according to participants in a seminar on nuclear science in Beijing . |
| 19 | BT has set up a new free service to deal with all customers ' enquiries if they are moving house . |
| 20 | I should like to hear from anyone who has set up a coldwater marine tank in this area . |
| 21 | That person is frequently the President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who has set up an efficient administrative machinery for such appointments . |
| 22 | X has set up an overseas discretionary trust . |
| 23 | Kirin Brewery Co has set up the 25,000 square metre Hokuriku beer park which is open to the public and can brew up to 1m hectolitres of beer per year . |
| 24 | Since then the study of New Age sciences , such as geomancy , astro-archaeology and divination , has brought about a whole new understanding which totally challenges our conventional preconceptions . |
| 25 | FANS of the hit TV drama FOREVER GREEN should note that Castle Video has brought out the entire first series in a double-tape set ( Pounds 19.99 ) . |
| 26 | The state of Florida has brought in an extra eight hundred officers to protect tourists following yesterday 's killing of a holidaymaker from Yorkshire . |
| 27 | There are no visible scars left from that experience , but I have found that to my mind the word ‘ optimistic ’ has taken on a whole new meaning . |
| 28 | She has taken on the sophisticated royal machine and beaten it at its own game . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 30 | One of Britain 's greatest athletes has taken up a new sporting challenge . |