Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK Telecommunications Users Association has formed a new Mobile Users ' Special Interest Group , intended to represent users across a range of mobile technologies such as cellular , paging , mobile data and private and public cordless communications . |
| 2 | The former world featherweight champion has endured a traumatic eight months since the High Court awarded ex-manager Barney Eastwood damages following McGuigan 's criticism of the ill-fated defence against Texan Steve Cruz in June 1986 . |
| 3 | The engine has done a genuine 25,000 miles so if possible I would like to make use of it . |
| 4 | T John Yandell , one of America 's top coaches , has produced a new 60 minutes teaching video for beginners and those wishing to improve their games . |
| 5 | In addition , there is fanaticism and lack of religious tolerance , which has become a major human rights problem in many parts of the world . |
| 6 | Ben Hope 's impressive 3040 feet has become a meagre 927 metres to satisfy Brussels and Luxembourg , who could n't care less . |
| 7 | However , it exists , works well and has benefited a great many users , particularly in education and training applications . |
| 8 | Ray Sunman , the Darlington council officer who helped coordinate the project , said : ‘ I believe our success has influenced a great many projects that came after it . |
| 9 | Mr Ray Sunman , the Darlington council officer who helped co-ordinate the project , said : ‘ I believe our success has influenced a great many projects that came after it . ’ |
| 10 | NEC Corp has announced a full-colour analogue 13″ thin-film transistor liquid crystal diode display that uses an analogue red , green and blue interface to achieve natural colour . |
| 11 | Neil Kinnock took eight years to ditch the views of his mentor Aneurin Bevan , John Smith has taken a mere eight months to ditch those of Hugh Gaitskell . |
| 12 | It has taken a respectable 15 seats , but Signor Orlando won the personal endorsement of nearly one in five of all voters in Palermo itself . |
| 13 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 14 | The exhibition park has taken a staggering six years to construct and ‘ grow ’ using over ½ million flowers , trees and pot plants . |
| 15 | The jaunt from last night 's Brussels show has taken a nifty eight hours , guitarist Julian Swales is grumbling about his stubble , and Patrick is off and running again , revealing what bargains a young man can get for ten deutschmarks in a darkened back room in Hamburg 's reeperbahn . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes , old boy — and I speak as one who has changed a good many nappies in his time and is not a total stranger to either the washing-up bowl or the kitchen stove — sometimes I wish we were still living in the good old bad old days . ’ |
| 17 | This year the Unit has launched a new annual awards scheme with the aim of recognising what they consider to be the outstanding achievements of British conservators . |
| 18 | The European Commission has launched a new Open Systems Interconnection product purchasing guide called EPHOS , European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems , which urges government procurement officers to buy OSI-compatible networking solutions based upon X.400 , File Transfer Access and Management ( FTAM ) and X.25 standards . |
| 19 | However , the IEA is now turning its attention to environmental auditing and has launched a national Environmental Auditors Registration Board to provide professional accreditation for environmental auditors along with a set of draft criteria against which the quality of the environmental statements produced for the EC eco-audit scheme can be measured . |
| 20 | ' — his secretary has ordered a full four-hander policewomen buster to make sure he 's back in the office by two-thirty so he can sign all the staff 's petty cash vouchers . |
| 21 | Is this a man of much more style than substance , and what test would you use to determine whether he 's had a good hundred days or a bad hundred days ? |
| 22 | ‘ He 's had a tough 18 months because he has n't played much football , but he will be very good for us and will get better . |