Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) . |
| 2 | One would expect there to be at least some degree of microadenoma formation but so far she has only had two areas biopsied . |
| 3 | June Bascombe , who is co-ordinating the displays has only had four items offered so far . |
| 4 | * Evidence is growing that BSE may be transmitted through the generations , after a third cow which has not received contaminated feed has been placed under a restriction order on the grounds of suspected infection . |
| 5 | The fact that the form is exhausted , however , has not prevented those novelists held to be of a satirical bent from making squillions of pounds : Tom Sharpe , Clive James and Keith Waterhouse ( above ) all shift paperbacks like nobody 's business , and good luck to them . |
| 6 | But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books . |
| 7 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 8 | Moreover , MDC 's relatively modest housing programme for the initial area , its mixture of public and private provision and the fact that it has not displaced existing residents prevented housing becoming the political minefield for MDC that it was for LDDC . |
| 9 | For faults which occur repeatedly , the scheme may not apply if the owner has not taken reasonable steps to have them fixed . |
| 10 | Who has not experienced some gut upset before an exam , a marriage , or other stressful emotional event ? 40 years ago Almy showed that stress could alter gut function but that these changes were not specific to the stress . |
| 11 | ( South Africa has not signed international treaties banning trade in toxic waste . ) |
| 12 | Mercury Communications Ltd , which came close to accepting AT&T Co 's hand in marriage a year or so ago , is backing the US company 's complaint to the US authorities that the UK regulatory system is unsatisfactory because , claims AT&T , the UK has not provided adequate safeguards to prevent British Telecommunications Plc from abusing its monopoly power , and has failed to exercise controls over interconnection services provided by Telecom for rivals , or the company 's pricing policy ‘ in a meaningful way ’ . |
| 13 | The Irish Prime Minister , Charles Haughey , has strenuously denied phone-tapping allegations made by his former Justice Minister . |
| 14 | A child 's birthday seems to have lost its magic and has just become another consumer oriented status symbol . |
| 15 | HE HAS JUST WALKED 60 MILES TO GET HERE . |
| 16 | ‘ I can easily understand how people can see seals as dewy-eyed little things but if you 're a fisherman who has just had 200 creels robbed and you have n't even made enough money to pay for your fuel never mind make a living , you would view them differently . |
| 17 | The 35-year-old has just had minor surgery to remove a floating piece of bone from his elbow and he intends to fly out of the country to represent Zimbabwe in an African Nations Cup tie next weekend . |
| 18 | SCOTTISH Amicable has just spent two years coming up with a new logo based on its Amicable Man image . |
| 19 | And in Gloucestershire , a project has just spent three years helping young children avoid problems in the future . |
| 20 | The Essex airport has already seen four flights bringing ex-detainees of the Serb-run camps and their families into Britain . |
| 21 | The idea that mankind is too profane to interfere in natural processes has already gained enough acceptance to affect global policy making . |
| 22 | That hard work has paid dividends for Washington , who has already scored notable career wins over Connors , Chang , Cherkasov , Wheaton and Lendl , and who claimed his first ever senior title in Memphis in February , a win which moved him from 38 to 23 on the IBM/ATP Computer , his highest ever showing . |
| 23 | British Telecom , Mercury 's competitor , has already announced similar plans using Unisat , Britain 's national satellite due to be launched in 1986 . |
| 24 | Watson has already suffered three leg breaks in a career strewn with misfortune . |
| 25 | Craig has already undergone one operation to repair his shattered liver , but it seems there may be complications and he could undergoe further surgery . |
| 26 | It has already made behind-the-scenes preparations to share the job of picking up the pieces . |
| 27 | Indeed , he has already brought two delegations to see me . |
| 28 | The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade . |
| 29 | The government has already promised extra cash to pay for longer transmissions for the BBC 's World Service in Arabic and Persian . |
| 30 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , Scottish Enterprise has already investigated thin slab casting in the United States of America . |