Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage ( 12–7kyr ago ) Lake Suguta covered an area of 2,000km 2 and reached depths of more than 300m , but it has since desiccated in response to an increasingly arid climate . |
| 2 | Matches were played against local hearing teams , and after a promising start , the club almost folded in 1879 following a disastrous season but was re-organised , and has since gone from strength to strength , with various changes in name . |
| 3 | On Paul 's first day he arranged four appointments for our consultants with prospective clients , and has since gone from strength to strength . |
| 4 | His climbing days were cut short in 1957 when he caught polio in the Himalayas , but he remains a dedicated walker and has since served as President of the Alpine Club and on the Mount Everest Foundation . |
| 5 | Norman Askew , 59 , of Victoria Avenue , Redcar , knocked down by a car near St.Bede 's School , Marske on Monday has since died in hospital from the head injuries he received in the accident . |
| 6 | After sharpening the other end , I had a long needle , which has since proved of value in a number of other jobs . |
| 7 | The reading of my Botanick Essays and the Experiments he has successfully made in pursuance of what I have advanced there has created in him an earnestness to correspond with me . |
| 8 | This chapter has necessarily concentrated on activity at the centre and , in doing so , demonstrated how much any local initiative depends eventually on Course-wide endorsement . |
| 9 | Well I also was er , er , a producer then in the B B C and so he and I had some cheerful encounters at that time , since when he has obviously gone from strength to strength . |
| 10 | In fact , Chubby has only appeared in TV on Opportunity Knocks , New Faces , Starburst and an episode of Play for Today . |
| 11 | Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . |
| 12 | ONE OF the first railway privatisations of the century has finally come of age with the clearance of a unique hire purchase agreement with British Rail . |
| 13 | A historic revival of one of the greatest works of choral music has just begun in front of Royalty . |
| 14 | The third generation version , which has just gone on sale in Britain , looks likely to continue the success story . |
| 15 | Ancient church treasures of gold , silver , ivory and rock crystal ; enamelled , filigreed , and bejewelled , which were stolen from Quedlinburg by a US army lieutenant in 1945 , have been returned to Germany , and the whole contents of the treasury some fifty works has just gone on display in the Kunstgewerbemuseum until 30 May 1993 . |
| 16 | The last truly impressive Giugiaro car — the 1988 Aztec — has just gone into production for the Japanese market at £500,000 . |
| 17 | Cricket , and the afternoon session in the fourth Test Match between England and the West Indies has just got under way in Barbados . |
| 18 | Porterfield has already gone on record by saying the former England coach has easily proved to be his best signing . |
| 19 | Whilst learning to take the rough and the smooth of rugby fortunes with a philosophic air , Townsend has already reacted to criticism with refinements to his play that have been a factor in his selection for Australia : ‘ I tend to pay heed more to criticism than to praise . |
| 20 | A 44-year-old man has already appeared in court in connection with the incident . |
| 21 | A designer with the company has already appeared in court in connection with the affair . |
| 22 | Eventually , as has already occurred with Islam in some countries , these countervailing centres of power will challenge governments and sometimes gain control over them . |
| 23 | The Institute indicated when it commissioned the report that it would make every effort to adopt its proposals wherever possible , and has already agreed on action in a number of areas . |
| 24 | The panel did n't review supermodel Cindy Crawford 's new video which has already come under fire in some fitness circles but Mr Dickinson adds : ‘ It clearly contains some of the exercises the panel had elsewhere criticised as outdated ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ No famous athlete has ever gone into politics by joining Labour . |
| 26 | This parish has a strange park-like quality , where a ruined abbey , founded in 1150 , lies tantalizingly buried in ivy beside the River Minsmere , which further downstream meanders through the gentle wooded park of Sibton . |
| 27 | Moreover , of course , the case for occupational family allowances and child tax allowances has always gained in strength from the existence of differential birth rates , the argument being that the more prosperous parents warranted special encouragement ( e.g. Fisher , 1932 ) . |
| 28 | The company has always stood for excellence in analogue sound reproduction , its fame having been made by its first and longest running model , the LP12 turntable . |
| 29 | ‘ Tho' one eye may be very agreeable , yet … the prejudice has always run in favour of two . ’ |
| 30 | While the proportion of mentally ill among homeless people has probably not changed greatly over the past two decades , the absolute number has probably doubled in parallel with the number of homeless people . |