Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ROW has broken out over an exhibition of photography by lesbians . |
| 2 | The AEF has come up with an idea for such a framework : its design would be based on sound data , put together by world experts ( with advice from those with local experience ) , and monitored by representatives of ( inter alia ) aviation , government and environmental interests . |
| 3 | ‘ I would say that nobody who has criticised the proposal to sell has come up with an alternative as to how these things are going to be funded , ’ Dr Macmillan said . |
| 4 | When the marsh has built up to an elevation such that it is covered only by the highest tides , it is usually reclaimed for pasture by building a simple embankment around it . |
| 5 | Other than the exemptions described above , tax has to be paid on any capital gain that has built up on an asset you give away during your lifetime . |
| 6 | It is significant that Phil Weston , with his imposing England Under-19 cv , has turned up as an opener alongside Curtis . |
| 7 | The availability of subsidies for care , whether through insurance companies or state schemes has acted both as an obstacle to change and as a change facilitator . |
| 8 | People are excluded from seeing death by the fact that death has become more like an illness that must receive medical attention , rather than the last event in a person 's life that they should be left in peace to deal with in whichever way they choose . |
| 9 | The street was full of goldsmiths and silversmiths and their assistants and apprentices at the time : Messrs. Cook , Ive , Sarl , Hyams and others all appear in the commercial directories for that year , along with the tobacconists , Fribourg and Treyer , whose shop in Haymarket has persisted almost as an anachronism into the 1980s . |
| 10 | Mr Mellor has pulled out of an engagement to open the Classical Music Show at London 's Barbican tomorrow . |
| 11 | Violence has erupted again on an estate which has been plagued by joyriders . |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire SSD has reacted angrily to an Appeal Court judgement which it says will result in far more children being taken into care throughout the country . |
| 13 | The moon has stepped back like an artist gazing amazed at a work |
| 14 | For an RFL who has practised mainly from an office or offices in England and Wales as principal of an MNP which has held or received client 's money in the period to , the fee is £600 . |
| 15 | For an RFL who has practised mainly from an office or offices overseas as principal of an MNP which has held or received client 's money in the period to , the fee is £150 . |
| 16 | RFL who has practised mainly from an office or offices in England and Wales |
| 17 | RFL who has practised mainly from an office or offices outside England and Wales |
| 18 | SHELL has lost out on an oil bonanza worth at least £1 billion through a decision to cut its stake in exploration territory west of Shetland . |
| 19 | It is a paradox too , that because Christianity has been able to drop any mention of the physical cycles of women 's lives , secular culture has ended up with an idea that true liberation means we can forget ‘ those difficult days ’ , and ‘ carry on as normal ’ ; assuming , perhaps , that to be normal is to be more like a man . |
| 20 | You are like the prisoner who is honourably circumspect but who gets turned in by an accomplice . |
| 21 | Had a very , very good over from Bill Tufnell there , it 's always a bit tricky when you come on to bowl and it 's turning and it 's a long day ahead and you , you 're expected to get hissed and you expect to get hissed , and you can get very impatient when they do n't come , but he 's got one now , he 's got , now he 's bowled well all morning now , he 's bowled almost for an hour , but he 's got that one wicket and he , that over was full of confidence , he tossed one up , misjudged the length and got into a bit of a tangle and then he bowled a quicker one which tried to cut , he then misjudged the pace and he could off nick it to the , a very , very good over and he 's bowling with , with great confidence at the moment . |