Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] an [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Thomas Adlercreutz of the Central Board of National Antiquities , Sweden , has pointed out an error in the guide to statutes of limitation published on page 2 of the last issue of The Art Newspaper . |
2 | Thus there has grown up an interest in feminist ‘ herstory ’ ; etymologically impossible , the word emphasizes that his-story has been just that — the history of men . |
3 | The experience is made doubly uncomfortable because the man facing them is Dr Giovanni Agnelli , the founder 's grandson , director for 49 years , chairman for 26 , and the man who has built up an enterprise with a turnover of £26bn and 300,000 employees . |
4 | Talking about his future , Keith says that he has turned down an approach from Rugby and it 's up to Gloucester now whether they keep him on . |
5 | Defoe 's Roxana explains why she has turned down an offer of marriage from a Dutch merchant : ‘ … |
6 | The mother of the W children in Orkney , whose allegations led to the 1991 dawn raids , has turned down an offer of £100,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board . |
7 | Secondly , the use of computers has sparked off an interest in the development of new , more clearly-defined methods in cartography while , at the same time , relieving the cartographer from the labour of manual drafting . |
8 | General Sherman … has raised up an army on the four sides of Joseph just when it seemed most probable that he was about to escape … |
9 | BP Chemicals has set up an enquiry into the incident and the site has been visited by representatives of the Health and Safety Executive . |
10 | Mr Litman , who has set up an office in Moscow , is unperturbed by his rivals ' plans and promises that his ageing ex-spies will provide ‘ astounding new material that will shatter myths and create new controversies . ’ |
11 | Meanwhile 88Open , which boasts that some 80% of its business comes from Europe , has set up an office in the UK , under the charge of Steve Heath , previously from Motorola 's semiconductor operation . |
12 | He will also be aware that Gwynedd has set up an inquiry into those incidents . |
13 | In the meantime MEB has set up an inquiry into what happened . |
14 | Even though X/Open no longer has any formal relationship with the Foundation , following the Cambridge , Massachusetts-based group 's withdrawal from its board at the end of last year , the open systems standards body has nailed down an agreement with OSF which will see all DCE specifications integrated into its Common Applications Environment , CAE , interfaces over the next 12 to 18 months . |
15 | Christine Hoogenkamp has taken up an appointment as Editor with the press office of the Netherlands Reformed Church in Leidschendam . |
16 | Private Eye , Punch 's chief persecutor , has taken out an advertisement in the final edition to woo potential readers . |
17 | " The government has thrown down an apple of discord which has burst into flames and flooded the country " . |