Example sentences of "[adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bacteria and fungi go to work breaking down the dead organisms ' protein into amino acids and converting them into ammonia , a useful source of nutrition . |
| 2 | He would then take over the European Components ' planning activity when everything was centralised in Detroit . |
| 3 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 4 | In addition to the established and highly successful Master 's Degree Course in Highway Engineering for Developing Countries , the School of Civil Engineering is now setting up a parallel Masters ' Course in Traffic Engineering for Developing Countries . |
| 5 | Ms Dickinson also reported that discussions were currently taking place with various bodies , including the Arts Council , to investigate the possibility of setting up a National Children 's Book Council . |
| 6 | In Wales the WRFU has set up an international players ' trust fund . |
| 7 | Delegates representing miners in most Soviet coalfields held a week-long congress in mid-June in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk , at which it was decided in principle to set up an independent miners ' union . |
| 8 | Hugues Joffre , who joined Christie 's at the beginning of the year after serving out the six months ' notice enforced by Sotheby 's when he resigned unexpectedly on the eve of last summer 's sales , made his first public appearance in King Street , hovering around the telephone bank but participating only occasionally in the afternoon 's business . |