Example sentences of "['s] [adj] [noun] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is what had happened in 1931 when Ramsay MacDonald 's Labour government had attempted a very small expansion of spending . |
| 2 | W H Smith came in for some surprisingly harsh comment from the financial press last week after the group 's interim results had revealed a 20% drop in pretax profits . |
| 3 | Raimundo 's sallow face had turned a dark red . |
| 4 | He described the Vietnam war as a ‘ noble cause ’ , charged that Carter 's economic policy had caused a ‘ severe depression ’ and raised doubts about the theory of evolution . |
| 5 | The world 's economic downturn has triggered a rash of defaults in commercial paper and long-term debt , particularly by unrated issuers . |
| 6 | The Institute 's Technical Department has published a booklet on Accounting Records and the Smaller Company , price £2 ( p 97 ) . |
| 7 | Europe 's supercomputing industry has received a boost with unveiling by German company Parsytec of plans for a new range of parallel machines . |
| 8 | CHINA 'S political turmoil has had a ‘ traumatic ’ effect on Hong Kong , but in announcing plans for a Bill of Rights and expenditure of HK$127bn ( £10.1bn ) on a new international airport and port facilities , Sir David Wilson , the Governor , made a bold attempt yesterday to bolster the territory 's confidence . |
| 9 | The following day Patel telephoned French at the Burgerspark Hotel in Pretoria advising him the ANC 's regional director had called a special meeting with the National Olympic Sports Congress for Monday morning recommending that the tour be cancelled . |
| 10 | Unisys Corp 's French subsidiary has won a $9.3m order from the Agricultural Bank of Algeria to automate its 250 branches and 36 agencies in competition with Groupe Bull SA and Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme . |
| 11 | Many are likely to cross the Atlantic to visit Clinton 's old Oxford haunts offering a boost to Britain 's tourism industry . |
| 12 | In recent years the size of Greece 's foreign debt had become a significant factor in its economic problems , as EC transfers and loans were no longer able to cover widening deficits . |
| 13 | De Gaulle 's foreign policy had restored a level of national self-respect and consensus that had been absent since the First World War . |
| 14 | During the period between the Fascist ascendancy of 1934 and the collapse of Mosley 's hopes in March 1937 , Joyce 's personal life had undergone a change which seemed to be for the better . |
| 15 | Di Leonardo 's personal secretary had issued a statement shortly after midday , a masterpiece of prolixity that took about five minutes to say that Ruggiero Miletti had been found dead and that another statement would be issued in due course . |
| 16 | The tariff reform camp had a bonus in 1911 from events in Canada : Laurier 's Liberal government had negotiated a Reciprocity Agreement with the United States that cut across all of the arguments for imperial preference . |
| 17 | This time Hope 's quizzical look did prove a sufficient prompt . |
| 18 | By using options to support its currency , Spain 's central bank has blazed a new trail . |
| 19 | In September the party 's national executive had rejected a proposal to co-operate more closely with Congress ( I ) [ see p. 38438 ] . |
| 20 | The scientists who designed Turry 's remarkable suit have made a few alterations . |
| 21 | She had got over their love affair before she agreed to marry Fred , although the young man 's sudden appearance had stirred a few very pleasant memories for her . |
| 22 | Witco 's organic division has introduced a series of Formez ester and ether polyols for the manufacture of polyurethane oligomers used to formulate coatings for radiation curing systems . |
| 23 | In the context of such an overwhelming victory for phallocracy , the BBC 's weird decision to focus its hype on Peter Snow 's giant swingometer seems to have a certain symbolic logic . |
| 24 | The rundown remains of Liverpool Castle a replica of King John 's famous fortress have received a £40,000 cash boost . |
| 25 | The Butler-Sloss Report ( Cleveland Report , 1988 ) highlighted the problems in the UK and makes recommendations , and the Children 's Legal Centre has published a booklet ( 1988 ) which concentrates on the procedures professionals should follow when dealing with suspected child abuse . |
| 26 | The hubble bubble scene has been elaborated — audiences have shown special interest in the recipe for the witches ' brew — and the plot 's tyrannical shenanigans have struck a chord with those who have experienced the benevolent rule of Dr Hastings Banda , Malawi 's president for life . |
| 27 | The damage to the BMW turned out to be negligible , but Alison 's elderly Saab had suffered a broken headlight and badly buckled fender . |
| 28 | With a flash of insight , she imagined Guy 's jilted fiancée had received a timely escape . |
| 29 | In a piece of fancy footwork of which Gekko would have been proud , America 's fat cats have capped a record year by undermining President-Elect Bill Clinton 's plans to soak the rich , before he has even set foot in the White House . |
| 30 | Now she was afraid that Elizabeth 's initial interest had become a dangerous obsession . |