Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This storm has knocked out the telephones . |
| 2 | But at least in introducing the 1983 Annual Report a few months later he announced with pride ‘ Your Committee has brought out the Bondholders ! ’ |
| 3 | Making way for the SunDragons , Sun has knocked down the prices of its existing 600MP multi-processing servers by seven to 17% , it says . |
| 4 | The DSS believes that NICs are due on such payments ( the Faculty has set out the reasons why it does not agree ) , but comments that it is possible to deal with matters rather differently by the so-called ‘ statutory method ’ . |
| 5 | I would hate to have to tell him that a new type of gentleman has taken over the clubs and boardrooms , a man who does not consider dishonesty the property of the criminal classes and who , moreover , believes that the notion of the gentleman is negotiable . |
| 6 | The model takes such actions for granted because its reduction of macro to micro has bracketed out the conditions under which it might be put in question . |
| 7 | A very similar picture emerges in Haringey , but here the local authority has worked out the numbers whose income will be affected by more than £2 a week . |
| 8 | ‘ We are glad the owner has handed over the pictures of his own free will rather than selling them on the Western art market . ’ |
| 9 | Transworld has added up the units on the list for home and export sales . |
| 10 | Keegan has paid up the contracts of Billy Askew , David Keavney , Archie Gourlay , David Robinson and Anth Cole as the first step in a Geordie clear-out . |
| 11 | Nowadays the holding of dances , raffles , and pub talks along with the fixture has pushed up the sums enormously , although if inflation and house prices are taken into account even £50,000 or over is hardly a fortune for a man who has to find a job and keep a family . |
| 12 | For once a company has taken on the risks they are not easy to transfer . |
| 13 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 14 | The airline has beefed up the awards provided by its frequent-flier programme , and overhauled its aircraft to give more leg room . |