Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT would have been pretty hard , given the Government 's troubles , for Labour to have had a bad Conference . |
| 2 | However , the TNC-dominated export industries tend to employ more women than men.The reasons for this have stimulated a great deal of argument and it is not always possible to generalize cross-culturally . |
| 3 | But in the longer perspective the events of 1963 had demonstrated a profound dialogue of the deaf between the strikers , who had chanted " Charlot , des sous ! " |
| 4 | This method of roasting has achieved a remarkable 6 per cent weight loss and , this varies dramatically from all previous low temperature cook and hold ovens , because other modes are available to achieve traditional roasting textures and crusts . |
| 5 | The interpretation of the events of 1868 has become a major topic of controversy among historians of Japan . |
| 6 | The economic embargo and blockade by the United States and the Contra war had left Nicaragua 's economy on its knees , and its population concentrating on day-to-day survival with terrifying levels of inflation , which by the beginning of 1988 had reached a staggering 30,000 per cent a year . |
| 7 | The Roads and Transport Capital Budget for 1992/93 has included a new heading for Road Lighting : Road Safety . |
| 8 | Can we fly er Stansted or whatever bloody hell towns there are , Stansted I mean it 's Stansted Stansted every bloody place in that 's got a sodding airport |
| 9 | The company was formed by Alistair Ross , who in 1986 had sold a 3i-backed poultry business to Hillsdown Holdings . |
| 10 | VAT returns show that 9,581 individuals reclaimed the tax in 1991 having completed a genuine , hands-on self-build project . |
| 11 | In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV . |
| 12 | The revelation of the size of the deficit in 1987 had precipitated a serious financial crisis , the introduction of austerity measures and an appeal to congregations worldwide for donations . |
| 13 | Walahfrid 's " other one " who had enjoyed Alemannia before this , must be Louis the German whose marriage to Judith 's sister in 827 had created a strong axis of solidarity between this son and his father . |
| 14 | Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " . |
| 15 | He used to have a go at driving his father 's Austin Seven around the farm at an early age , and later he became seriously interested in motor racing — not least because Mike Hawthorn winning the Leinster Trophy in 1951 had made a deep impression . |
| 16 | Of the players , Gooch in particular had had a good tour and was really beginning to fulfil his potential , but the difference between the two bowling attacks seemed just to be increasing . |
| 17 | Gatting in particular had had a good series , batting well and leading the team excellently ; with the first Test then drawn under his leadership , how different the rest of the summer might have been had he not invited the famous barmaid to his room . |
| 18 | Export in particular has had a good year and during 1991 we are forecast to deliver an all time record tonnage of malt to 40 customers in 33 countries . |
| 19 | Kenneth Waltz in particular has proposed a new , uncompromising ‘ systems ’ account . |
| 20 | Although no clear consensus has emerged from these discussions , one idea in particular has acquired a sizeable following . |
| 21 | There have been , as we have said , a few most generous exceptions : the Canoe Camping Club in particular have promised a substantial part of their fund but individual canoeists have been slow to respond . |
| 22 | The Mill Hill priests who started Sasse in 1939 have made a great contribution to the national life of this young African country . |
| 23 | In Scotland , the formation of Scottish Homes in 1989 has created a powerful agency which is intended to change the face of public housing in the country and to encourage the growth of the private rented sector . |
| 24 | The many political changes in policy in 1988 has created a great deal of uncertainty about the future administration of classes . |
| 25 | Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year . |
| 26 | Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port . |
| 27 | Indeed , the years since 1979 have witnessed a continuing struggle between local and national government . |
| 28 | Although a succession of Conservative governments since 1979 has expressed a firm belief in monetary methods of managing the economy , with the emphasis on controlling inflation , it is fair to say that the empirical justifica-tion for much of this policy has been thin . |
| 29 | The years since 1981 have seen a steady transformation in the campesinos ' lives . |
| 30 | Initially the stated aim had been to promote economic and cultural co-operation , but the revolutionary developments in Eastern Europe since 1989 had added a new dimension , the grouping coming to be viewed as a vehicle for bringing emergent east European democracies into the Western fold . |