Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He faces a four-year ban after failing a drugs test at the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 2 | Another key objective in developing a GIS user interface is to improve the data-handling procedures to support the user 's concept of maps as views of spatial data . |
| 3 | This factor was a major reason for instituting a CPIS . |
| 4 | An important effect of adopting a Loans Fund ( or any other ‘ loans pool ’ ) is that a distinction has to be made between loan repayment and loan redemption : |
| 5 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 6 | There was thus a concrete possibility of creating a Peoples Front in Britain which would take advantage of the opposition to the National Government to be found outside the labour movement . |
| 7 | Just five months after returning to football after a lengthy ban for failing a drugs test , the temperamental star faces a showdown tomorrow with Sevilla officials . |
| 8 | It says much for the sense of humour of the untidy , bespectacled architect that after the initial shock of the Princess 's request , he accepted the relatively minor commission of building a dolls ' house for the Queen with enthusiasm , and immediately visited the Princess to discuss the project , bringing with him a mutual friend , Sir Herbert Morgan , President of the Society of Industrial Artists . |