Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Associated American Artists has gathered together a representative group of this work in a show called ‘ Rufino Tamayo — seventeen years at the Mixografia workshop ’ . |
| 2 | Instead , the government and insurers agreed to set up a special fund . |
| 3 | On the farm the introduction of tractors and combine harvesters has brought about a vast decrease in the number of employment opportunities and an added stimulus to the rural working population to move to the towns in search of jobs . |
| 4 | As such , the quality of interfaces to GIS has taken on a considerable importance in terms of awareness , training and usage , both to the providers of GIS software and users of GIS alike ( Rhind , et al. 1989 ) . |
| 5 | The Office for Fine Arts intends to keep only a few of the better works for itself . |
| 6 | A newspaper report that the multi-millionaire Barclay brothers had built up a 3 per cent stake in Williams and were thinking of a full bid at 300p a share sent the price soaring 58p to 283p . |
| 7 | At the Penta the porters had worked out a neat scam with the airline crews who regularly booked into the hotel . |
| 8 | J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession . |
| 9 | Michael Attenborough of Hodder commented : ‘ For any publisher , losing an author all of whose books have sold over a million copies in their UK editions — and I have no doubt that As the Crow Flies will join them soon — is very regrettable . |
| 10 | It has been suggested that the prevalent west and south-west winds tend to set up a longshore drift towards Portland , so that the majority of coarse material accumulates at that end . |
| 11 | The question of the relation between Christianity and other world faiths has taken on a new urgency in a time where , for instance , an Indian Christian must take stock of his position vis-à-vis his Hindu fellow-countrymen , or a British or American Christian finds himself living alongside adherents of other religions in his own homeland . |
| 12 | The two companies decided to set up a joint research and development project to find a system which would meet the new standards in a cost-effective way , and Project Alaska was born . |
| 13 | The two countries had built up a clandestine network of military links , with Israel frequently accused of breaking the UN Security Council arms embargo . |
| 14 | The floods of past winters had piled up a huge logjam just below a fishing lodge on the River Usk , and a female mink had set up her den there . |
| 15 | Even though the certificates have taken on a different appearance , their structure remains the same . |
| 16 | Contrary to your impression matters have moved forward a considerable way in relation to the Church Road stop . |
| 17 | In 1961 the British and French governments agreed to set up a working group to consider the merits of the rival proposals and at the beginning of 1964 Ernest Marples , the British Transport Minister , and his French counterpart announced that the two governments would go ahead with a tunnel . |
| 18 | The popular daily press in the Edwardian years began to give quite a prominent place to sport . |
| 19 | And it seemed Fergie 's ten man heroes had squeezed out a momentous victory until the soccer fates suddenly stabbed them in the back in the pouring rain of Moscow . |
| 20 | Those three weeks had thrown up a heartening variety of political allegiances in the tree-lined avenue but all happy agreements to differ evaporated in the wake of John Major 's sinister victory . |
| 21 | His pale cheeks had taken on a ruddy glow . |
| 22 | The Ford Pay claim coincides with negotiations at Vauxhall where leaders of the 9,000 manual workers have turned down a two-year offer giving 9.1 per cent in the first year and inflation plus £3 in the second . |
| 23 | Aids have claimed quite a few victims now |
| 24 | Senior West German officials here last night said that the Bonn cabinet had agreed to vote with President Mitterrand and other EC leaders to fix a date before the end of next year for the special conference of EC governments to begin drawing up a new treaty . |
| 25 | DARLINGTON health officials have drawn up a smart new logo as part of their plans to revamp the service 's image . |
| 26 | For companies like , pitching to investors has become virtually a full time job . |
| 27 | Literally speaking , ephemera are things that last only a day ; in the more accepted sense , things destined to endure only a short time ; but , by a curious paradox , in the most modern sense , things which have , in fact , long survived their predestined span . |
| 28 | PRINCE Edward is calling in top football teams to help set up a new-look Duke of Edinburgh award . |
| 29 | The church was in ruins , and the monks had put up a temporary building over the main altar , where they gathered round the body of St Dunstan for their daily offices . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Kuna , the official Kuwaiti news agency , had reported on July 22 that the Egyptians had put forward a four-point plan to settle the dispute , which would ultimately involve a conference of the major Arab states . |