Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 2 | Nor should the ecological impacts of these measures be forgotten , for the unsealing of asphalt surfaces has lead to increases in area of trees , shrubs and plants . |
| 3 | But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week . |
| 4 | In Darlington , where the Neighbourhood Watch scheme is supposed to be the biggest catch all since the trawl net was invented and where you can get into terrible trouble for suggesting there might be holes in the net the number of burglaries from houses has increased by 25pc in a year . |
| 5 | The concern of these groups has grown in response to a perceived widening of the gap between cherished moral values and actual day-to-day behaviour . |
| 6 | Only a few years after the war the arts became separated from ideology in a way that enabled both artistic practice and theory to gain so-called independence . |
| 7 | Many clients became disillusioned with search in the 1970s , receiving some indifferent service and assuming that all headhunters were the same ; this view is rapidly disappearing in the 1980s , although many search practices current during the Big Bang gave search a bad name , such as wholesale movement of trading and broking teams , for instance . |
| 8 | A few dealers accepted the fines as a matter of course , especially as accumulated funds got spent on drinks for everybody in the local pub on Friday night . |
| 9 | Pupils are losing out as the cost of arson attacks on schools has doubled from £60m to £120m . |
| 10 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 11 | The number of frauds has led to calls for tightening up of audits of investment businesses , and particularly a reduction in the number of many thousands of auditors who examine investment firms so that the ones left can develop greater expertise . |
| 12 | Leasing cars has fallen in popularity from two in 10 last year to less than one in 10 now . |
| 13 | It is true that a military coalition of sorts has existed in Indo-China since the Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea and Laos . |
| 14 | Their fascination with dinosaurs has led to discussions on conservation and ecology , writing their own stories and practise in drawing from observation . |
| 15 | C Company of The Royal Scots has lived at Forkhill as part of the regiment 's six-month tour which began last October . |
| 16 | Ms Radice will implement her policy by vetoing aberrant grants among the 1,122 ( totalling $66.1 million ) that the National Council on the Arts has approved for funding on the recommendations of peer panels . |
| 17 | Research on diabetes continues in many centres , including Oxford , where research on animals has led to techniques of isolating and purifying the human pancreatic cells that produce insulin with a view to implanting them in diabetic patients and curing the disease . |
| 18 | FILMING of the new Hollywood blockbuster Super Mario Brothers has descended into chaos after a series of bitter on-set rows . |
| 19 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 20 | Eight patients were ‘ reformed ’ drinkers having abstained from alcohol for a duration ranging from two months to several years and five of this group had biopsy proven cirrhosis . |
| 21 | But they do n't , I mean they just do n't some kids have got ta sort of work at it and you 're one child , like Lee . |
| 22 | The right-wing Civic Democratic Party , one of the two new political parties to have emerged in February from the Civic Forum movement [ see p. 38017-18 ] , held its founding congress in Olomouc , Moravia , on April 20-21 . |
| 23 | On July 19 about 1,000 supporters of Islamic organizations had demonstrated in Istanbul against the visit . |
| 24 | When we were out for lunch a few weeks ago , Alan asked where I was brought up and I said popped out on stalks two brothers had gone to school at . |
| 25 | His sisters had curtsied to the vicar ; his brothers had gone to war in 1914 , and one of them had died at Vimy Ridge ; his father had been a farm bailiff and died in 1911 after being bitten by a horse ( misnamed Lucky ) . |
| 26 | His eyes had gone from sapphire to a blue so dark it was almost black . |
| 27 | Since 1950 the pro-European parties had declined in strength in the legislature , and even without the EDC dilemma , governmental survival at the best of times was problematic . |
| 28 | By the end of May around 15,000 former BCCI depositors had applied for compensation to the UK 's Deposit Protection Board . |
| 29 | In addition they could have gained a seat in Belfast West if Republican Clubs supporters had transferred to SDLP in that constituency as well . |
| 30 | One week later , Gen. Mohammed Farah Aydid , who was chairman of the USC but whose supporters had clashed in September with a rival faction loyal to President Mahdi Mohammed [ see pp. 38426-27 ] , denounced the new appointees and the Djibouti accords . |