Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The rapid increase in the number and diversity of states has had long-term consequences for global politics . |
2 | A new book criticising Hollywood 's current output and accusing it of undermining traditional values has provoked fierce debate in the US . |
3 | The continued expansion of the S.M.E. Centre 's activities has created excellent opportunities for high calibre staff in the following posts : |
4 | Although an independent report on its activities has recommended continued support for the centre at Rijswijk in the Netherlands , many fear that the Dutch government will adhere to an austerity programme that provides no money to operate the centre . |
5 | A new generation of chefs has raised British cooking to poetic heights — with some unfortunate exceptions , says AISLING FOSTER |
6 | Ecuador 's Ministry of Energy and Mines has granted provisional approval for the project in spite of local and international objection . |
7 | Increasing unemployment in the cities has had all kinds of unfortunate consequences : it reduces demand for such services as retailing , while at the same time increasing pressures on public-sector provision ; and social services , housing training and education encounter increased demands for certain activities . |
8 | This alternation of form between generations has allowed all kinds of variations within the group . |
9 | But the first reason was religious : ‘ part of the leiges has taken new opinions of the scripture , and has done against the law and ordinance of holy kirk ’ . |
10 | The excellence of our products has created major markets for us in healthcare , research and industry . |
11 | Where , and Financial Times has had some increase in , in sits vac too , which is a high yielding er , category of course . |
12 | The combination of movement in the brick core , ingress of moisture and the corrosion of iron cramps has produced numerous cracks in the marble skin which have further weakened the structure . |
13 | London 's Docklands over the centuries has seen many ways of life come and go , but one has remained ; that of pests . |
14 | Part of the problem is that the church over the centuries has given mixed signals about the family . |
15 | Jaguar Cars has made two appointments as part of plans to expand its range of vehicles and treble output by the year 2000 . |
16 | The opening of East European borders has provided new opportunities for rampant free-marketeering and with it the exploitation of the workers in these countries . |
17 | The United Nations has examined several sets of leaf samples . |
18 | The United Nations has reported intense fighting around Srebrenica , the Moslem enclave it is trying to protect . |
19 | The physical difficulty of working with oceanic animals has limited cetacean study in the past , and much of the information available on whales over the last few centuries has , ironically , come from the whaling industry . |
20 | Any farmer or keeper of animals has observed this kind of behaviour . |
21 | Short Brothers has won two orders worth £40 million for its Javelin close-air defence weapon system from the Ministry of Defence and an unnamed country . |
22 | Short Brothers has won two orders worth £40 million for its Javelin close-air defence weapon system from the Ministry of Defence and an unnamed country . |
23 | Mr Heseltine 's behaviour both in public and in private throughout recent months has commanded warm admiration from his Cabinet colleagues . |
24 | The other alternative is to claim that the very constitution of individuals as intentional subjects serves to legitimate capitalist modes of production , for only if individuals perceive themselves as free agents will these alienating arrangements seem tolerable . |
25 | This contact with parents has brought many benefits to the school ; not least are the many new games we have learned . |
26 | Since the acquisition , a restructuring of the marketing and finance functions has provided increased focus for this business which is well placed to take full advantage of the developing Mexican economy . |
27 | But the displacement of large numbers of people from the rural to urban areas has put great pressure on the previously more privileged urban education sector . |
28 | The UK Central Council for Nurses , Midwives and Health Visitors has issued new guidance to nurses ( UKCC , 1988 ) about drug administration which is a follow-up circular to clarify its 1986 ‘ Advisory Paper ’ . |
29 | The use of import quotas has received scant attention in the strategic trade policy literature , the one exception being Fung ( 1989 ) . |
30 | The Bank for International Settlements has published detailed figures on the volume of publicly issued bonds outstanding by currency of issue and covering issues denominated in twenty-one different currencies . |