Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alteration in circumstances concerning 4–7 of the above reasons has brought about the situation found since the mid 1980's , when there has been a lack of growth . |
| 2 | The real reason is that competition between the various issuers has forced down the charges levied on the retailers — once as high as 3 to 5 per cent , down to an average of 2.2 per cent in 1988 and now 1.7 per cent and falling . |
| 3 | A heavy backlog of cases has snarled up the court process for dealing with non-payers . |
| 4 | A major chain of small grocery shops has taken on the might of the big wholesalers in a battle over the right to sell newspapers . |
| 5 | The organization of women in the controlled zones varies considerably depending on the region : either one of the women 's organizations has taken on the task or there may be a women 's committee of the Popular Power Council . |
| 6 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox 's dream of making a fortune from soap that FLOATS has disappeared down the plughole . |
| 7 | The 14-year-old civil war between the government and Jonas Savimbi 's Unita rebels has brought about the collapse of the oil-rich Angolan economy , the story goes , and turned Luanda , once called the Rio de Janeiro of Africa , into one of the continent 's dirtiest capitals . |
| 8 | A recent outbreak of aggregate reactions in the concrete transformer bases of 11 electricity power stations has thrown up the possibility that most of the sands and gravels removed from the Trent valley ( one of the most widely-used sources of aggregates in Britain ) may contain the forms of silica that cause the reaction . |
| 9 | Argument about rival therapies has taken on the passion previously given to theological debate . |
| 10 | KRAFT General Foods has snapped up the US and Canadian businesses of breakfast cereal giant R J R Nabisco . |
| 11 | The Convoy Aid Romania coordinator has challenged other mercy groups to a public debate but Cleveland Aid for Romanian Children has turned down the invitation . |
| 12 | Every ten minutes , another group of tourists arrives to check out the rockets and winds up taking pictures of Kevin Davies taking pictures of The Shamen . |
| 13 | Such a conception of women has continued down the centuries . |
| 14 | If , for any reason , one of my colleagues needs to take over the file at any stage , you will be consulted . |