Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the focus of the Bretton Woods institutions has moved across the Atlantic to central Europe deep-seated fears have arisen that time , resources and energy will be diverted from the economies of the southern hemisphere . |
| 2 | The emphasis in child care practice on families before institutions has contributed to a definition of the aims and the means of helping young people which accentuates personal , family relationships . |
| 3 | Boesky 's cooperation with the regulatory authorities has resulted in a number of other SEC investigations . |
| 4 | Mr Fred Pritchard a member of a firm of fruit merchants has written to the Council suggesting that members of the trade petition the Watch Committee to consider Thom 's position with a full knowledge of the facts . |
| 5 | The increased importance of standardised informational support for both machines and operators has led to the concept of procedures as a separate design issue within a system ( Fig. 1.30 ) . |
| 6 | technology to further improve the efficiency of Johnson Mattheys secondary precious metal refining operations has continued throughout the year . |
| 7 | ‘ The van I used to use to transport my bikes has come to the end of its day , and Bill Doig has very kindly offered me the use of the station van if it is not required for company duties . ’ |
| 8 | The House of Lords in two subsequent cases has retreated from the position it adopted in the original litigation , by making plain that the Government must prove some damage to the national interest and that no such damage can be established where the information has already been placed in the public domain by being published abroad . |
| 9 | The application of the Treaty provisions to actual cases has led to the development of the following principles : Exhaustion of rights : where the right owner has put articles into circulation ( directly or with his consent ) he can not subsequently use his rights to prevent further dealings in respect of those articles . |
| 10 | In England , the reluctance of the police to take action in domestic violence cases has contributed to a situation in which women do not generally invoke the criminal process in such circumstances . |
| 11 | Legal intervention in truancy cases has focused on the notion of parental responsibility . |
| 12 | The threat of targeting US-based British businesses for more taxes has led to the conclusion in some quarters that Clinton is less pro-free trade than his predecessor . |
| 13 | It has been felt for some time that the procedure and forms relating to the granting of legal aid in criminal causes could be improved , and the introduction of legal aid in the District Courts has led to the position being scrutinised and a new procedure and application form introduced . |
| 14 | The difficulty encountered by plaintiffs in obtaining injunctions to stop libels has led to a growth in applications for injunctions on the grounds of breach of confidence , ie that the information has been obtained from someone who is under a duty not to reveal it . |
| 15 | RIGHT The collapse , levelling and rebuilding of mud brick houses has led to the formation of huge mounds in some parts of the world . |
| 16 | One of Edinburgh 's most unusual houses has opened to the public , for the first time in nearly twenty years . |
| 17 | In the Near East , the constant rebuilding of mud brick houses has resulted in the formation of considerable mounds known as tells ; the one at Jericho is over 15 metres high . |
| 18 | Too much competition between the two main houses has resulted in the whittling away of the seller 's commission in many transactions and buyers will now be hit in order to restore profit margins . |
| 19 | But now that the Nineties are in full swing , has anyone out there discovered that the phones have stopped jangling , their Filofax is miraculously blank , or the traffic clogging our roads has withered to a trickle ? |
| 20 | The concern of some researchers has extended to the ways in which boys are allowed to dominate girls in schools . |
| 21 | The Sunday Times has called in an Oxford historian to help with its serialisation of the Goebbels diaries . |
| 22 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |
| 23 | As we can see , a wide variety of karate styles has developed from the art 's origins . |
| 24 | The sales forecasts amounted to 9 megabytes on Lotus , but now under Ark the amount of data has been reduced to 6 megabytes , and the number of presentation styles has increased by a factor of about four to between 10 and 12 . |
| 25 | Pollution in the Great Lakes has grown to the extent that it is a " a hazard to human health " , according to a report prepared by a joint US-Canadian team . |
| 26 | The importance of the structure of organic superconductors has come under the scrutiny of another group working at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois . |
| 27 | The role of small scale production units has increased in a number of industries . |
| 28 | It may be that it is those least disposed to commit suicide who join the cult in the first place , but at least the systematic comparison of variables has led to the question being raised . |
| 29 | Scotland is remarkable in that the land management regime over many centuries has resulted in the preservation of archaeological landscapes in our uplands , from the Cheviots to Shetland . |
| 30 | The size and importance of many company pension funds has led to a demand for inhouse actuarial skills . |