Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bradford & Bingley had a similar experience . |
| 2 | To contribute to this debate , Coopers & Lybrand formed a working party to survey and examine interim reporting . |
| 3 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 4 | The near extinction of the North American buffalo or bison offered a chilling example of the destructive power of modern firearms . |
| 5 | Legal & General reported a half year profit before tax of £74m ( v £56m ) . |
| 6 | Stephan Brüback of the German shop design specialist Hans Brüback Landenbau & Verkaufstechnik took a visual approach to the theme of customer recognition , suggesting that social differences be accepted and even adopted in the definition of a shop 's corporate identity . |
| 7 | Rugby World & Post hit a new peak with a record 65,000 sale of the October World Cup preview issue . |
| 8 | In 1881 , when Brunner , Mond & Co. became a public company , he invested in it , became its first chairman , and remained a director until his death . |
| 9 | SHARES in Cable & Wireless received a sharp boost yesterday after the company disclosed it was discussing the sale of up to £750million worth of shares in its Hong Kong telecomunications subsidiary to the Chinese Government . |
| 10 | Saatchi & Saatchi announced a first half profit before tax of £11.1m , compared with a loss of £32m in the same period last year . |
| 11 | There was a tradition in Wales that when club or country wanted a front row forward all they had to do was stand at the pit head and whistle . |
| 12 | He also pursued finance , and in 1848 helped reorganize the banking firm of Magniac , Jardine , which as Matheson & Company became a financial giant in the City , and within which he became ‘ Uncle James ’ . |
| 13 | A & Instruments launched a new range of high performance , top pan balances — the HX Series — offering fast weighing response , high accuracy and fully automatic calibration . |
| 14 | Just as serious students with a syllabus to get through needed lectures different from those whose hobby was science , so those studying biology or medicine needed a different sort of museum from the general public , excited by dinosaur bones and stuffed grizzly bears . |
| 15 | Neither she nor Nan ate a cooked breakfast . |
| 16 | At this stage , she says , the project was still conceived of as a relatively modest 13-part series , and neither video nor merchandising seemed a great issue . |
| 17 | ‘ What comes up , ’ said Rory , and Jessica gave a dirty laugh . |
| 18 | Two days later 10 opposition parties and groups issued a joint statement in which they denounced what they described as the over-representation of the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) on the commission . |
| 19 | Sainsbury 's sponsored the grape-treading stage and Faith gave a bare-footed demonstration before the Prince . |
| 20 | ‘ Both me and Vinny had a good sleep on the plane and we are ready for hard training . |
| 21 | In the 1950s , Northern Rhodesia , Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland had a federal government which ran an education television service . |
| 22 | Dad ran a garage and petrol station on the main road through Strathspeld village and Mum had a wee gift and coffee shop ; Dad had been worried after the Six-Day War when they 'd introduced the fifty-miles-an-hour speed limit and even issued fuel-rationing books , but that had n't lasted very long and , even though petrol cost more nowadays , people were still travelling and using cars . |
| 23 | I am very vague about what happened during the rest of that morning , but apparently Val , Derek and Mum wanted a second opinion , so another doctor was called in . |
| 24 | The country 's nuclear lobby has argued that alternative energy sources are either not available or too expensive and Semenyuk told a parliamentary debate on the government 's economic reform programme that : " Experts say that after the introduction of safety measures the plant is among the safest , and not only in Ukraine . " |
| 25 | Yeah Dorigo had a very good game and Macca had a brilliant game for Scotland . |
| 26 | The timber opened as they breasted a ridge and Trent glimpsed a steeply-sloping meadow up ahead and a patch of white . |
| 27 | Their staff were generally willing to ‘ have a go ’ , and with some information and support went a long way in challenging their own attitudes and those of other children and parents . |
| 28 | Cancer was diagnosed only eight months earlier , and Madeleine held a strong conviction she could find a way of helping in her own healing . |
| 29 | Trafford Park food companies headed by Kelloggs , Brooke Bond and Walls formed a thirteen food company group which opposed the incinerators and lobbied against the campaign handing in over 40,000 signatures and over 600 submissions were sent to the UDC prior to the date of the decision , including one from the Students ' Union concerned that the University was directly in line with the prevailing wind from the proposed site . |
| 30 | They left after that drink and went back to the house at Lochgair ; Rory and Kenneth cleared a tangled choke of bushes and shrubs at the rear of the garden , where Mary wanted the lawn extended . |