Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [vb pp] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Stamp Office confirmed that stamp duty will be assessed on the VAT-exclusive amount of any premium and rent reserved where a lease is granted between companies in the same VAT group . |
| 2 | Any attempt to produce the letter for the first time at completion should be resisted and completion delayed until the purchaser has had adequate time to consider the disclosures . |
| 3 | In addition to the above , the air in the theatre must be monitored for formaldehyde gas on a regular basis and action taken if the amount exceeds 2 ppm in any two hour period . |
| 4 | Modern methods of butchery militate against this ; drenching freshly slaughtered carcases in water means that they spoil more quickly , and weight-loss achieved as the meat hangs means less profit . |
| 5 | Predictably serious negotiations ensued , if not for peace then at least for the ransom of King John ; but several years of intermittent diplomacy and warfare passed before a treaty was concluded at Brétigny in 1360 and confirmed at Calais in 1361 . |
| 6 | Be very clear , he wrote : I do not feel that it is time and thought wasted because the end result is less than I had hoped . |
| 7 | Charles Dudgeon , operations director at the Stevenage plant said : ‘ Following the acquisition many changes were introduced and performance suffered as the market reacted with apprehension to the unknown but now the wisdom of the shake-up is evident . ’ |
| 8 | But prosperity declined as the country was hit by successive droughts , the Black Death and the Wars of the Roses . |