Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with Barnet owing £1.3million and the players and staff unpaid for three weeks , Stein believes it is unlikely the crisis can be averted and went as far as to wish his players ‘ all the best for the future . ’ |
| 2 | As Savage puts it , ‘ a hundred shares can be organised and directed more easily than a hundred workers ’ . |
| 3 | Joyce retired on April 2 after 14 years service and was delighted not only to receive gifts , including a hi-fi system , but also to be wined and dined on more than one occasion before her departure . |
| 4 | He hovered about the site restlessly , like one barefoot on thorns , all the while they were removing the debris of sagging , uprooted broom bushes , which Orrie phlegmatically loaded into a handcart and wheeled away along the riverside path to be unloaded and burned as far as possible from the sacred precincts . |
| 5 | Delinquency can be seen , depending on perceptions of society and its organization , as the result of poverty , deprivation and inequity , or as a personal iniquity to be identified , punished and discouraged as firmly as possible . |
| 6 | The form should be completed and returned as soon as possible to the North-Eastern Education and Library Board . |
| 7 | This was not a particularly difficult task since they were all pathetically trained and equipped and stood out conspicuously as they wandered around the countryside asking stupid and suspicious questions in foreign accents . |
| 8 | Secondly , and particularly in the Eastern District , the former , mutually supportive relationships between the Cambridge Board of Extra-Mural Studies and the District gradually shifted to become uneasy collaboration when the 1924 Regulations were interpreted and applied more flexibly as provision expanded . |
| 9 | That vast tracts can be bought and sold as casually as a loaf of bread is immoral . |
| 10 | Because prayers had to be stimulated and informed as well as ordered , the preaching role of the church was no less important . |
| 11 | Newsround felt it was worthwhile to give readers information about the efforts that are being made by the Council to ensure its views on reform are known and presented as effectively as possible . |
| 12 | A less obvious and regrettably a more common example is where students are presented throughout the course with bodies of facts and procedures to be remembered and applied as faithfully as possible ; then in the final testing they are assessed on their ability to apply their knowledge and skills to new situations , or to explain , justify and discuss the reasons behind procedures . |
| 13 | Between them come Stravinsky 's Dumbarton Oaks concerto and Frank Martin 's Petite Symphonie Concertante , a work that grows in stature with every hearing , especially when conducted and played as well as it is here . |
| 14 | In all these activities the place of the elderly client in the family network should be maintained and enhanced as far as possible . |