Example sentences of "[vb pp] in a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was strongly hinted that " a dividend is expected in a few weeks time " which is equivalent to " a discount on the purchase price . " |
| 2 | Curbishley already had the English schools time , thanks to a 44.3 secs run in her first track outing at Hull this season , before she was injured in a 400 metres hurdles race at York . |
| 3 | The system harnesses the power of up to 48 Transputers — either T805s or the new T9000s — housed in a single 19″ chassis . |
| 4 | Realistically , it is hard enough to speculate on how multimedia will have developed in a few years time without looking as far ahead as the beginning of the next century . |
| 5 | ‘ Supplies of suitable coal in the future can not be guaranteed and unless the current experiments with oil firing are successful then it is likely that steam operation on S.M.R. may have to be abandoned in a few years time . |
| 6 | A former member of the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) , Sgt. Felix Ndimene , said that he had served in a special forces unit which had carried out the massacre in September 1990 of 26 passengers in a Johannesburg-Soweto train [ see p. 37698 ] , an incident which had provoked weeks of violence in the Johannesburg region between ANC and Inkatha supporters . |
| 7 | The common police services must be combined in a central police agency so that we can deal with serious and organised crime , not necessarily crime which immediately affects the lives of constituents but crime which can affect them through the stealing of their pension funds or the misappropriation of their assets and savings . |
| 8 | 3.24 A case in which aggravated damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim was Westwood v Hardy ( 1964 ) The Times , 24 June . |
| 9 | The violence in Blackburn , in which riot police were attacked , has resulted in a million pounds worth of damage . |
| 10 | Relations with the USA which had generally been amicable under the Bhutto government , underwent a serious crisis in October 1990 following the suspension of aid worth around US$570 million on grounds that Pakistan was engaged in a nuclear weapons programme [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 11 | According to the administration 's critics , the licences , issued during 1990 and 1991 , might have violated the terms of the Pressler Amendment , under which all military assistance to Pakistan was suspended in October 1990 on the grounds that Pakistan was engaged in a nuclear weapons programme [ see p. 37764 ] . |
| 12 | The key comparison here involves the areas of sympatry , which allows us to catch a glimpse of the dynamics of evolution and to test the view that cuckoos and hosts are engaged in a coevolutionary arms race , with cuckoos being one step ahead in areas of recent sympatry . |
| 13 | Britain 's best known anti-virus software comes from S&S International in the shape of Dr Solomon 's Anti-Virus Toolkit , which has now been launched in a new Windows version . |
| 14 | Designed by student Jonathan Hitchen , the cover was described in a graphic arts magazine as : ‘ Combining strong colour and semi-abstract line . ’ |