Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 2 | It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair . |
| 3 | Attractive stone built houses in the centre of the town have decorated timber surfaces under the gables and half-hipped roofs . |
| 4 | In 1542 , when Rutland was nominated lord warden of the marches , Markham was appointed to his inner council . |
| 5 | Despite being Britain 's only world champion at three different weights and a highly respected professional , McKenzie has never approached star status in the eyes of the fight public or television paymasters . |
| 6 | SIR Ron Brierley yesterday reassured shareholders in GPG , the investment vehicle where he is chairman , that ‘ we are doing everything in our power ’ to solve the impasse which has frozen London trading in the shares for 15 months . |
| 7 | Reid , playing in a slightly changed side having dropped Michael Sheron to the substitutes ' bench , was unhappy about an earlier , seemingly accidental , challenge on Niall Quinn by Phil Whelan . |
| 8 | ‘ Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods , he may exercise his lien or right of retention on the remainder , unless such part delivery has been made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to waive the lien or right of retention . ’ |
| 9 | Maybe it was because I 'd seen Ronnie Lane of The Faces — who was my hero at that age — wearing a pair on TV . |
| 10 | Now I 've seen club owners in the movies , and I 've listened to their talk in person , but I 've never heard anyone using a word like muppet before . |
| 11 | Later he denied having ever attended committee meetings of the Officers ' Union , or indeed having done more than establish four branches for them at Glasgow , Leith , Liverpool and Hull before resigning in September 189I . |
| 12 | Already this year France has seen territory fall to the Brits with Tesco acquiring the 90-store Le Catteau supermarket chain in Northern France . |
| 13 | We had met Ms Keir at the offices of MVTR , where she seemed to be having trouble with her tape machines . |
| 14 | The purchaser is usually only justified in reducing the price if the due diligence exercise has revealed material inaccuracies in the assumptions used in calculating the initial offer price . |
| 15 | In America , so-called Wildman weekends are proliferating and have received celebrity endorsements from the likes of Kevin Costner ( although whether Costner 's approval is a plus or not is debatable ) . |
| 16 | That 's why I try and stay away from the throttle in the middle of the corner when you 've got max pressure on the tyres . |
| 17 | precinct , yeah , where , they 've got wedding dresses in the windows outside |
| 18 | A row of four oat ‘ huts ’ just like African beehive huts with pointy straw twisted tops preserved winter feed for the beasts . |
| 19 | WE 'VE got CD singles by the Levellers , the Mission and Elton John to give away courtesy of Ben 's Collectors Records , Farnham . |
| 20 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 21 | To see the full series , we will have to wait on the BBC , who have bought Twin Peaks with the rights to show it anytime after November . |
| 22 | Aged nine , I joined the library and was introduced by a boy called Sid Staveley to the photographs in Lord Russell of Liverpool 's The Scourge of the Swastika , a bulging book bound in jaundiced polythene which was kept in the adult section . |
| 23 | Table 6 from their ‘ 1989 Based Population Projections for the Counties and District Health Authorities of Wales shows the projected net population change for this period split into various phases . |
| 24 | The median rate of tissue based bone formation in the patients treated with tamoxifen was lower than that in the controls ( table ) . |
| 25 | On alternate Sundays , it was Jonna 's habit to walk across the moor , having crossed Hodge Beck by the stepping-stones , and go to tea at the Braytons ' house . |
| 26 | Yellow card : The Takeover Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for pulling out of his £20m bid for Manchester United . |
| 27 | THE TAKEOVER Panel has rapped Michael Knighton on the knuckles for his failure to see his £20m bid for Manchester United football club through . |
| 28 | At a meeting between the Hungarian and Romanian leaders in August 1988 , ostensibly called to ease tension between the two countries , Ceausescu is reputed to have threated Karoly Grosz with the words : ‘ We do not , and do not wish , to manufacture nuclear weapons ; however , we do possess the capability to do so . ’ |
| 29 | Apart from primates , some of the best known tool users among the mammals are the African and Asian elephants , whose prehensile trunk gives them a considerable advantage when it comes to holding and manipulating objects . |
| 30 | It follows that any proposal for a use with potential odour emission problems could not be classed as ‘ light industrial ’ and might therefore be refused planning permission on the grounds of conflict with the local plan . |