Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first great public indication of the shift in Barth 's thinking came in 1927 , when he published the first volume of a projected Christian Dogmatics , which was intended eventually to handle in a systematic way all the main Christian doctrines . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State was thus granted a discretionary power to release a person serving a sentence of life imprisonment subject to two conditions : ( 1 ) He must be recommended so to do in a particular case by the Parole Board ( which was constituted by section 59 of the Act of 1967 ) and ( 2 ) He shall not do so except after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice together with the trial judge if available . |
| 3 | If , as happened very occasionally — for instance in the great boom of 1872–3 — some workers actually earned enough to afford for a brief moment the luxuries which employers regarded as their right , indignation was sincere and heartfelt . |
| 4 | Alternatively– a messy jumble of pipes could actually be picked out to look like an interesting feature in its own right . |
| 5 | In this area , at least , the would-be functionalist is offered the kind of rich and intricate structure that may match the detailed organization of linguistic structure , and so can be claimed plausibly to stand in a causal relation to it . |
| 6 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 7 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 8 | Well , anybody could see that the stupid bu er the way they 've he was made up to look like a forty year old and he still looked like a twenty year old ! |
| 9 | Brian Horton says they think they 've done well to stay in a tough league having spent hardly any money … |
| 10 | Brian Horton says they think they 've done well to stay in a tough league having spent hardly any money … |
| 11 | The bar/restaurant near Union Station was dolled up to look like an English pub and doing it better than most London pubs did , to Maxim 's traditionalist eye . |
| 12 | They 're invited in to talk about a particular thing that 's coming in , about noise or about rats in the basement or about how to , and the interviewer has a very vague idea it 's a topic he 's heard it , he 's thought about it , he thinks it 's a local thing , and he 's actually trying to get something out of it in a sense . |
| 13 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |
| 14 | A constant flow of people was being seen by various clerks and secretaries , while at regular intervals one or other of the judges would be called away to advise on a particular problem or situation . |
| 15 | It can be extremely helpful if the therapist tells the patient that he is concerned about him , although caution must be exercised not to step outside a professional relationship nor to encourage over-dependency . |
| 16 | If the answer to the pursuer 's case is that the fault for the accident rests wholly or partly with someone else , consideration should be given now to service of a Third Party Notice by which that other party blamed can be brought into the action . |
| 17 | Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day . |
| 18 | Each litre of brine contains between 0–6 and 6.5 grams of zinc , However no one knows if the brine is concentrated enough to tap from a small area . |
| 19 | [ Most of the recommendations were implemented : the Development Council was set up to advise on a ten-year development programme ; a large amount of building work was authorised and a special college opened in Leicester to train youth leaders , whose numbers doubled by 1966 . ] |
| 20 | It seems businesses have never set out to choose in a deliberate and disciplined way which technique or techniques are likely to be the most effective , given the circumstances and the resources available . |
| 21 | With the addition of a residential weekend each term , student-hours will be increased sufficiently to result in an overall time span shorter than when we last used a weekly format . |
| 22 | While members were asked not to behave in a representative manner , the source of their nomination ( councils , fellow doctors , nurses and trade unionists ) made it very difficult for them not to consider ramifications on their constituencies . |
| 23 | Research and development expenditure is being focused predominantly on the BS2000 family of mainframes , and systems integration activities will be split off to operate as a separate business unit , he said . |
| 24 | Underlying all actions is the fear that if they show emotion and feelings , they will be led again to submit to an outside control . |
| 25 | Councillors heard that Homesmith had a good self-build record , but agreed any contract should be put out to tender at a later stage . |
| 26 | Freya was facing the wrong way in the womb but her mother says she was n't allowed even to try for a natural birth . |
| 27 | For these reasons I have considered anxiously whether , if the law should be held not to provide to a local government authority the right to sue for libel , the need for adequate protection of the reputation of such an authority would be sufficiently met by other remedies . |
| 28 | Their hunch was held not to amount to a reasonable suspicion . |