Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [art] [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Timber which has been properly kiln-seasoned ( which needs expensive kilns and close supervision ) is in no way worse than ‘ naturally ’ seasoned timber and indeed is rather less likely to have picked up the infections of rot during the seasoning process . |
| 2 | And we have speeded up the benefits of revaluation for those businesses who gain from it . |
| 3 | But attribution could only be meaningful if trade union representatives on company boards everywhere and always accepted wholeheartedly the duties of ownership along with the rights , so changing the role of the unions fundamentally and abandoning any pretence to industrial democracy . |
| 4 | She 'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily . |
| 5 | ‘ I have always felt that it is a crying shame that the works of possibly the greatest writer of all time , William Shakespeare , have — purely for examination purposes — been pushed down the throats of school children . |
| 6 | Putting the light on would be too risky , but the curtains were drawn back and by now their eyes had become accustomed to a darkness in which could be made out the shapes of furniture and smaller objects , a darkness of monochrome and black spaces and faintly gleaming edges . |
| 7 | But it was still unreal when he reached out and , bending over her , gently pushed back the wisps of hair that had loosened from beneath her headband . |
| 8 | We have already seen how the operations of multiplication and division introduce the use of double-length operands . |
| 9 | We do n't start from scratch , a plug for the T & G , they started down this track with their own link-up campaign and in the G M B we 've pushed forward the frontiers of trade unionism into professional small businesses , legal offices and of course other commercial services . |
| 10 | The fact that John had handed over the reins of power to Miss Doris and Mr Smith seemed a great honour but his stipulation that they should keep and maintain the name and reputation of the business so long as it was possible to do so proved a massive task for them in later years . |
| 11 | Peggy Wood speaks for the Past and Present Team : ‘ No sooner had we packed away the remnants of Past and Present 1991 , than things began to arrive in the cupboard for 1992 – and what a selection of lovely bits and pieces . |
| 12 | RTP North has demonstrated clearly the benefits of teamwork by winning our Branch Cup on four consecutive occasions . |
| 13 | When there were no Red Cross parcels at all you began to notice that people sized up the rations of margarine before they helped themselves , and though you despised them for it you were none the less sharp to do it yourself . |
| 14 | Hawes , for example , has tellingly demonstrated how the failures of curriculum change in Africa are deeply rooted in structures , resources and attitudes . |
| 15 | Tolby smoothed back the tufts of hair above his ears and tried to smile back . |
| 16 | Writers like Saunders ( 1984 , 1986 ) have pointed out the problems of structuralism , but in their own work have often been guilty of endorsing profoundly capital logic accounts of social process . |
| 17 | Their own family experience had spelled out the horrors of bigotry and racial hatred ; to these general and now somewhat distant things came the chilling reality of Adolf Hitler 's seizure of power in Germany . |
| 18 | I decided to specialise in patio pot plants but nothing thrived , and I 've just discovered that woodlice have invaded the pots and even eaten away the linings of wall baskets . |
| 19 | The focus of change was organisational arrangements , in the sanguine belief that if the framework of the school was altered then the processes of education which it enshrined would also alter to support a strong definition of equality of opportunity . |
| 20 | Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements . |
| 21 | His absence has given a rare opportunity to his deputy and political rival , Zhu Rongji , who has taken over the reins of government . |
| 22 | Tony Bell has taken up the reigns of captaincy at Middlesbrough once more . |
| 23 | In fact , Mr Shiratori has been one of Japan 's representative 's on the IASC since 1984 and is well versed in all the issues ; he is also well aware that he has taken up the reins of office at a critical time for the IASC . |
| 24 | If these terms cause difficulties , alternatives can be suggested once the kinds of contract which the Business normally enters into become clear to the Purchaser . |