Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This probably reflects the fact that all such work tended to attract men from similar areas — those that were conveniently situated or with low levels of local employment . |
| 2 | On Oct. 21 it was reported that in recent days at least 50 civilians had been killed during a " war " between Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) guerrillas and MRTA forces in remote towns in the central Andean Huallaga region . |
| 3 | It was reported that among other items under discussion were the questions of US support for the mandatory repatriation of Vietnamese boat people and of US passports for Hong Kong citizens , issues on which the two countries had had differences of opinion during the past year . |
| 4 | Two houses in the area were evacuated because of vast clouds of dense dust blowing from a drying tailings lake where wastes from Mogul 's lead/zinc mine were dumped . |
| 5 | On the same day the first congress of the Entrepreneurs Party elected Tibor Szabo as its chairman , but at its second congress in June the leadership resigned because of poor results in the national elections and Jozsef Rigo took over as party leader . |
| 6 | But on 21 June 1982 the problem temporarily dissolved when at three minutes past nine in the evening , Diana gave birth to Prince William . |
| 7 | It has been calculated that in general elections from 1922 to 1977 inclusive average " leakages " amounted to roughly one-fifth of Fianna Fail 's potential votes , a quarter of Fine Gael 's and one third of Labour 's . |
| 8 | Westergaard and Resler have calculated that in 1913–14 men in full-time non-manual employment earned 142% of the average male wage , male manual workers 88% . |
| 9 | Where resort sports or other facilities are advertised , they may not necessarily be available in all resorts in the vicinity of all properties featured or at all times of the season . |
| 10 | He had noticed that in rare moments of stress she was apt to revert to her original Cockney . |
| 11 | Under Ord. 53 these procedures can only be used if the court so orders , although it is said that such an order should be no less readily made than in other types of proceedings ( by originating summons ) where such an order is needed . |
| 12 | I am on record as having said that on many occasions in the House — If the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East spent more time listening and less time intervening from a sedentary position , he might hear what Conservative Members have to say , some of which is not entirely contradictory to what he wants . |
| 13 | But against this theory it has been argued that over large parts of the zebra 's range , insects are not a major problem , so without further analysis the idea is once again inconclusive . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've never seen that in twenty years of football , ’ he said . |
| 15 | As a result , membership slumped and in many parts of the country the Party ceased to exist as a mass organization . |
| 16 | We will pay £5,000 if you and/or your wife or husband are accidentally injured and within 3 months of the accident the injury is the only cause of |
| 17 | We will pay £5,000 if you and/or your wife or husband are accidentally injured and within 3 months of the accident the injury is the only cause of |
| 18 | Despite General de Gaulle 's go-ahead to build twin units of the new design at Fessenheim in 1968 , they were never built and in 1970 PWRs under the Westinghouse licence were ordered . |
| 19 | The decade ended with the railway hotels not merely privatised but in many cases under second and third owners , generally poorer in standard and distinctly without the nation having benefited ( since they ran at a profit anyway ) , with Travellers-Fare privatised and healthier ( both profitwise and in what they served ) , and with InterCity rethinking the role of the restaurant car and with many chefs still preparing meals on board . |
| 20 | The objective is to see how far the trends observed in Atlanta hold true of these other cities , selected because of certain similarities to and differences from Atlanta . |
| 21 | It may be thought that without some measures of the quality of services provided , either by the yardstick ( if such exists ) of agreed views of what constitutes good practice , and/or through more refined measures of client outcome , the study would still fall short of the kind of conclusions about relative effectiveness that would be sought . |
| 22 | Research has shown that over long periods of time , the stock market does tend to exhibit semi-strong efficiency . |
| 23 | On the other hand , archaeological study has also shown that in specific locations across southern Britain ( and elsewhere in Europe ) there were large-scale exploitations of flint resources , in effect flint mines . |
| 24 | A Security Council vote to enforce its no-fly zone declaration had been expected as early as yesterday but it was postponed because of arduous negotiations over a final text , including the grace period before shoot-down or other orders could be issued . |
| 25 | Tickets will be sold as in previous years with not more than two tickets per person . |
| 26 | Beginning in 1970 , experiments in Oxford on sheep and monkeys have demonstrated that for several weeks before birth the foetus in the uterus makes periodic breathing movements , rather as if the developing foetus were practising what it would have to do immediately after birth , and that shortage of oxygen to the foetus arrested these breathing movements . |
| 27 | The company had claimed that Mrs Ashgrove was replaced because of serious errors in her work . |
| 28 | The meeting between the residents and the authorities was called because of numerous complaints about the amount of mud falling from the lorries . |
| 29 | Two brands of vaccine used to protect babies against measles , mumps and rubella are being withdrawn because of possible links with a mild form of meningitis . |
| 30 | I also told John Chaplin that I would inform the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington ( the accident investigation authority in the USA ) of the situation so that there would be no question of action being delayed because of poor communications between the UK and the USA . |