Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way in which the 1975 legislation can be said to have further endorsed the domestic division of labour is by making provision of widows ' pensions by occupational schemes one condition of approval by the Occupational Pensions Board . |
| 2 | Added to which , a serious takeover bid by the Navy at a time when the Services needed to stand together to mitigate the worst excesses of the Sandys Reformation , would have been unforgivable . |
| 3 | Centres for the physically handicapped have traditionally taken the elderly , and youngsters finding themselves there after leaving school may feel their adult lives have ended rather than just begun . |
| 4 | BRITISH Aerospace shares are set to rise today following the long-awaited confirmation of more defence contracts from Saudi Arabia . |
| 5 | Grounded Graham , 33 , has pledged to try again to wed the 27-year-old engineering worker . |
| 6 | Murdock is believed to have originally suggested the sun-and-planet idea . |
| 7 | In most cases , the ministers not directly involved had either read the brief late the previous night , or started to do so as the argument proceeded . ’ |
| 8 | In a business environment of increasingly rapid change , industries such as component manufacturers , that have a supplier relationship with another industry , may be forced to expand internationally to meet the changing needs of their customers . |
| 9 | Could it not be that today 's mania for ‘ disseminating ’ and ‘ promoting ’ culture expressions which should be banned has actually caused the prevailing sterility ? |
| 10 | Skerne Iron Works somehow failed to expand properly to make the big league . |