Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said Durham and Darlington councils had not properly consulted the bus companies about speed restrictions and had failed to consider all the alternatives . |
| 2 | And all of you , I would expect , have received the toxoid vaccine against diphtheria . |
| 3 | The whole building was painted the frost white of cake icing and its shine echoed the gleam of the silent Thames behind . |
| 4 | Nature does not differentiate between species , and has arranged the life cycle of gut parasites to match the optimum opportunity to infest a very new and , immunologically ‘ naive ’ generation . |
| 5 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |
| 6 | Moreover — and this must indeed have given the legate food for reflection — Anselm said he was too busy with the defence of the part of the country which the king had committed to his care , to have a meeting with the legate . |
| 7 | Most users of search believe that , on the whole , headhunters do a good job , and that the industry is effectively self-regulating because , given the grapevine spread of information , poor work would quickly result in loss of business . |
| 8 | But Mr Fallon said the Government had already funded Two Castles and given the council £27.8m in revenue support grant . |
| 9 | Sadek Boussena was given the Industry portfolio in addition to his current responsibility for Mines . |
| 10 | No one could be sure and the shapes were given the non-committal name of stromatolite , a word derived from Greek meaning no more than " stony carpet " . |
| 11 | He is given the room key for room number 210 and is courteously shown to his room . |
| 12 | Syria , Egypt and several Gulf states have recently given the coalition use of broadcasting equipment for a Radio Free Iraq . |
| 13 | THE DEPARTMENT of Transport ( DoT ) has sacked the county council in charge of keeping Spaghetti Junction in good repair . |
| 14 | Bankers regarded the ocean bill of lading as sound collateral , and as a secondary source of repayment of the account parties ' reimbursement obligations to the issuing bank . |
| 15 | Many sophisticated Germans such as Günter Grass have regarded the unification process with dismay , arguing that a return to the traditional German pattern of a confederation of states would be healthier . |
| 16 | The General Confederation of Labour ( Confederación General del Trabajo — CGT ) , which had traditionally formed the power base of Peronism , was split broadly into those for and those against the secretary-general , Saúl Ubaldini , who regarded the government 's economic policies as a betrayal of Peronism . |
| 17 | Atkinson wants to sign a striker before next month 's transfer deadline and has placed the North-East duo under scrutiny . |
| 18 | Caruso , also working at the University of Pittsburgh has developed the TRAINER program of computer assisted instruction . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll get no permission from my Bishop for your scurvy play till I 've examined the script word by word . |
| 20 | Mr Saatchi has filled the twin role of chairman and chief executive for several years , but Mr Louis-Dreyfus 's appointment is designed to bring in financial skills at a senior level at a time when the company 's business has been under pressure . |
| 21 | Holly had filled the plastic bag with oil and twisted the neck tight and fastened it with a snip of wire . |
| 22 | Following John Cooper 's retirement , Ray Phillips has temporarily joined the Executive Board as Director of Field Services . |
| 23 | has joined the marketing department as voucher centre manager . |
| 24 | Experts from the world 's biggest animal hospital have joined the rescue operation for wildlife caught in the Shetlands oil slick . |
| 25 | It could be argued that these provisions would justify allowing any person to challenge exercises of power A , but also applying a more restrictive standing rule ( perhaps something like ‘ special interest ’ ) to challenges to exercises of power B on the ground that Parliament had intended the government body in question to be the prime guardian of the public interest in the exercise of power B. |
| 26 | ‘ Tesco 's , with its recent price promotion , has highlighted the price difference between home consumption and that in a pub , ’ state the report . |
| 27 | Young , a Croft Inns catering manager and Les Simms , a BBC engineer , have each won the world championship for honey making for their Dromore Beekeepers Club in the past two years . |
| 28 | In the past week or so the Sheikh has won the Coronation Cup with Opera House and the Oaks with Intrepidity . |
| 29 | Mrs Virginia Bottomley , the new Health Secretary , is warmly liked and admired , but will need to overcome some reservations about whether , had she been a man , she would have won the Cabinet place on intellect alone . |
| 30 | In France , we have mainly approached the university departments of French as a foreign language . |