Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medical and veterinary faculties ( for which the competition was high , the numbers limited ) could lay down that candidates would not be considered unless they got high grades in physics , chemistry and biology at A level . |
| 2 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |
| 3 | Despite some significant developments by BBC and Marconi engineers , the system still did not give better quality than 78rpm discs ; it only succeeded because it gave longer running-time , and it had lower running-costs because the tape could be magnetically erased and reused . |
| 4 | The concerts were not at well attended as normal Wedding Present shows , but this was partly expected because they had less promotion . |
| 5 | Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to " retroactive justice " by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents . |
| 6 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 7 | On Aug. 7 , Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka , addressing a public meeting in her native Poznan a month after taking office [ see p. 39017 ] , was applauded when she criticized striking workers , saying that they did not belong to the groups which earned least . |
| 8 | He had come as he did each day with bread from the baker 's iron oven that stood open to the lane in the souk . |
| 9 | Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides . |
| 10 | The issue was resolved when they agreed that filming should continue . |
| 11 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 12 | ‘ Strangeways , here we come ! ’ quipped Morrissey every day to his workmates — probably — quoting , of course , the famous line uttered by Barry Grant in Brookside five years later , which Morrissey could have seen if he videoed that episode while The Smiths were on tour . |
| 13 | Rebleeding was suspected if we found fresh blood in the stomach six hours after entry into the study , presence of unstable vital signs and continued tarry , bloody stools or haematemesis . |
| 14 | Ray Houghton , Liverpool 's star last season , was unloaded because he wanted more money or a move . |
| 15 | He is horrified by the contemptuous way in which fat Establishment cats speak of workers and it is particularly unfortunate that his enthusiastic support for co-operatives should have foundered because he backed dodgy horses . |
| 16 | Although this looked worse than it might have done since it covered fourteen months instead of twelve — the result of an adjustment to a different financial year — such figures demanded a response . |
| 17 | That is what the governor of that offenders centre had to say , and I should be very interested to know what the Minister of State has done since she read that report in the newspaper . |
| 18 | After all , don' forget Brett wuz handicapped by bein' injured before they fought that night . ’ |
| 19 | And the eighth seed 's hopes of an easy Centre Court opening were dashed when he landed awkward German Bernd Karbacher , ranked 36 in the world , in today 's draw . |
| 20 | But his horizons were dramatically broadened when he joined British Steel and was asked by the late Lord Melchett , who was then chairman , to reorganise the fourteen widely dispersed companies that had been put into the same melting pot under the nationalisation programme . |
| 21 | If the door was still bolted when they arrived this morning — ’ |
| 22 | Patrick , a former soldier , was alone on an around the world adventure when he was shot as he resisted two men who tried to take his cash and camera . |
| 23 | And still , after Crime and Punishment , the idea of a confession novel or story tugs at the edge of Dostoevsky 's vision , and continues to do so for the rest of his life in the form of The Life of a Great Sinner which he planned on the scale of War and Peace , but which never got written though it fed previous material into his novels of the seventies , and especially Karamazov at the turn of the next decade . |
| 24 | A CLEVELAND pensioner may have died because he wore dark clothing , an inquest heard . |
| 25 | Their own experiences allowed them to take up whatever social reference was needed and if anything the demands of Progressives helped for they allowed age-old traditions of humour to be shaped into what could often appear to be social satire . |
| 26 | The duchess caused more ill-feeling and was jeered when she jumped hour-long queues on the slopes . |
| 27 | Mr Torode 's sources are also wrong in saying Fay Weldon and her allies were not invited because they held racist attitudes . |
| 28 | Carol Phillips 's creative talents were recognised when she joined American Vogue 47 years ago as special projects editor . |
| 29 | ‘ Call in anytime , ’ the hospitable ladies further invited as they rallied reluctant dogs and piled into the car to go and collect the men . |
| 30 | My father was detected when he donated three bottles to the annual police raffle . |