Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although European markets will be later than Britain in feeling any economic recovery coming from America , the bonus for investors is that share prices remain relatively undervalued and dividend policies , traditionally less generous than in America or Britain are now catching up , chivvied by foreign and domestic investors who are more demanding than in the past . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've just heard that Harry Pollitt is addressing a meeting in Parkhead and I wondered if you 'd fancy coming with me ? ’ |
| 3 | And we 've just heard that Jack Russell has agreed a new four-year contract with Gloucestershire . |
| 4 | We 've already heard that Greater York os a very complex area with many interrelationships . |
| 5 | That 's what you want , a decent endowment , it takes out all the fluctuations , and er the they 've big reserves , and of course the minute the endowment starts to look a bit poorer , it 's switch back to P E Ps , course I 've always said that P E Ps were a good idea , and the charges are much better now than they were , and I 'm just thinking of the poor chap that 's read the paper two years ago , over his tea and toast on a Sunday and thought mhm good idea , I 'll take an endowment , and two years later it 's the same person saying aha , no , pretty bad news an endowment . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 've always said that Sollie Ollie was just a tad too radical to hold high office in these heah United States . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've always maintained that Peter Schmeichel is the best goalkeeper in Europe . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I 've always maintained that Paul Byrne is too good for the Irish League . |
| 9 | I 've never believed that New York was good for anyone . ’ |
| 10 | The Wilson Committee found the case unproven but the Labour Party and the trade union movement have since suggested that tax concessions available to pension funds should be made conditional upon the repatriation of some of their overseas investment . |
| 11 | Zoologists today have widely accepted that Jane Goodall 's field research , apart from its own merits , has supplanted much observation of captive animals , showing that their behaviour is often disturbed and even psychotic . |
| 12 | For instance , people have long known that squeezing lemon juice on sliced fruits prevents them from turning brown , but until recently it was not known why lemon juice has this effect . |
| 13 | Ecologist editor Nicholas Hildyard commented : " We have long known that World Bank projects bring environmental catastrophe and suffering on a grand scale . |
| 14 | Eugene Fife , chairman of Goldman Sachs International , said : ‘ We have constantly maintained that Goldman Sachs did not manipulate the securities market and we are very pleased that this has been confirmed in the independent review undertaken by the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 15 | Some Tories have already warned that council tax could be the final nail in John Major 's coffin . |
| 16 | We have already said that case studies are ‘ interdisciplinary ’ , and you will have noticed that even Dubbingtons expected you to use knowledge from at least two different areas ( in that instance , law and food and beverage control ) , while Hardy Hall involved more ( finance , personnel , food and beverage and accommodation operations ) . |
| 17 | Probably very little , for we have already seen that Anthony Tissington took Tilberthwaite mining rights in 1759 . |
| 18 | Some experts have already predicted that job losses could exceed six thousand . |
| 19 | We have already remarked that data collection is increasingly prevalent in all kinds of organisation , much of it intended to monitor the performance of the organisation itself . |
| 20 | I have already suggested that subject choice is about ‘ difference ’ ; a woman who chooses to study physics is stating ( not necessarily intentionally ) her difference from other women . |
| 21 | They have not appreciated that Brian Way in advocating so many exercises in direct experience was desperately and effectively fighting a battle against second-hand learning which characterises so much of our traditional ‘ empty pitcher ’ view of education . |
| 22 | We have thus established that PHB mobility in vivo can be explained solely on the basis of the intrinsic material properties of the polymer . |
| 23 | We have just heard that Bob Miller [ currently number one is the Chief Executive 's award scheme ] , has gained further business to provide plants to the surveyors ' temporary offices . |
| 24 | In contrast , political scientists have usually claimed that television news is unbiased ( though sociologists have been more sceptical ) . |
| 25 | Hammer quickly responded when Dave Pappa 's long free-kick found Wright who headed straight into Wilson 's arms . |
| 26 | But we have always accepted that Mr Pink is a sincere person . |
| 27 | We have always assumed that animal protein was the necessary kind for human health . |
| 28 | We have always believed that South Africa can only realise its true potential if it becomes a prosperous , non-racial , multi-party democracy . |
| 29 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 30 | I have always found that Sunday lunchtime is the best time to entertain . |