Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 10.45 Richard Mann and Maurice Eddy return to Billingham with samples of complaint material and start complaint investigation procedures in advance of the formal complaint appearing in the Comdap Complaints Database . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's quite a bit happening in the IT services area here . |
| 3 | Writers Fay Weldon and Marina Warner and Colin MacCabe , the former head of production at the British Film Institute , were among witnesses appearing before the Video Appeals Committee , called to examine a decision by the British Board of Film Classification to refuse a release certificate to ‘ Visions of Ecstasy ’ . |
| 4 | Returning to the Locust Years Abandonment of the Russian programme of reforms could have serious implications for the West , says GAVIN McCRONE |
| 5 | Mrs Strutt , the wife of the pioneer mill-owner Jedidiah Strutt , was encoffined in this way , in ‘ a Suit of Superfine Crape consisting of a Shroud Sheets Cap & Pillow … £2 2s 0d ’ . |
| 6 | BUNGLING police looking for a Mafia drugs ring swooped on four ‘ suspects ’ … a British holiday couple and their two children . |
| 7 | If the banks were previously operating with a cash reserves ratio above their desired ratio , however , the potential that exists for them to expand their deposits is reduced . |
| 8 | The success of Never Mind the Bollocks did nothing to heal the rift rapidly developing in the Sex Pistols camp , between McLaren and the group , and among the members of the group themselves . |
| 9 | According to a World Resources Institute survey presented on June 7 , 1990 , between 160,000 and 200,000 sq km of tropical rainforest were being destroyed annually . |
| 10 | Oh yes , they are still going down the pan , to the tune of £1 billion a year in the UK , according to the Management Consultancies Association . |
| 11 | Already , in some parts of the country , it 's difficult to find a cleaner that uses the CFC 113 process because many have installed new equipment in time for the ban , according to the Textile Services Association , and the situation is only likely to get worse . |
| 12 | Larry Elliott adds : The average outstanding mortgage stands at £21,300 , according to the Building Societies Association 's quarterly economics journal , Housing Finance . |
| 13 | This is mainly because salaries have not kept pace with the rise in house prices which , until this year 's slump , had more than tripled from an average £19,925 in 1979 to £61,965 by August this year , according to the Building Societies Association 's latest figures . |
| 14 | However , in spite of stringent credit referencing precautions , loans in arrears between six and twelve months rose from 24,000 in 1982 to 83,000 in 1988 according to the Building Societies Association statistics , but came down to 58,000 in 1989 . |
| 15 | Data from the accident ‘ black box ’ recovered from the destroyed helicopter has been played back satisfactorily , according to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch . |
| 16 | Although according to the Manpower Services Commission 2 out 3 people get jobs after the Youth Training Scheme , this varies again between schemes and between regions . |
| 17 | According to the Policy Studies Institute , in 1979 the average adult owed the equivalent of £4,500 in today 's money , including mortgage debts . |
| 18 | According to the Chemical Industries Association ( CIA ) four out of 10 graduates entering the chemical industry in 1990 were women . |
| 19 | This should be followed up within twenty-eight days of your arrival home by writing to the Customer Services Manager at ( Academic House , 24–28 Oval Road , London NW1 7DE ) stating clearly your invoice number , departure date , travel reference , length of holiday , resort and name of accommodation and enclosing a copy of the report form . |
| 20 | In the unlikely event that matters can not be resolved to your satisfaction in the resort , the Representative will ask you to record details of any problems on a Holiday Report Form , of which you will be given a copy , and you must then follow up your report by writing to the Customer Relations Department at our Birmingham Head Office ( quoting the numbers of your Holiday Reference and Holiday Report forms ) within 42 days of returning from resort . |
| 21 | Reporting for the recreation grounds committee , Barbara Griffiths said that £25,688 had been spent on recreation in Alresford in the past year . |
| 22 | Peter Middleton , 36 , described as a prisoner , denies breaking into the Trustee Savings Bank , Jedburgh , in December last year together with others , with intent to steal . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the extra police expenditure resulting from the War Crimes Act 1991 . |
| 24 | Porter , quoted by Hall , suggests that these IRCs are removing from the research councils money which should be allocated to ‘ responsive mode funding ’ ( researchers applying directly to the councils for research grants ) and basic research , because they were set up to foster research areas thought to have potential economic importance . |
| 25 | Coun Carr , speaking to the policy resources committee during a pre-budget debate , said it was costing the council £16 per adult to administer poll tax against £7 per property under the old rating system . |
| 26 | On occasions , the author puts an unfortunate gloss on a point , such as at page 9 , where ( in commenting on the capital gains tax ) he states that an individual may ‘ claim as a concession ’ to be taxed on capital gains under what is known as the ‘ half-income ’ rule whereas section 21 , Finance Act , 1965 , makes it clear that M where the rule operates in favour of the individual , then the tax is to be computed as that basis . |
| 27 | Speaking at a student awards ceremony , Don Alexander , director at the Training and Employment Agency , said more people were now being given the chance to work in other countries . |
| 28 | One student had been asked if she had used Prestel before and as she had not , the librarian , consulting with the Borough Careers Office attached to the college and the head of External Services who arranges placements , devised three short problem-solving exercise which simulated real inquiries . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And he says my dad is coming to the school sports day . |