Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [adj -er] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Announcing the lower than expected year end results in his preface to the accounts , Company Chairman John Evans has told shareholders that the DVR was ‘ pursuing a declared policy of excellence ’ , but that net profits tumbled nearly £111,000 from £171,077 in 1990 to £60,260 before tax last year ! |
| 2 | However , what is also handed down from father to son these days is the importance of seeking a higher-paid and higher-status job elsewhere as soon as possible . |
| 3 | With Croat forces pursuing a smaller but similar offensive in western Hercegovina , the crude carve-up of the republic following its April 7 recognition is squeezing the Slavic Muslims , its biggest group . |
| 4 | A second element of the state system which requires investigation is the administrative one , which now extends far beyond the traditional bureaucracy of the state , and which encompasses a large variety of bodies , often related to particular ministerial departments , or enjoying a greater or lesser degree of autonomy public corporations , central banks , regulatory commissions , etc. and concerned with the management of the economic , social , cultural and other activities in which the state is now directly or indirectly involved . |
| 5 | As table 3 shows , the key legal services used by businesses tend to be the sort that are need-driven — litigation , commercial property and employee legislation — rather than reflecting a broader and continuous relationship . |
| 6 | It should be noted , however , that the group of 27 authorities who had training/development/personnel officers , all of whom were categorized as providing a higher than average amount of training , were varied in size of establishment . |
| 7 | It consists of two rectangular halls one above the other , giving a lower and upper church . |
| 8 | Indeed an even more striking feature of the results was that the individuals examined were especially high on a measure of ‘ ego strength ’ , indicating a greater than average resistance to mental breakdown : the finding is particularly interesting because the latter is usually very low in subjects who deviate markedly on the clinical scales of tests like the MMPI . |
| 9 | In certain instances , the length of your particular track may not coincide with a balanced pleating arrangement because of the pre-determined size of the pleats , thereby leaving a larger than usual space at one side of your curtain . |