Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pipeline network in the 1940s brought about significant growth in usage , and , aided by government restrictions on gas prices to the consumer , consumption increased ninefold between 1945 and 1973 . |
| 2 | Measures introduced since the 1970s to clean up industrial pollution have reduced levels of aerial deposits of sulphur — a trace element which plants need to grow — to such an extent that crop yields and quality are becoming affected , according to a British scientist . |
| 3 | It was never fully explained why he had to leave , but we can imagine that the ardour with which he had previously performed his duties ( always the first to take on extra work ) had gone too far . |
| 4 | Desperate for cash following the Swedish debacle , he was one of the first to take on commercial sponsorship by negotiating a less than lucrative deal with Lovetts Panty Hose Ltd , and solely responsible for the bankrupting record fiasco when , at crippling expense , the team took on the guise of the Whaddon Promotion All Stars , and released a record , Go Go Athletic-O . |
| 5 | The worry of a breakdown is always at the back of most riders ' minds and when travelling on the continent the wise take out special cover . |