Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Management therefore need information that helps them determine the cost and effectiveness of alternative programmes given a variety of resource constraints ( typically the imposition of cash limits and target staffing levels ) . |
| 2 | B T's developed a system for sending television pictures down telephone wires . |
| 3 | Zurachina smoothed a finger down one cheek . |
| 4 | When it fell to his lot to cut her free from the coils of the hydra , had his poignant fixation received a body-blow — or a boost ? |
| 5 | The west-coast defences given a structure and a system of manning , they moved inland to the key sites at crossroads or ford or defile where , usually , there had long been a hill-fort or an earthwork of some kind . |
| 6 | His request was initially cold-shouldered , Ray recognising Minton as one of a drunken , rowdy crowd who had several times filled a box in the theatre . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State for Defence reopened a list as an exception to allow the Association to mark the fortieth anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty the Queen , our patron , to the throne . |
| 8 | Cos her Mum won a lot of money . |
| 9 | For example , last year alone , the University earned a total of four point nine million pounds from research grants and contracts , a figure which has risen despite the recession . |
| 10 | My conclusions come from experiments in which comparison is made between subjects given discrimination training and subjects given a control procedure of some sort ( or sometimes , in the studies done with human subjects , no pre-training at all ) . |
| 11 | For subjects given a list of words , when recall is immediate words with serial positions late in the list are more likely to be recalled than when recall is delayed . |
| 12 | The very nature of such schools placed a ceiling upon ambition and aspiration . |
| 13 | Patterson consulted a notepad on his desk . |
| 14 | In all six companies the corporate planning department formulated a list of environmental issues which were considered to be of key importance to the company as a whole . |
| 15 | These were regarded as relatively minor , and the sentences reflected this ; only exceptional violence justified a sentence of more than 18 months imprisonment . |
| 16 | After convincing contractors , with whom it was fighting over cost overruns , not to disrupt the fete , its shares were knocked when anaylsts given a preview were reportedly unamused . |
| 17 | Energy-hungry industries may well be exempted , and exporters given a rebate . |
| 18 | Finally , the Admiralty formulated a scheme of its own , the " Sunhill Scheme " , launched in June 1916 . |
| 19 | ‘ Other lads given a trial at 19 by a big club like Monaco might think they 've cracked it — but Lambert knows we are simply giving him a glimpse of what he should be aiming for . |
| 20 | Another entrepreneur establishing a sack-making factory with limited protection , may find a relative of the president given a licence to import freely the same product . |
| 21 | Following the establishment of the union there might well emerge a tendency for money wage rates to converge between member nations given a degree of labour mobility . |
| 22 | ‘ it would appear that the vital matter for determination is whether at the time that the infant plaintiff avers that she suffered the damnum , i.e. at the date of her birth , had the defendant committed a breach of any and what duty to the infant plaintiff causing such damnum ? |
| 23 | ‘ Having emphasised these three points , it would appear that the vital matter for determination is whether at the time that the infant plaintiff avers that she suffered the damnum , i.e. at the date of her birth , had the defendant committed a breach of any and what duty to the infant plaintiff causing such damnum ? |
| 24 | Despite such reports , rebel radio stations in Iran , Syria and Lebanon continued to claim that their supporters occupied a number of southern towns . |
| 25 | The Government Actuary 's Department prepared a document in 1980 which sets out a suggested basis for making the calculation and this was supplemented ten years later by recommendations from a committee of industrial tribunal chairmen . |
| 26 | None of the eight recordings incorporated a sleep period of any duration . |
| 27 | Well how do you make a comment on how the kids done a homework ? |
| 28 | In competition with these commercial outlets , the Moose Jaw Amateur Radio Association operated a station , with the call letters 1OAB , from a third floor back room . |
| 29 | The defendants ' reply incorporated a disclaimer , namely that the report was ‘ without responsibility on the part of this bank or its officials ’ . |
| 30 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |