Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He resigned as sales manager and the following year had a similar van sales operation of his own , using eight former employees of the company . |
| 2 | I mean each each house is different but er there 's not all of them have them , there 's only two or three had done that . |
| 3 | Projects in this imaginary school change each half term ( Figure 6.1 ) . |
| 4 | He simply stood still saying nothing until the cries died away , and then told them what they were waiting for , and that he expected little more fighting . |
| 5 | The use of telex machines increased 7 per cent in the year 1987-88 and the demand for fax machines will outstrip that this year . |
| 6 | The DACs give the function OUT1/SCALE to scale each half cycle to the same magnitude , which is said to provide a 20dB increase in loudness , subjectively , with none of the usual speech compression problems . |
| 7 | But although she became pregnant several times , she miscarried on each occasion . |
| 8 | And I I got right few bollockings . |
| 9 | Chris believes that the constant temperatures provided by heaterstats are not good for the fish and he does have a point — where in the world does the water temperature remain stable all year round , both day and night ? |
| 10 | The much wider social sciences literature concerning bargaining offers little more help . |
| 11 | An ability to fall asleep any time , anywhere had been a feature of Lucy 's pregnancy right from the start . |
| 12 | Neither Pogo nor any other of her various escorts had ever aroused that same sensation of longing . |
| 13 | Wilson read that several times —' anxious for you ’ . |
| 14 | On 26 September 1985 an investor could have purchased BP shares for 526p ( end of trading mid-price ) and some 6 weeks later on 11 November sold that same share for 560p . |
| 15 | So we embarked on a different commercial strategy , trying to implement that that lesson . |
| 16 | A fall in the market rate of interest should make profitable some investments in the economy which were previously unprofitable , so that aggregate investment should increase . |
| 17 | So there they are while you 're eating that another quarter each . |
| 18 | You got that that bag . |
| 19 | Next week came , and we never got that half hour , so it must have added up a lot , all throughout the year . |
| 20 | Just looked at it , cos we got that this time . |
| 21 | To revert to our earlier terminology : given that all tribunals are delegated power in the form of if X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , you may or shall do Y , everything relating to X becomes potentially jurisdictional . |
| 22 | Size of establishment would be expected to be related to amount of training undertaken though in practice many libraries ( and not only small libraries ) appeared to undertake both less training and far less systematic training than must be considered ideal given that all staff in any size library will have training needs : |
| 23 | Given that all cells with unstable chromosomal damage die on cell division , the increase can only be accounted for by reversion of CD45R0-positive lymphocytes to CD45RA-positive phenotype . |
| 24 | Published in the comprehensive Oakwood style with maps , illustrations and well laid-out statistical tables this book represents excellent value given that little attention has been lavished on NBR affairs . |
| 25 | But given that many conceptions of the good do not fit into the individualistic pattern , how can this be described as a fair choice situation for principles of justice ? ( p. 10 ) |
| 26 | Barbara Hardy already takes the view in 1975 that some amendment to practical modes of teaching is needed given that many students find no affinity with the Leavisian critical stance , nor " share the faith in Englishness and European civilisation " . |
| 27 | Given that many futures exchanges are closely regulated either under the FSA or applicable foreign legislation , on-exchange transactions ( which includes matching back-to-back contracts between an exchange member and its client ) are less regulated than off-exchange contracts . |
| 28 | Given that many ordinands have musical gifts , it should not be too difficult to explore a wide variety of music for worship . |
| 29 | This is significant , given that many commentators in 1983 thought that the policies of the Conservative and Labour parties were further apart than at any time over the previous thirty years . |
| 30 | Companies raising private finance to build a toll road would probably need to offer at least 9–10% , given that many investors want compensation against the risk that a future government might expropriate the project or regulate it into unprofitability . |