Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 What is dysfunctional is expenditure in the form of social expenses on system maintenance , either through legitimation or coercion , although discussion has emphasized the former .
2 Of all the elements that go to make up the accident causation system , the one that has received the least attention in residential areas is the design of the road network itself .
3 It is certain , though , that the constructivism that has received the most attention in psychology and philosophy has been the developmental theory of Jean Piaget .
4 To date , he has received the most commissons of any architectural ‘ mousequeteer ’ : three at Disneyland , Florida , one in Burbank , California , three at Euro Disney .
5 IT 'S not so surprising that Britt Ekland ( right ) has developed a few worry lines .
6 Man is capable of a measure of creativity and mutual co-operation of which history has witnessed no more than the faintest inkling .
7 However , I must com comment on the way that since Christmas the Vice Chair of Council has undertaken the many civic duties he has been called upon to perform , assisted by his wife .
8 Taylor has given the former Nottingham Forest midfielder 10 caps in his three years without ever finding a niche for the 26-year-old .
9 Recently , Susan Keefe has listed no fewer than sixty-one treatises on baptism which have come down to us in manuscripts from the Carolingian age .
10 A preliminary clipping usually takes place during the course of the knotting , when the weaver cuts the pile yarn to an approximate length after he or she has completed a few rows , but the final clipping is a highly skilled job , which , if badly done , can ruin months of work .
11 Historically the balance between the " acute " and " Cinderella " services has favoured the former .
12 The agreement in Washington has muffled the many disagreements encountered along this road by limiting the West 's aims .
13 Even though drug testing has attracted the most controversy , it is merely part of a broad movement in America toward a Darwinian worker-selection policy , which has been dubbed ‘ employment of the fittest . ’
14 The direct harnessing of the sun 's energy — solar power — is , along with nuclear fusion , the renewable energy sector which has attracted the most interest .
15 Much of it was used to contain cremations or as accessory vessels in inhumation graves ; it is the funerary pottery that has attracted the most attention .
16 His support for the idea of sending a US special envoy to Northern Ireland has attracted the most attention during his three-day visit , which ends today .
17 The old Apache Group , now restyled the Mips ABI Group , has added a few members ( current count is 16 ) and is going to stage a rally later this month to wheel out the promised ABI .
18 Confidence wins battles ; even false confidence has won a few .
19 He has won no fewer than 50 European titles and 17 others around the world .
20 UK , Macclesfield firm , JSB Computer Systems Ltd 's US operation , out in Scotts Valley , California ( UX No 347 ) , has had a few teething troubles — it is some $200,000 short of its initial target and has undergone a few staff changes — however JSB managing director , Steve Jones says the unit turned in $150,000 last month and is now holding its own .
21 For the past year , every flyer concerning hardcore/techno nights has featured the same line-up , and it 's become very tedious .
22 Following the reorganisation of the Assessment Services Department , the Field Officer team has seen a few staffing changes .
23 For the past two years Brand has seen the same sports psychologist , John Allsop , who helped Peter Baker earn a cup debut this month .
24 Palmer , with six previous trips , has seen the most tournaments followed by Breen , Ennis , MacKinnon and Ian Stuart , with three each , Gray ( two ) and Tynan ( one ) .
25 Notts County manager Mick Walker has named the same fourteen that were on duty at the City ground on Saturday for tonight 's journey to Wolves .
26 Clinton has also promised a renewed American effort to end the crisis that has turned the former Yugoslavia into a horrific centre of conflict and atrocities .
27 Finally , since 1989 , DGX has granted a few scholarships to specialise in restoration and conservation .
28 An initial inspection of the loco , still in impeccable condition externally , has revealed a few problems and it is hoped that the Standard will be back in service sooner than the two to three years expected for overhaul .
29 Dana has missed a few fittings , but the earth wo n't stop turning and I 'm sure she 'll turn up for the next one . ’
30 The fragment was must likely the left clavicle or collarbone of a hominoid , he said . Boaz says that he has done no more than suggest that the 75–5 mm bone , found in March 1979 at Sahabi in Libya , was from the ‘ superfamily ’ Hominoidea
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