Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their contribution so far has emphasized reviews of human impacts often reflecting research in other disciplines rather than appropriate fundamental impact studies by physical geographers . |
| 2 | There is a contradiction which has pervaded responses to the National Curriculum in special education . |
| 3 | A certain narrow-mindedness has pervaded studies of electronic information as the focus has been predominately by national archives on the preservation of records about the national governments themselves . |
| 4 | A multi-million pound airport built in a remote part of Ireland has trebled profits to £138,000 . |
| 5 | The Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , has revised plans for defence cuts , two regiments which were to be merged will be saved , but there will be no u-turn on the merger of Gloucester Regiment . |
| 6 | The owner of the house and landlady , Lauretta Birt-Smith claims that Gloucester City Council 's housing benefits department has delayed payments to her tenants . |
| 7 | Mr Maxwell , in an affidavit of his own , confirms he has received payments from his mother but adds : ‘ I feel I have a moral obligation to repay as and when my resources permit . ’ |
| 8 | The National Gallery has received letters of support from several international museums and galleries , including Dominique Bozo , director of the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris , Gerard Regnier , director of the Picasso Museum , Paris , and Thomas Messer , director emeritus of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York and now chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery in Prague . |
| 9 | The trust has received letters of support from Americans who served there during the war and hopes much of the money can be raised in the United States . |
| 10 | As the Secretary of State knows , the Select Committee on Employment has received letters from 69 TECs , and those letters have been placed in the Library . |
| 11 | And Mr Corker has received letters from the tourism office advising him of financial help available for expansion plans . |
| 12 | Set up in 1991 , the service has received requests for traces from over 15,000 people and possible pension source has been located in over 90 per cent of cases . |
| 13 | However , the video has received complaints from bird lovers , who say it could encourage cats to harm birds . |
| 14 | Karen , who started skating at the age of six , has received grants from the borough council 's Community Chest . |
| 15 | The group has received donations from well-wishers from as far as Bangor and Holyhead . |
| 16 | The company says that it has received inquiries from about 470 companies , of which perhaps a quarter are potential customers . |
| 17 | Videopics has received inquiries from people hoping to set up in shopping centres and tourist spots , but is keen to stress the potential of running a franchise from home . |
| 18 | AFE , which is quoted on the Paris bourse has received acceptances for 15 p.c. of Cronite 's shares . |
| 19 | Wessex Water has received acceptances for 93 per cent of its one-for-six rights issue at 480p per new share . |
| 20 | Leeds has received objections to its own U D P which proposed new settlements just beyond the ten miles on the A A sixty four corridor as well as elsewhere in East Leeds . |
| 21 | LINFORD CHRISTIE has received sacks of begging letters following reports about his personal fortune . |
| 22 | The workshop , which employs disabled people , has received orders for 1500 valves that save water in domestic lavatory cisterns . |
| 23 | The company has received applications for 6.615 million shares . |
| 24 | THE media has received details of Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn 's movements on Thursday 18th March . ’ |
| 25 | Will the Minister confirm that he has received representations from Age Concern and others about the income of single pensioners being 60 per cent . |
| 26 | Parsytec has received assurances from Inmos that it will be able to buy the transputer in large enough numbers to build the computers . |
| 27 | Thus if an individual is to be deprived of a benefit which was enjoyed in the past , and which he could legitimately expect to continue , or he has received assurances from the decision-maker that such a benefit will not be withdrawn without giving him some opportunity to argue the contrary , then in either instance an opportunity for the individual to make representations will be accorded . |
| 28 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 29 | It was established in 1979 and has developed systems of clinical budgeting — perhaps with varying degrees of success — at a small number of NHS hospitals . |
| 30 | According to Rhodes ( 1988 , p. 130 ) one main reason is that the Thatcher government has developed quangos as a convenient vehicle for bypassing what it perceived ( particularly in urban areas ) as a hostile and recalcitrant local government system . |