Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other clear major factor was that a result of public consultation er and clearly this was an important consideration when members came to choose the route , that seventy percent of those consulted favoured the outer northern route , the blue route . |
| 2 | He must 've broken the other arm because the next day he had both arms in plaster . |
| 3 | this geezer from Bedlam yeah got stopped the other day in this car yeah , he was pissed , he was tripping and he was speeding yeah , no M O T , no licence , no tax , no ruddy insurance yeah |
| 4 | You should 've heard the different birds . |
| 5 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 6 | This result might seem puzzling given the conventional characterisation of most Friends in the eighteenth century as quietist ‘ following their habit of attending religiously to their internal impressions ’ . |
| 7 | However , like Welsh national consciousness itself , the University has emphasized the cultural , linguistic and academic aspects of the country 's life at the expense of the vocational and technological . |
| 8 | Eric Voegelin has emphasized the fundamental difference between what he calls the ‘ cosmological ’ civilizations , which presupposed the political symbolization of the cosmos typified by Babylonia with its epic of Marduk , and ‘ eschatological ’ civilizations such as the Hebrew — but first exemplified by the Iranian — based on the religion of Zarathustra . |
| 9 | The end-of-term jollity was illustrative of the relaxed atmosphere that has pervaded the final week of the Liberal Democrat election drive — a product not merely of the light-headedness of exhaustion but also of the undoubted success of what has been a well-judged campaign . |
| 10 | His is an angry , radical critique of the changes taking place , arguing that market ideology has pervaded the Scottish universities to the extent that their work has lost its breadth , its pace , its ability to question and its identity . |
| 11 | One used to be able to listen to light classical music on Radio 2 on a Sunday morning , but that has disappeared , and Radio 4 's topsy-turvy ‘ streamlining ’ has wrecked the listening habits of years . |
| 12 | ROBERT Powell Thomas of Barham Road , Petersfield has received the Imperial Service Medal . |
| 13 | The notorious Atlantic trade in black Africans has received the extensive and controversial attention of historians , and that is as it should be , for it was a shameful traffic for which apologetics are quite out of order . |
| 14 | I can only take it that he was n't that concerned , that perhaps the Chief Constable does n't share Mr 's concerns , and is perhaps happy that he has received the generous funding that we state he has . |
| 15 | McGregor , who was found guilty , has received the Humane Society Award for saving life and the Strathclyde Police Award for bravery , and will now face police disciplinary action . |
| 16 | The creditors ' committee does not come into being until the trustee has issued a certificate of its due constitution ( r 6.151 ) and his certificate must not be issued until he has received the written consent to act from three members of the committee ( r6.151(3A) ) . |
| 17 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 18 | In retrospect the pace of international expansion may seem extravagant , especially since the franchising route which has eased the financial pain of UK expansion was not thought practicable abroad . |
| 19 | He argues that , in seeking to protect children from poverty , AFDC has eased the financial strain of raising children alone ; so more women do so . |
| 20 | Kinnock has made great changes and one admires the way he has manipulated the Labour Party towards reality . |
| 21 | As the brilliant loner scientist Seth Brundle , Jeff Goldblum thinks he has developed the perfect , instant form of transport between two telepods . |
| 22 | The discussion in this section has developed the key points about inter-organizational practice by means of consideration of the rules-discretion dichotomy . |
| 23 | Blood loss started about the eighth day of infection when the immature adult has developed the toothed buccal capsule which enables it to grasp plugs of mucosa containing arterioles . |
| 24 | This is probably because they are all adapted to forest or woodland conditions and none of them has developed the close-knit social formations that are characteristic of open-country animals . |
| 25 | And this company U K has developed the new control systems for it . |
| 26 | The bank is looking for someone canny — not to say extremely gifted — who has developed the right skills in a reasonably sized corporate environment within a few years of qualifying . |
| 27 | Paul Fussell has developed the interesting point that the first world war was a peculiarly literary war . |
| 28 | With these problems in mind , Sensiq has developed the ideal skincare range to complement their range of cosmetics . |
| 29 | As it has developed the residential unit , which incorporates 2 beds which can be used by the consultant providing the psychogeriatric services , has developed an emphasis on early diagnosis , assessment and rehabilitation Two people have moved into the unit from hospital and a further 3 or 4 may be rehoused in a group living situation in a house nearby . |
| 30 | It has developed the British Code of Advertising Practice whose intentions are primarily to ensure that : |