Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] write [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was so private about writing letters for business people , l who ought to have clerks for doing it ? |
| 2 | This is receiving the material , passing and sort of distribute it to the people within the group who are interested in writing letters . |
| 3 | Despite his lack of musical ability , Gedge became interested in writing songs . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ To achieve BS 5750 , we had to meet certain laid-down guidelines such as writing documents on procedures and training staff . |
| 5 | For instance , the work experience module included activities such as writing CVs in French . |
| 6 | This tour of Europe and Asia gave the opportunity for Kitto to acquire the knowledge of customs and scenery which he put to good use on his return to England in 1833 by writing articles in the Penny Magazine under the title , ‘ The Deaf Traveller . ’ |
| 7 | All the bedrooms have en suite bath-rooms and come complete with writing desk , mini-bar and colour TV . |
| 8 | In a recent essay she claims to have had a strong sense of déjá-vu upon first reading theories of post-structuralism and postmodernism , for though she had never been able to articulate them clearly in conceptual form , she had discovered many of the concepts these theories present through writing fiction ( 1991a:165 ) . |
| 9 | The man-hours involved in writing programs of any complexity , and particularly in debugging them , are such that , as in other areas of use , this phase will probably pass in favour of the economics of buying a proven package from a reputable source , as suitable suites of programs become available . |
| 10 | Each copy of the program carries a READ.ME file that includes information about how to contact the group , many of our committee members are actively involved in writing articles for the computer press and we also regularly take stand space at major events such as the EP Show and the Desktop Publishing exhibition . |
| 11 | She wished she had written more often to her aunt , and better letters ; but then as Jenny had said , she was not very good at writing letters . |
| 12 | Again it is a British cultural thing of 20 years ago : even when girls failed a maths exam at school , they were still considered ‘ clever ’ if they were good at writing essays . |
| 13 | ‘ Be patient and persistent in writing letters to save these people . |
| 14 | A few years ago , in the brief period of enthusiasm and expansion after Russell , those responsible for writing reports , conducting research , making recommendations , did so in a fairly jovial cavalier fashion that could be said to characterise the type of men who operated their way to the top in adult education . |
| 15 | And of course at this time of the year I would guess the people responsible for writing references get hundreds of requests , not just for universities but for polytechnics and other colleges of , of higher education . |
| 16 | We can identify three kinds of sentence which are considered wrong , in addition to those with writing errors of spelling and punctuation . |
| 17 | The Forensic Science Service laboratories are already open to the defence but lack credibility because they will always principally serve the prosecution and the Commission 's own research shows that these scientists are used to writing reports which are designed to assist the prosecution case . |
| 18 | Those familiar with writing software for microprocessor controlled systems will know that a lot of development goes into the process . |
| 19 | Bill Naughton : Jan 8 , aged 81 : Irish-born novelist , best-known for writing Alfie , the film which made Michael Caine a star . |
| 20 | Astrophil is a fool incapable of writing poetry . |
| 21 | Words such as those in list ( b ) are more suitable for writing objectives . |
| 22 | Since her two daughters have left home she has been researching 18th Century records preparatory to writing biographies of some political reformers . |
| 23 | Teachers become more efficient at writing objectives the more they practise , so that they can soon reach the stage where the time taken is no more than is required for planning anyway . |
| 24 | In 1920 he was active in writing articles for the press , expounding his version of the ‘ new Imperialism ’ and airing his views on the rebellion against the British in Mesopotamia . |
| 25 | Macdonell began his career as an author in 1927 by writing detective stories , sometimes under the pseudonyms of Neil Gordon or John Cameron . |