Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor would the captain 's off-field obligations cause Hastings concern , for his work with the Carnegie Partnership carries a PR type of role , part of which involves meeting people and dealing with clients and the media as well as assisting his old school , Watson 's College , and his club , Watsonians , in a business capacity . |
| 2 | An information day is being planned for anyone wanting to learn more about the day care centre appeal , which needs to raise £637,000 . |
| 3 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 4 | The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos . |
| 5 | The trust , which has lost £153,000 on the project , has restored about 200 properties and was prominent in preserving Pell Well Hall in Shropshire and the 12th century Siddington Barn near Cirencester , Glos . |
| 6 | Disney , which has always refused to concede contractors ' claims , declared yesterday that its payment to CGCE which has undertaken £13.5m of work on the Paris theme park was related ‘ only to those of the group 's claims which are judged to be well-founded . ’ |
| 7 | The borough council only needs to look to the example of Durham County Council which has given £100,000 to the Bowes Museum for its centenary celebrations to see how important local heritage is . |
| 8 | Does not that contrast with the Conservative policy of reducing the betting levy by 2.5 per cent. , which has given £100 million to sport and increased the Sports Council grant to £50 million — |
| 9 | The system was developed by database experts Sippl and company co-founder Steven Goldsworthy , former corporate vice-president of product development at Informix , in collaboration with Dr William Davidow , co-author of Total Customer Service : The Ultimate Weapon and general partner at Mohr , Davidow Ventures , which has invested $1.5m in the start-up . |
| 10 | Thank you to everyone who has supported my NCT/Amway launch , which has raised £30 for branch funds . |
| 11 | A BOOK on railways which has raised £2,000 for the Foyle Hospice , is to have a second printing . |
| 12 | It is not just the absolute increase in military expenditure and its continuation in the whole of the post-war period which has led people to fear the creation of a military-industrial complex . |
| 13 | Consider now the form of ladder filter shown in figure 9. l(a) , which has repeated series and parallel impedances Z 1 and Z 2 . |
| 14 | To decorate a dish of smoked salmon , so beautiful in itself , with lettuce leaves , or to strew it with tufts of cress , is not to make that salmon which has cost 38s. a pound look as if it cost £3 , but to belittle it so that you begin to feel it is some bargain basement left-over which needs to be disguised . |
| 15 | Now the finishing touches are being put to the 20ft high screen , which has cost £35,000 to build . |
| 16 | AIDS is an issue which has enabled people to talk to one another and also think about issues which they might otherwise not have thought about — specifically about death at an early age . |
| 17 | A grant of £400 is to be given to Sedgefield church , St Edmund 's restoration appeal , which has fallen £45,000 short of target . |
| 18 | Close behind is USM stock Tepnel Diagnostics which has added 72p to 192p since September 30 . |
| 19 | Telecom Eireann is seeking more than £200m from European Community structural funds to re-build its telecommunications network : it is also ensconced in discussions with the Irish government over tariff re-balancing ; the state phone company 's financial difficulties have been exacerbated by the 10% currency devaluation which has added £50m to its debts of some £1,000m ; and is likely to halve and worse its profits this year to some £40m . |
| 20 | Some dealers in either social camp will risk account-trading for themselves , often in tens of thousands of pounds , as a result of an Harvard Securities PLC , 95 Southwark Street , London SE1 which has taken people off the streets and turned them into high earning dealers , sometimes within weeks . |
| 21 | This has not satisfied Essex County Council , which has produced statistics showing fatal accidents are four times more likely to happen at automatic gates . |
| 22 | The ‘ vehicle ’ of Christianity which has carried people 's love of God is no longer viable to them . |
| 23 | Indeed one might well argue that unless this generation is able to distinguish between what has been the religious vehicle which has carried people 's love of God , and the love of God itself which needs to be interpreted in new ways , there may be scant hope for the future of religion in the west . |
| 24 | Once privatised , BNP is likely to emulate Société Générale , which has shed staff , costs and unprofitable accounts since Mr Balladur , then finance minister , returned it to the private sector in 1987 . |
| 25 | The funding bodies are : Essex County Council which has pledged to chip in £38,000 , Colchester Borough Council , which has promised £33,000 and the Eastern Arts Board which is donating £45,000 . |
| 26 | Old school is a back-to-basics reaction to the sportswear industry 's increasing reliance on pink and pastel , splash and spray , an apparent brainstorm which has forced people who have no desire to look like an explosion in a paint factory to search in discount stores and back-of-beyond sports shops for the design classics of the recent past — nylon Adidas track tops with the simple three-stripe design on each arm , or a pair of shell-toed trainers . |
| 27 | Is it not true that the choice for the British people is between our party , which calls for lower taxes and greater spending by the people , and the Labour party , which wants to take people 's money and spend it itself ? |
| 28 | They include Azabu Group , which plans to sell 60 properties worth around ¥200 billion by the end of June ; Itoman , a trading company which hopes to sell and lease back its Osaka headquarters for ¥80 billion as a first step towards paying off its debt of ¥1.3 trillion , much of it owed to Sumitomo Bank ; and MDI , which wants to unload ¥50 billion out of ¥150 billion worth of residential property that it holds for development . |
| 29 | THE Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , was accused yesterday of acting like Pontius Pilate in washing his hands of the controversy over a hospital trust which wants to sack staff and reduce wages . |
| 30 | For an organisation which exists to serve people , and is itself made up of many thousands of people , effective communication is essential . |