Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These in effect became ceilings for the whole pyramid of staff salaries so that those senior men below board level also found their salaries constrained . |
| 2 | Demonstrating that it is beginning to get the hang of the personal computer mass market , IBM Corp 's Personal Computer Co yesterday announced three new 80486-based lines in its PS/ValuePoint family , in 40 different configurations — and the difference between the three models is not the processor — anything from a 25MHz 80486SX to a 66MHz 80486DX2 , but the size of the box . |
| 3 | Rising inflation , a weakening economy and a growing budget deficit further lowered the government 's credibility ; its austerity programme fuelled added protests and forced it to concede the indexation of wages to inflation . |
| 4 | Someone who put 20p into the guitar case also left his Evening Standard , possibly as part-payment or just to be rid of it . |
| 5 | My cherished Höfner acoustic guitar recently tried to murder me for leaving it in the boot of the car on a hot sunny day . |
| 6 | On May 7 , the Squadron CO then took Sugar on a tour of European cities to check on the suitability of certain enemy airfields to accept Allied heavy aircraft . |
| 7 | As the Renfrew field only had one runway the forecast predicted a change in wind direction which would make landing difficult , if not impossible . |
| 8 | Dietary calcium supplementation drastically reduced the solubility of fatty acids in the ileum , and this effect was maintained in the colon and faeces . |
| 9 | The only worry Mum ever had was getting enough to go round . |
| 10 | All the cities have lost resources as a result of reductions in central-government support from the block grant : between 1981–2 and 1985–6 , block grant to the cities declined by one-quarter in real terms , and by 1985–6 penalties imposed on the Partnership and Programme Authorities in the rate-support grant settlement almost equalled their Urban Programme allocations ( Association of Metropolitan Authorities , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | In response to this decision Parliament hastily passed the War Damage Act 1965 with retrospective effect to deny entitlement to compensation for damage for acts lawfully done by the Crown during a war in which the Sovereign was engaged . |
| 12 | Schroders , the merchant banking group , shut down its Schroder Discount subsidiary last year after two years , while Westpac Banking Corp also closed its invoice discounting operation last year . |
| 13 | The even money favourite almost threw the race away with several bad jumps to the right and Scudamore was forced to use all his strength to withhold a late challenge from Sun Surfer . |
| 14 | Sun Microsystems Computer Corp duly announced its Sparcstation 10 systems last week , claiming they deliver up to ten times the performance of existing systems and feature the lowest-cost multiprocessing RISC server on the market . |
| 15 | Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp finally shipped its first Cray-3 supercomputer . |
| 16 | Colorado Springs-based Cray Computer Corp finally shipped its first Cray-3 supercomputer . |
| 17 | Dell Computer Corp finally brought its low-end Dimension range of desktop and notebooks ( CI No 1,953 ) to Europe last week and cut European prices on its existing products by up to 18% . |
| 18 | Compaq Computer Corp formally inaugurated its new European distribution centre in Gorinchem , Netherlands , yesterday : it will be a focal point for distribution of Compaq products in Europe ; total investment in the centre is $77m . |
| 19 | A bad snap on a Colts ' punt attempt later gave Pittsburgh the ball on the Indianapolis 34 and Malone connected with Brenberg for the final Steelers ' first half score with 1:03 remaining . |
| 20 | Many people express surprise that the magazine is so young , and Radio 4 's News Stand programme recently described us as ‘ good old Country Living ’ . |
| 21 | The government had dissociated itself from the coalition , but the Islamic and leftist opposition nevertheless capitalized on widespread anti-war feeling . |
| 22 | In action , the field artillery particularly had even less cover than the infantry ; often reduced still further by officers of the old school of that notably proud French arm , ‘ La Reine des Batailles ’ , who believed ( and there were still many like them ) that to take cover under fire was almost cowardice . |
| 23 | The computer industry also conformed to a common American pattern of running into anti-trust difficulties — following IBM 's overwhelmingly successful System/360 offerings of the early 1960S . |
| 24 | A Cuban Foreign Ministry briefing afterwards stated that the talks had laid a new basis for bilateral relations , both sides having agreed to cast off the " ideological narrowness of the past " in favour of a new " mutually advantageous base " in keeping with " the possibilities and real interests " of both parties . |
| 25 | The election result also reflected the SDPJ ( then the JSP ) " s inability to field a sufficient number of candidates to achieve power . |
| 26 | THE Scotch Whisky Association yesterday revealed that the industry suffered a 10 per cent collapse in UK sales last year — the worst performance since 1977 . |
| 27 | The powerful Banking Association reportedly welcomed the treaty as an important step in improving Panama 's international image despite the fact it had successfully lobbied to preserve regulations guaranteeing banking secrecy which the USA had wanted removed . |
| 28 | Both Israel and China denied the allegations , but the US Defence Department nevertheless announced its intention to mount an inquiry . |
| 29 | In the second case consciousness also deteriorated rapidly . |
| 30 | ‘ Take Me , I 'm Yours ’ , an eight-minute guitar tirade later had its name shortened to ‘ Take Me ! ’ ( although it was actually lengthened in playing time to nine minutes on the LP ) after the 100th person pointed out to Gedge that Squeeze had a song of the same name . |