Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the 1930s the dominant force within Catalanism was the Esquerra , a coalition of democratic and republican groups formed in 1930–1 under the leadership of Francesc Macià . |
| 2 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |
| 3 | Another possibility is that the IP 3 R functions to integrate information from the multiple inputs received by this dendritic tree . |
| 4 | This is an important reminder for , on seeing the beautiful objects excavated from this charming little town , it is all too easy to forget its horrible end . |
| 5 | The marriage between logical semantics and textual semiotics does not , however , prove equally felicitous when the approach to the truth-conditionality of counterfactuals developed within modal logic is extended to the semantics of fictional universes by means of the " Principle of Minimal Departure " ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 6 | Complementary to that record we have the accounts given by those fans of those very occasions and others like them . |
| 7 | They will have their contracts honoured in full . ’ |
| 8 | By the later decades of the century it was becoming obvious that the numbers of many species were being rapidly diminished , and it was now regarded as ‘ unsporting ’ to amass the vast collections of trophies favoured by earlier hunters . |
| 9 | The role will involve providing economic back-up analysis and feasibility studies for planning activities undertaken at all levels by the Physical Planning Directorate . |
| 10 | Activity with tools may be undertaken by the whole class as a supervised group , or may be later activities undertaken by small groups of their own volition , and the circumstances under which this latter is to take place must be carefully organized in advance . |
| 11 | The Commission points out that it is often difficult to attribute responsibility , especially when damage is the cumulative result of activities undertaken by many parties . |
| 12 | Direct employment covers all those activities undertaken by Scotch Whisky companies , who , to a greater or lesser extent , are engaged in : |
| 13 | It would be easy for the issues to be addressed by a series of discrete activities undertaken by different staff with the likelihood of overlap , empire building , and gate-keeping . |
| 14 | The Commission was attempting by these measures to reduce the past bias towards spending on large infrastructure projects favoured by national governments . |
| 15 | The platelet aggregates formed in this way are fixed with formol . |
| 16 | It is imperative that we emphasise the uniqueness of the Catholic school which understands itself as a faith community in which the beliefs and values communicated in Religious Education inspire and unify every aspect of the school life . |
| 17 | At home I grew up in old Victorian houses filled with antique furniture . |
| 18 | Kalla produced evidence of detailed plans formulated since 1988 involving the incitement of student disturbances as a prelude to the takeover of key ministries and the imposition of a " theocratic state " . |
| 19 | During the 1970s , however , countervailing tendencies developed within British popular music culture . |
| 20 | 70% of vacant council houses given to those not on the waiting list |
| 21 | Ornithopods like iguanodon had teeth arranged in interlocking ‘ magazines ’ with rasp-like grinding surfaces , lying parallel to one another in the jaw . |
| 22 | — Manjiku 's got a snout like a crocodile , Manjiku 's got pointed green teeth arranged in double rows , and a mane of spikes like sea urchins , and a forked tail with razor edges he uses to slice up his food . |
| 23 | Part of the growth of road transport reflected the political tolerance of what unions and rail pressure groups regarded as unfair competition . |
| 24 | But none of the rules given in traditional grammars can explain the use of the definite article in an opening such as : |
| 25 | All these cases , and similar cases heard in other jurisdictions , were reviewed in the landmark case Caparo Industries plc v Dickman ( 1990 ) 2 AC 605 HL which has caused so much controversy . |
| 26 | Not surprisingly , the pattern of reasons given for such a selection tends to be highly personal and particular , with emphasis being placed mainly on the objectification of personal relations , for example , with deceased friends and relatives . |
| 27 | The answer given by the courts in this instance is ‘ yes ’ to both questions , but the reasons given for these conclusions are less than satisfactory . |
| 28 | The reasons given for these sales are that the Museum has limited storage space in its present building , and that the works in question have not been on exhibition for some considerable time , or duplicate existing holdings . |
| 29 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 30 | The two main reasons given for this were that it was too ambitious and it was too far removed from bureaux experience until too late in its development . |