Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The military strategy devised to implement successive governments ' Defence policies reflects both long-term national grand strategy and the directions given by the government of the day , and is largely the responsibility of the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 2 | Figure 4.3 ( opposite ) ( a ) Contour map produced using dot-graphics functions on a Mannesman-Tally MT86 dot-matrix printer . |
| 3 | In summer 1984 the Commission of the EC agreed to suspend legal proceedings against IBM in return for the following main concessions : |
| 4 | In fact , it could be argued that the only significant finding on association cortex , made using non-human animals up to 1950 , was the memory impairment in monkeys lacking frontal cortex described by Jacobson ( in Gross and Weiskrantz 1964 ) . |
| 5 | Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y . |
| 6 | If liability is not in dispute , the action can simply be stood out by agreement or an application made to the judge of the lists , or to the judge on circuit , for a standing-out order , or possibly an application made to claim provisional damages ; but if liability is still in dispute the action must be tried and ought to be heard as soon as possible , irrespective of the uncertainties on quantum . |
| 7 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 8 | In practice , the Bank of England ceased using special deposits after 1980 . |
| 9 | It would have been sensible to consult my book of British butterflies before I started for I soon realised using authentic colours greatly improves the overall impression ; if you can , I would suggest you refer to a book also . |
| 10 | Mikhail Gorbachev avoided touching sensitive nerves during his Berlin visit , though he , too , hinted at the need for change . |
| 11 | McCaulay admitted handling stolen goods and taking a pair of jeans valued £37 while O'Donovan pleaded guilty to stealing £300 worth of clothing and an unrelated charge of possessing a quantity of cannabis resin . |
| 12 | Yesterday Gregory , 35 , appeared before Teesside Crown Court and admitted handling stolen goods . |
| 13 | The men , aged 23 and 22 , respectively , admitted handling stolen goods and the case was adjourned for social reports to be prepared . |
| 14 | At Teesside Crown Court yesterday , Francis , 36 , admitted handling stolen goods . |
| 15 | Burnside , 19 , of Coronation Street , and Sture , 21 , of North Road admitted two counts of burglary , one of taking a vehicle without the owner 's consent and one of theft , while Burnside also admitted handling stolen goods . |
| 16 | One big reason was that firms failed to curb non-interest costs , notably pay . |
| 17 | Orlov and others engineered factional strife in the Ministry of State Properties which in April 1857 led to the appointment as minister of M. N. Murav'ev , a man who believed that " the question [ of emancipation ] had been dreamed up by … academics , theoreticians , [ and ] sons of priests ' and who planned to treat state-owned peasants as harshly as serfs . |
| 18 | On the border issue , both sides agreed to continue intensive discussions on the remaining disputed sectors . |
| 19 | The National Assistance Act seemed to turn its back on this doctrines yet it failed to jettison the view entirely and it failed to provide financial resources sufficient to enable the Board to avoid having to distinguish between the claims made by applicants , particularly as regards their more unusual needs . |
| 20 | Another one bites the dust : Zeos International Ltd reports that a US district court dismissed a class action shareholder suit against it because the plaintiffs failed to provide specific facts that were material to the trial : the suit was filed last September , alleging that the company failed to disclose the formation of its new subsidiary , Occidental Corp , to manufacture and market lower cost computers under a new brand name , a development revealed by the Wall Street Journal . |
| 21 | Our criticism of the Bill rests on some of the ways in which the Government have approached the project , or failed to provide adequate safeguards . |
| 22 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
| 23 | 23 of the charges allege that Mr Oliffe caused unnecessary suffering to farm animals , another 11 allege that he starved animals and failed to provide adequate facilities and accommodation . |
| 24 | It was only as shore jet ceased to meet increasing demands that recourse was had to outcrops exposed on hillsides in the interior . |
| 25 | 233 an applicant for judicial review sought to adduce Parliamentary materials to prove a fact . |
| 26 | The legislation sought to encourage illegal immigrants ( mostly from North African countries and variously estimated as between fewer than 500,000 and as many as 2,000,000 ) to regularize their situation by registering with the police . |
| 27 | Finally , he agreed to meet various costs and charges of the countess ' children and grandchildren at her request . |
| 28 | Finally , he agreed to meet various costs and charges of the countess ' children and grandchildren at her request . |
| 29 | Using the example of Cartwright at the Oxford Delegacy , Shearman sought to establish similar arrangements at Cambridge because : |
| 30 | Among the Anglo-Saxons Charlemagne sought to establish good relations with Northumbria . |