Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement covered industrial goods , processed agricultural goods and fish . |
| 2 | The theory was a good scientific theory , in the sense described in Chapter 1 : it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation . |
| 3 | Rather , it evolved in fits and starts as its various components were deployed in a variety of areas producing what quickly became classic studies and the base line for a growing corpus of social research findings . |
| 4 | The second wicket , like the first , produced 109 runs and he made 85 of them off 77 balls . |
| 5 | Two Swedes came to a town near here with a grant , and started a factory that made micro-electric parts or something — anyway , it would supposedly employ hundreds of local people . |
| 6 | Work by Kettler ( 1967 ; 1975 ) , Frisby ( 1983 ) , Kettler , Meja and Stehr ( 1984 ) and Loader ( 1985 ) has explored original German writings , studied and translated unpublished notes and lectures ( e.g. Mannheim 1982 ; 1985 ) and criticism to build up a fuller and more subtle context in which to understand Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge . |
| 7 | Among the areas he mentioned was China , which yesterday announced long-awaited plans that will allow Western oil companies to start drilling in 12 onshore areas . |
| 8 | For diverse and often disparate groupings , the language of scientificity stood as a metaphor and a referent , which condensed specific anxieties and signified different solutions to different people . |
| 9 | A trial excavation in 1981 with his YOP team revealed preserved shrimps and complete fossil sharks previously unknown in Britain . |
| 10 | The rule applies in all preconsonantal environments including those that would have a long vowel in monosyllables ( fricative and voiced obstruent environments and liquids ) , except apparently before [ s ] clusters ( as in hospital ) . |
| 11 | The costs associated with collaboration include : i Where national bureaucracies are involved there are delays in procedures and high transaction costs ; ii Generally inefficiencies arise through the work share arrangements , duplicated administrative costs and delays caused by the need to harmonise requirements and delivery schedules . |
| 12 | Ontario Homes sold 120 homes and closed 81 homes , as well as some significant land sales , to achieve a 7 per cent return on its assets . |
| 13 | The one whose mother owned jellied-eel stalls and whose father was a boxer ? |
| 14 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 15 | She experienced changeable moods and panic attacks — she had n't been on holiday for 20 years and could n't even go out to dinner for fear of not being able to get away . |
| 16 | February 's off-peak sales of Contemporary Art in New York produced respectable results as well as evidence that the price-gap between first-rate works and the rest may be widening . |
| 17 | In 1805 he collected in the Faeroes and in the following year he was commissioned by the Danish government to collect in Greenland , where he passed eight summers and seven winters . |
| 18 | Into the vacancy in men 's minds left by the retreat of the centennial myths of Christianity , crept strange cults and substitute faiths , some of which we shall look at in chapter ten . |
| 19 | ( In fact , Mr Duroselle seems almost to believe that the worst aspect of colonialism was the way it divided European nations that might otherwise have come together . ) |
| 20 | You made quarter-hour points and you did n't know where the sergeant was going to pick you up . |
| 21 | They consulted deaf women and their interpreters , and re-evaluated their work , to make sure they were getting it right . |
| 22 | As pumps improved , Crookes got lower pressures than Faraday had been able to do ; and eventually he discovered cathode rays , which he interpreted as this fourth state . |
| 23 | His presence was immediately broadcast in no uncertain terms to all and sundry by the DJ 's who made exaggerated claims that they were being boarded by an unauthorised government vessel . |
| 24 | Products of one became raw materials or fuel for another , as shown in the diagram . |
| 25 | Taking more than a passing interest in the glam rock movement of the '70s , Suede 's debut — with it 's thick pounding drum intro , drawled Bowie-like vocals and brash bursts of chugging guitar — was never likely to pass unnoticed . |
| 26 | The two City teams shared premises which housed social services and some health service staff ( the therapists but not , until late in the day , the CHMNs ) , but in Newark the social services and health service staff were separately housed for most of the study period . |
| 27 | Their power was eroded as producer governments applied tougher regulations or nationalised the plantations and ranches . |
| 28 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
| 29 | Those who were particularly interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues ( any issues ! ) as the main themes being stressed by the parties , but the level of predictability was low . |
| 30 | Those who were interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues as the main themes being stressed by the parties . |