Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The one factor which might have altered this made little difference .
2 They would probably not bring very much bear meat at all , because Lugh was not especially partial to bear meat , but it would have looked odd to say this .
3 This filtration system alone would probably be biologically sufficient for a 2,500 gallon domestic pool , but Ken has added another to give that ‘ polish ’ and show the fish off to their best advantage .
4 HBsAg positive individuals ( accounting for 3% of our cirrhotic population ) were excluded because at the outset of the trial hepatitus B virus immunisation was not widely available to theatre staff and it was not deemed acceptable to expose such staff to the risks of infection undergoing elective surgery .
5 The BHS Training and Exams Committee have organised this to give those on the Instructors ' Register a fair chance of attending a refresher course .
6 The Doctor had expected this to provoke some reaction but the Chelonians remained resolutely silent , their eyes fixed on the big screen that showed a trundling view of their journey through the wastes .
7 Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately .
8 It also tells us : ’ Although there are now additional opportunities to expand our share of the YT market , the funding arrangements are considered inadquate to make such a move worthwhile .
9 Size of establishment would be expected to be related to amount of training undertaken though in practice many libraries ( and not only small libraries ) appeared to undertake both less training and far less systematic training than must be considered ideal given that all staff in any size library will have training needs :
10 she left that and she 's gone to do her midwifery and now when she gets the other day she was looking at old pay slips God , she must have been an idiot to give up a sister 's post cos she said her wages have dropped terrible to do this course !
11 John Upson who trains near Towcester wo n't hear of defeat for Zeta 's Lad who has won five chases this season and whose success last time out in the Racing Post Chaser at Kempton was arguably the best National trial so far .
12 I just want to tell you , time I done that done that on a number of spreadsheets compared with the same label on one , on one
13 If it was , that meant there were livestock in the room and the landlady had done that to stop these things falling from the wall onto the blankets .
14 Cos we 've done that solved that now .
15 The government has done little to counter this .
16 Except for pasting the occasional coconut tree with small advertisements for acupuncture , the hippies have done little to disfigure this beautiful spot .
17 The Government have done little to encourage such schemes .
18 She let herself into the comfort and glow of the solar to hear her father 's querulous voice complaining , in terms in which surely he himself did not believe : ‘ My mind misdoubts me we have done wrong to have any part in this .
19 Well , she said it was n't quite ready for inspection , but I have seen some work that is in progress that is now very much in her own style : some night forest scenes that are very striking , one very calm , two very anguished .
20 Joe and I had seen this happen many times before .
21 you 've done some to get all that
22 It was not felt appropriate to raise this as a direct question to the authorities so an application was made to Namibia for an amateur radio licence for a Dxpedition to the Penguins .
23 Recent initiatives such as the National Writing Project and the National Oracy Project have done much to foster such developments and to disseminate good practice .
24 The election of the Prime Minister has done much to dispel that idea and to show the general public that in my right hon. Friend we have a Prime Minister who is frank about his business background and honest about the employment difficulties that he faced as a young man .
25 Their presence has done much to inhibit some of the wilder excesses on both sides .
26 The modular system , whereby the theory and practice of a particular specialty are co-ordinated , has done much to minimise these problems .
27 Conscious preservation has also done much to prevent these copious records from undergoing erosion by destruction and loss on the scale which might have occurred in other centuries .
28 Though we must be careful not to attempt to deny the responsibility which ultimately lies with ourselves , it has to be said that certain employers have done much to encourage these sorts of trends .
29 It might be argued that historically the Maronite Christians have done much to bring this near calamity on themselves , that Gen Aoun is only the latest , probably the last , in a long line of revolts against an Arab and Mulsim environment to which this most stiff-necked of Arab minorities refuses to adapt itself .
30 Angel One had shown no concern for the safety of all the other sect members upstairs , so why had he seen fit to save these two ?
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