Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of contracts undertaken each year is approaching 10,000 deriving from thousands of customers in 50 countries , but 14 top customers in the UK and Europe still account for 70% of all business sales . |
| 2 | It is generally regarded that liquidity is a very important factor in the management of unit trusts , given the ability of unit holders to require payment for the resale of their sales on any day , and the above conditions relating to investment policy largely reflect the need to plan for adequate liquidity . |
| 3 | We are taught that repetition is a bad thing . |
| 4 | Assistant bar manager Sarah , 21 , said : ‘ I was always taught that honesty is the best policy . ’ |
| 5 | You will still call that colour ‘ green ’ because you too have been taught that grass is always green . |
| 6 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 7 | It has been calculated that matter is at present being continually created at the rate of about 50,000 sun masses per second . |
| 8 | It will be recalled that assignment is expressed in English by a form of to be ( for a full discussion of adjective grouping see Chapter 8 ) : ( 44 ) their host 's beer was cold and refreshing ( 45 ) one pair of trousers was deep purple ( 46 ) the story is long sad ( 47 ) the story is long is sad This contrasts with the sometimes lengthy sequences of adjectives , whether grouped or not , which can occur in prenominal attributive position without causing the slightest frisson of grammatical disapproval : ( 48 ) the long sad story begins in Ottawa ( 49 ) Aunt Lou bought Oliver a charming little pink woollen romper-suit |
| 9 | Well Mike has explained that quality is n't quality . |
| 10 | Given that conflict is inevitable , and assuming that organizational goals are broad ! y desirable , there are two aspects of conflict which are relevant in practice to the manager or administrator . |
| 11 | Given that redundancy is a fair reason for dismissing an employee , a redundant employee can not usually claim unfair dismissal . |
| 12 | A serious issue indeed for the Committee given that literature is to be the central instrument for furthering its cultural programme . |
| 13 | Now suppose that the origin of life , and the origin of intelligence given that life is there , are both highly improbable events . |
| 14 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 15 | Given that ear-training is too often struck from a guitar student 's personal agenda , and moreover the value of such training is consistently understated in most ‘ play rock guitar by numbers ’ type books , then units like this could prove indispensable in putting things right . |
| 16 | Government bonds now yield 4.5% , not a bad return given that inflation is just over 1% and the yield on shares just under it . |
| 17 | At the same time nothing is said about the way in which firms will converge on one of the large set of possible equilibrium agreements ( given that collusion is sustainable ) . |
| 18 | Given that agreement is reached and a contract is established , either formally or informally , the matter of supply is resolved in a way that will ensure continuity of suitable materials with the minimum of problems . |
| 19 | Given that redistribution is a characteristic of the social services , the general presumption must be that they will be rendered only on evidence of need , i.e. of financial inability to provide each particular service out of one 's own or one 's family 's resources . |
| 20 | Given that speech is primary , in that all peoples have speech but only some have writing , they assumed that the main function of writing must be to represent speech . |
| 21 | Given that crime is behaviour that breaks rules , it might seem odd that functionalists argue that it is necessary and useful for society . |
| 22 | For simple , repetitive styles such as memos , proposals , price lists and books this is a small price to pay given that productivity is improved . |
| 23 | Given that merger is the ultimate form of collusion , it might be asked why policy should not take an equally tough stance ( Willig , 1991 ) . |
| 24 | Given that privacy is plausibly one of the necessary conditions for being an explication of consciousness ( see below ) , it seems to me that any establishment of an interesting sense of machine privacy must be relevant . |
| 25 | Given that science is often thought of as a laboratory-based activity , rather than as a " bookish " subject , it is interesting to note that in three of the four schools , science departments had pioneered activities to develop basic library and information retrieval skills as part of their lower-school curriculum . |
| 26 | ‘ Whatever happened to part them , she considers herself so tainted that marriage is out of the question . ’ |
| 27 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 28 | Mary has produced a stunning English Electric Lightning service ‘ pedigree ’ and the number of types that could be treated that way is unlimited . |
| 29 | From across the kitchen he said , ‘ I do n't think anything I have painted this autumn is quite as good as this , but then , I would not expect it to be . |
| 30 | Since the field of view must be known before the exposure can reasonably be calculated this procedure is called before the best exposure is known . |