Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The publication by an LEA of a scheme such as Solihull 's is implicitly intended to signal this newly emphasized responsibility to teachers , to persuade them to accept it and to provide them with an agreed agenda for the review .
2 Managing director of the family-run firm , Owen Patterson , said : ‘ We are looking at rationalising the workforce but it is not fair to talk about numbers until we have completed discussions with unions .
3 Undergraduates were also given groups of consonants and asked to recall as many as possible in their correct position after various time delays .
4 We have heard cases of players being offered £5,000 to change clubs .
5 The Nuffield hospital says sessions on the scanner are allocated first according to urgency , and then according to who 's placed contracts for scans with the hospital .
6 For instance , the chairman of an Italian company that Morton acquired in the 1970s has been given responsibility for adhesives throughout the region .
7 Under LMS , where governing bodies are given responsibility for matters that affect health and safety , they will be potentially liable for any offences against the 1974 Health and Safety Act caused by their decisions .
8 It was more closely mapped in the new Regulations for Further Education in 1946 , with Local Education Authorities given responsibility for initiatives in conjunction with the universities and voluntary bodies .
9 The findings of the study , establishing a link between between pollution and chest and lung problems , has given support to communities throughout the country fighting for compensation .
10 And they 've already received support from Americans who worked there during the war .
11 Mr McHardy added : ‘ Given that we are a non-party political grouping and have received support from members of all Scotland 's political parties , we hope that this proposal will not be seen as contentious by anyone . ’
12 Rebel forces in Ethiopia have given permission for tons of food to be taken to thousands of starving people on the edge of death in the famine-hit country .
13 Above them loomed densely clad peaks of mountains , often as not shrouded by swift-moving cloud .
14 The primary analysis was planned to be a comparison of the numbers of subjects in the oxygen and air treated groups with arrhythmias using the χ 2 test .
15 Amsteg 's position makes it a well placed base for climbers and hill walkers .
16 One third of teachers say that they have had the use of INSET days to conduct their review : the same proportion have undertaken assessment of pupils especially for this purpose and have kept a diary as part of the review process .
17 Not being given money for sweets .
18 And Horsley had given money to miners ' families during the 1984–5 strike .
19 We 've given money to organisations like the RSPB , Greenpeace , the Woodland Trust and Working Weekends on Organic Farms . ’
20 Well I think any change from one system , a total system like rates , to another total system like the Community Charge er would have given rise to misgivings .
21 This has given rise to fears that the electoral process in the US has become corrupted , as money increasingly ‘ buys ’ political influence through elaborate election campaigns that concentrate power in hands of a ‘ small monied minority ’ [ Alexander ] .
22 The white-painted Land Rovers had clear UN marking and the attack has given rise to fears that Serb forces have targeted British troops .
23 This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties .
24 Secondly , that transfer must have given rise to rights in the individual who makes it .
25 The increasing domestic and industrial use of a number of stable chlorine-containing compounds has given rise to claims that these compounds may diffuse upwards into the stratosphere where they are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine which act to destroy ozone through a complex chain of chemical reactions ( Crutzen , 1974 ; Molina and Rowland , 1974 ) .
26 Many churchmen , however , have not been happy with these developments , which have given rise to schisms threatening enough to warrant the Pope 's visit .
27 Financial collapses , major frauds , litigation , environmental responsibility , all have understandably given rise to demands for companies to strengthen their control over their business and their public accountability .
28 But the procedures for establishing relief are cumbersome and have given rise to delays in settling a Name 's tax liability .
29 Set up in 1991 , the service has received requests for traces from over 15,000 people and possible pension source has been located in over 90 per cent of cases .
30 I 've been stopped loads of times and had my bag searched
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