Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hillingdon report on public library effectiveness distinguished between users ' expressed needs , and their unexpressed or unactivated needs . |
| 2 | No credit is given for trusts ' abilities to enhance returns through gearing . |
| 3 | McHale plans to use the extra £50,000 he has been given for players ' wages to good effect . |
| 4 | HEALTH AUTHORITIES will be expected to adhere to the ‘ firm ’ budgets they are to be given for patients ' drugs , Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , said yesterday . |
| 5 | Ideally joint guidelines should be developed for parents ' evenings . |
| 6 | The new five-speed automatic gearbox , designated ‘ W5A030 ’ and developed for Mercedes ' six-cylinder engines , is ingenious most of all for its simplicity . |
| 7 | Asked in February 1987 what he had to say about the conclusions of the Tower Report , the first detailed inquiry into the affair , he referred reporters to ‘ the eighth Beatitude of Matthew 5 ’ : ‘ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ' sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven . ’ |
| 8 | She took a BSc honours degree in Sociology at London University , worked as a community counsellor for one-parent families in Camden and was on the literature panel of the Arts Council until their decision to return to the Government some money designated for writers ' bursaries led her to resign in disgust . |
| 9 | But his new lease of life has saved Blackburn manager Dalglish from dipping further into Walker 's personal fortune to reinforce a position once regarded as Rovers ' weak link — but now recognised as a pillar of strength . |
| 10 | For a small supplement your home for the day could be Chef Boyers ' Les Crayeres , widely regarded as Frances ' greatest hotel where Chef/Patron Gerard Boyer , three star Michelin giant , has just been awarded , by Gault illau , the accolade of France 's top chef for 1992 . |
| 11 | EC is blamed for farmers ' ‘ losses ’ |
| 12 | Now Earle Kirton , the former Otago and All Black fly-half who regained his place on the All Black selection panel late last year , has bee picked as Mains ' assistant coach for the coming season . |
| 13 | While no operational difficulties were reported during SeaDocs ' experiment , and while the fees per registration fluctuated between only $300 and $500 , SeaDocs failed to attract a sufficient number of traders and financial institutions to survive . |
| 14 | Levein was widely reported after Hearts ' game with Dundee United 48 hours before the squad announcement as having said he would ‘ probably get in if Gordon McQueen is unfit . ’ |
| 15 | I was reminded of Camus ' comment : " What does eternity matter to me ? |
| 16 | Scattered throughout Poulantzas ' studies of the phases of capitalism are appeals to the strategies adopted by classes in order to realise their interests . |
| 17 | Its two handles , flattened , curled like pigs ' ears , were striped in yellow and blue . |
| 18 | Had the system been in place before , mergers such as GEC-Plessey and Nestle-Rowntrees would probably have come under Brussels ' scrutiny , he said . |
| 19 | The Pension Alpenrose is only one minute from the lakeside , beautifully furnished and decorated with Hans ' own carvings . |
| 20 | He would sometimes open his notes in the pulpit when ready to preach and find that they had been decorated with James ' latest drawings of animals . |
| 21 | Police and army vehicles were interspersed with civilians ' traps and tradesmen 's carts , the latter having to submit to careful scrutiny before being allowed to enter the Barracks square . |
| 22 | Although impressed with Clements ' views , Tansley eventually challenged the super-organism interpretation of the community ( see chapter 11 ) . |
| 23 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 24 | I can tell when they have come from Goldsmiths ' . |
| 25 | These have come from employers ' organisations , individual companies , trade unions and other organisations , and from individual people . |
| 26 | Some categories of headings are deliberately omitted from Sears ' . |
| 27 | Prices tend to be omitted from publishers ' catalogues ( or given in a separate leaflet which becomes detached from the main catalogue ) . |
| 28 | The concepts of theme/rheme and given/new are supplemented in Firbas ' model with a non-binary notion that determines which elements are thematic and which are not thematic in a clause . |
| 29 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 30 | it was last sunday that frank got the message from HW that he was not included in leeds ' future plans . |