Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [num ord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is going to take time , ’ he said , adding that he does not yet have plans for IBM — he has to first learn the company by meeting executives , managers and employees . |
| 2 | ‘ This is going to take time , ’ he said , adding that he does not yet have plans for IBM — he has to first learn the company by meeting executives , managers and employees . |
| 3 | The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) has at last faced up to this in its latest World Economic Outlook . |
| 4 | PRESSURE from individuals countrywide has at last enabled the matter of Vulcan XH558 to be brought into the new Parliamentary session . |
| 5 | The government has at last acknowledged that ‘ disappearances ’ do take place and that it is a problem which needs addressing , and Amnesty International expects to be submitting cases for investigation by the Commission . |
| 6 | A procurement-policy board , for example , has at last begun to scrutinise all supply contracts for incompetent spending , or worse . |
| 7 | The work at Llandrindod Wells lake has at last revealed the answer . |
| 8 | A YEAR after the European Community 's central-bank governors produced what is known as the Delors report on economic and monetary union , the European Commission has at last written its own credo on EMU . |
| 9 | THANK God someone has at last written an article attacking the proposed closure of St Bartholomew 's Hospital . |
| 10 | We are pleased to state that since the appearance of the first edition of this book the Court of Appeal has at last seen sense in its approach to construction in cases involving general medical practitioners : see Clarke v Newland [ 1991 ] 1 All ER 397 . |
| 11 | With the talk of ‘ new ’ British soul talent still on the rise ( and much of it obviously focused on Don-E and Omar ) , the name of Noel has at last began to get some recognition . |
| 12 | ‘ The General Staff has at last discovered what fighters are for . |
| 13 | Michael Heseltine has at last secured a job for his leadership campaign manager , Michael Mates , in Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 15 | Into this political maelstrom , Maastricht has at last emerged as an issue , provoking the kind of controversy seen in Britain last year . |
| 16 | Some hero has at last heard our cry and painted a blue sky . |
| 17 | He has at last achieved his ambition to look both indistinguishable and distinctive . |
| 18 | After months of turning deaf ears to warnings by the City and industry , the Department of Energy has at last conceded that nuclear plant can not be included in the share float without state support . |
| 19 | It is only after a long period of counselling that she has at last realised that she has to drop her charge against her father , and to forgive him for not being the person that she longed he should be . |
| 20 | The government has at last realised the importance of preserving the eco system as a way to attract a new kind of tourist ( with more culture and money to spend ) who will see Gran Canaria not just as cheap holidays in the sun but as a living island . |
| 21 | Perhaps , while consistently maintaining its unique character , Apple has at last moved the Macintosh sufficiently close to the PC that corporates are now prepared to take the ‘ toy ’ very seriously indeed . |
| 22 | Digital Equipment Corp has at last announced its OSF/1 Unix-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative to VMS . |
| 23 | DEC has at last announced its OSF/1-based operating system for Alpha-based AXP systems , giving its Alpha hardware customers an alternative from VMS . |
| 24 | The public breakdown of discipline in the crime-suppression division has at last destroyed the faith of many Thais in the police . |
| 25 | The Cottage Garden Society has at last produced a book of practical advice : The Cottage Gardener 's Companion ( David & Charles , September , £16.99 , 0 7153 0020 2 ) . |
| 26 | But it 's only now , 17 years after her death , that the first lady of crime fiction has at last acquired a fan club . |
| 27 | A serious feminist critique of masculinity and male power was long overdue ; Lynne Segal has at last provided it . |
| 28 | IBM Corp has at last woken up to the fact that to remain competitive in the personal computer business , it is necessary constantly to add new models , and in the US , the company yesterday added new 80486-based PS/1 models based on chips ranging from the 25MHz 80486SX to the 66MHz 80486DX2 ; they come in desktop and minitower configurations and are available now at prices expected to go from $1,200 to $3,000 ; they are upgradable to the Pentium . |
| 29 | Channel 4 's comedy department has at last found the right format for a cabaret star — by going back to the innocent childhood of TV comedy . |
| 30 | With Suggs on guest spoken vocals and production credits to Langer and Winstanley , Moz has at last found his true cellmates in Madness . ’ |