Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Singapore : The Straits Times index inched up 0.73 of a point to 1,420.91 in moderate trading . |
| 2 | I still could n't hear properly , I realised , unless it was the walls being so thick they kept out even the sound of the storm ; it was still going on out there ; from time to time the cloverleaf aperture lit up steely blue . |
| 3 | A special congressional committee investigating arms and drug smuggling recommended in late 1989 that certain prominent politicians and officials should be excluded from public life or dismissed , or barred from entering the country , because of their alleged connections with such activities . |
| 4 | AS CRAY COMPUTER RUSHES OUT SMALL CRAY-3s TO EARN VITAL CASH |
| 5 | Royal Mersey Yacht Club edged out Royal Anglesey Yacht Club by a quarter point in a team race in Mylnes . |
| 6 | Walking : There are several pleasant walks around the resort , while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails . |
| 7 | On 11 August , the Field Ambulance marched out complete from Stony Stratford to entrain at Wolverton for Reading , with the satisfaction of knowing that 98% of the men had volunteered for service abroad . |
| 8 | The Fourth Division side ran out 4-1 winners . |
| 9 | Where there is compatibility of pitch , the organ can be used very effectively with melodic solo instruments , or as part of an ensemble , or as a continuo instrument to fill in harmonic gaps and add weight of tone and sustaining power . |
| 10 | THE British Snoring and Sleep Apnoea Association set up last year by a Mr Alan Davy has declared a membership of 1,300 . |
| 11 | The Dow Jones stock index closed down 7.68 at 2,687.93 . |
| 12 | Sir James has been lobbying the prime minister for a scheme to use official aid money to buy up Third World debt , sell off the principal , and swap the right to interest payments for a lease on tropical rain forests . |
| 13 | Historic Scotland commissioned Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division to carry out investigative work in advance of the installation of an improved heating system at the cathedral . |
| 14 | Scientists and engineers can apply for long term funding to open up new research directions |
| 15 | With neutral Hampden Park ruled out due to renovation work , Rangers manager Walter Smith and Celtic No.2 Joe Jordan were involved in the bizarre situation of having to toss a coin to determine the semi-final venue . |
| 16 | The pink-coloured building that overlooks a municipal car park rode out glorious days under the renowned Alexandre Dumaine before crumbling into a state of tatty neglect . |
| 17 | In North-East Division went down 24–10 their tries coming from scrum half Gary Spence and Ron Stock , full back Roy Myers adding a conversion . |
| 18 | Their only son at the time , a cousin of my father 's called William Bayles Brown , went out on Cotherstone Moor in a snow storm to gather up some sheep , and never came back . |
| 19 | The only second-class side still left in the competition travel to Stradey Park to take on mighty Llanelli , the current holders of the trophy and eight-times winners in all . |
| 20 | The Economic and Social Research Council launched in early 1985 a major , multi-disciplinary research initiative with the general objective of promoting research which will contribute to a greater understanding of the relatively poor performance of British industry , including the service sector , and which will lead to its improvement . |
| 21 | And ten years ago he had been hurt worst of all when the Zionist Air Force , the E-16s and the E-15s , had come to Tuwaithah out of the setting sun to put down 16 tons of explosive ordnance onto the Osirak reactor . |
| 22 | The Cabinet ended its marathon session to work out 1993/94 spending yesterday . |
| 23 | NEW fitness club Bodifit kicked off last week with an official opening by the Glentoran football squad . |
| 24 | Tax fraud work brings in 1.6 billion p.a but the criminal justice system is seldom used ( 472 in 1987 ) . |
| 25 | THE President of Bosnia-Hercegovina , Mr Alija Izetbegovic , appealed yesterday for United Nations intervention to stave off civil war as fierce clashes swept across Bosnia and neighbouring Croatia , leaving at least 19 people dead . |
| 26 | After three name changes in its first two months , can Kudos/Morley Kudos/Kevin Morley Group keep up this early pace ? |
| 27 | Thagard 's excellent hatchet job spells out many more points of disanalogy . |
| 28 | In September 1981 this trade association brought together equipment manufacturers , Home Office and electricity council representatives in a study group to sort out some of their potential conflicts . |
| 29 | Here , in a room even estate agents would have difficulty describing as anything other than small , 20 people clung to the perimeter walls as a man with a Chris Waddle haircut hammered out some old rock cliches . |
| 30 | A further letter dated 9th July 1991 says that orders have been placed with your Direct Labour Organisation to carry out this work . |