Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's only now , 17 years after her death , that the first lady of crime fiction has at last acquired a fan club . |
| 2 | In comparison with the BCG matrix , the McKinsey-GE matrix seems at first to be less explicit about building some ‘ problem children ’ into ‘ stars ’ and identifying ‘ cash cows ’ and ‘ dogs ’ , but the implications are present , as indicated by figure 4.3 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It will be usual practice for information which the Social Work Department receives after 1st April 1989 to be shared in a responsible and sensitive way , with the client to whom it relates , UNLESS the person providing it specifically requests that we do not do so . |
| 6 | The work at Llandrindod Wells lake has at last revealed the answer . |
| 7 | ‘ Flying Scotsman 's ’ spare corridor tender has at last been purchased and delivered to the Morpeth works of Ian Storey Engineering . |
| 8 | Open plan staircase leads to first floor . |
| 9 | First-timers spot bargains as home market moves at last . |
| 10 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | CHILE 'S ONLY WOMAN MAYOR SPEAKS OF LAST CHANCE TO STOP ‘ EYES AND EARS ’ OF DICTATORSHIP |
| 13 | Copy of a letter from Councillor Mrs. Brereton to the C. B. News that , due to sustained pressure by herself , the District Council has at last let contracts to resurface the stretch of the Water of Leith Walkway between Currie Kirk and Juniper Green . |
| 14 | Copy of a letter from Councillor Mrs. Brereton to the C. B. News that , due to sustained pressure by herself , the District Council has at last let contracts to resurface the stretch of the Water of Leith Walkway between Currie Kirk and Juniper Green . |
| 15 | Wife 's family speak out as shamed Cabinet Minister resigns at last |
| 16 | The consultation period runs until 30th June and comments should be sent to : |
| 17 | The European Patent Office has got itself into a mess over these issues because it has proceeded to patent life forms without first examining properly whether the EPC , when interpreted as it was originally intended , actually allows the patents the patent office has granted . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | The Walsall 26-year-old , whose gold medal hopes in last year 's Olympics were ruined by a groin injury , has had little racing since Barcelona . |
| 20 | Grappelli 's swinging , fluid style seems at first to be leaving his young guitar/bass duo behind , however well before half-distance they are fully warmed-up ( say by Just one of those things ) and thenceforth come into their own with sympathetic accompaniment and youthful aplomb . |
| 21 | On the way red-necked phalaropes at last show themselves , tame , almost friendly birds that come towards the camera . |
| 22 | The string quartet on this EMI disc promises at first to be an effective and not unoriginal exercise in the expressionist tradition , but the end result is something of a disappointment . |
| 23 | No cause for concern , says BNFL. ’ and ‘ A HoseCo official negotiates with third storey inferno family before attempting an expensive rescue operation . ’ |