Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the salmonella scare , the Ministry of Agriculture has destroyed more than 3.25 million hens in 364 salmonella-infected flocks at a cost in compensation , excluding the new awards , of £5.4m . |
| 2 | For this reason , the algorithm needs to scan backward as well as forward , and therefore takes twice as long as the simple algorithm . |
| 3 | Out of the dust of the Bodleian , Dr Lonsdale has resurrected more than a hundred witty women and set them glistening and pulsing with life and spirits before us ; and through their fresh and often subversive eyes , the Augustan age seems much closer than it did . |
| 4 | But another storm has blown up because cartographers at the French meteorological office inexplicably moved the Gambiers islands from their exposed position , just south-east of Mururoa and in the path of cyclone Reva . |
| 5 | Angina occurs when the coronary arteries have become narrower very gradually and is only noticed when the heart has to work harder than usual . |
| 6 | The EEC has banned BST until further research has been completed . |
| 7 | Page 21 Latin debt : Venezuela has paid more than $900m in overdue interest on its public sector debt owed to commercial banks , according to Chase Manhattan . |
| 8 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 9 | However , over the last few years smaller companies have fared less well , as the impact of the recession has continued longer than expected and this is reflected in our short-term performance . ’ |
| 10 | The recession has lasted longer than anyone thought . ’ |
| 11 | With the crowd pleading for more it was a far cry from the wastelands of the south-west where Mr. Baker has met less than rapturous welcomes in the past . |
| 12 | If the stake can not take the strain and goes at the ground level weak spot , the plant stem has to bend sharply where it is trapped between its firmly-held root and the bottom tie . |
| 13 | Caring for your skin needs to go deeper than superficial ‘ beauty care ’ confined to the face . |
| 14 | Like erm , like Maureen she 's erm she 's worried for Joe , she says he do n't stop , he do n't , but you see the difference being is it 's Joe 's business and it 's as he said , some people do n't pay you for twelve months , and a lot of your money has gone out before you can get a chance to get it back in |
| 15 | So the household 's demand for money has risen even though its income has remained unchanged . |
| 16 | Several European countries have taken in large numbers of refugees : Germany has accepted more than 200,000 ; Austria and Hungary 50,000 each ; and Sweden 45,000 . |
| 17 | The Federal Republic of Germany has had both because of its electoral system and the decentralised way in which so much of Germany is governed , where many decisions are taken by the regions . |
| 18 | The low-income groups and pensioners spend a higher proportion of their money on food and fuel , whose prices have risen by more than other items , and so the inflation index for these groups has risen faster than inflation for the average person . |
| 19 | Kiefer Sutherland sits purring gently as his obliging press officer massages and pummels the taut muscles on his neck and shoulders . |
| 20 | Professor Stephen Hawking 's popular guide to cosmology has sold more than a million copies in hardback around the world . |
| 21 | Indeed , the Ramblers Association has gone further than my hon. Friend has suggested in connection with that line , and has stated that , if British Rail increases the speed on a line , it will also be reducing the safety on it . |
| 22 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said more than once , and I have repeated it , that it is the Government 's avowed intention to deal with that subject . |
| 23 | Drilling Engineer Perry Hill notes that BPX has drilled more than 10,500 feet of pay in horizontal wells within the last year . |
| 24 | To date , Christo has produced more than eighty drawings of various sizes related to ‘ Wrapped Reichstag ’ , over one hundred collages , and three models , the earliest of which dates from 1977 and was acquired by Teheran 's Museum of Modern Art . |
| 25 | ARENA 's thinking has changed little since the war ended . |
| 26 | Now that has led to many iterations in the software design and development as the programme has rolled forward because every time you find a mistake , it 's got ta go back along the whole test route . |
| 27 | Wirral City Lands Department has approved more than £250,000-worth of environmental improvements along the Dock Road corridor in Wallasey with the aim of changing the image of the dockside area to attract new investment . |
| 28 | Eric Priest has taken over as acting Chief Fire Officer for Cleveland after the retirement of Bill Cooney on health grounds . |
| 29 | Over the past ten years recorded crime has risen faster than at any time in our history . |
| 30 | So far , the LDDC has overseen more than 13m sq ft of Docklands ' office completions ; about 38% are still vacant . |