Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 According to US reports , Oracle Corp has sent out beta copies of 14 next-generation application development tools to developers .
2 Lord King has handed over executive authority at British Airways to his deputy , Sir Colin Marshall .
3 Kev Knowles has signed from local Jehovah 's Witness side Armageddon Wanderers and at his own expense has taken over match programme production , re-naming it the ‘ Whaddon Watchtower ’ .
4 First , Gare has set up customer and market groups for electricity transmission and distribution ; power generation ; nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing ; and pharmaceutical research .
5 In the meantime , the insurance industry has set up Pool Re , which began collecting premium income in January .
6 The need to finance the cost of unity and damp down its inflationary effect has pushed up German — and therefore European — interest rates and exacerbated recession .
7 Tough action has cut down football hooliganism .
8 Banbury West End Club has signed up world ranked players , including Neil Borwick from Australia , who 's 123rd .
9 This means that if you are a male diabetic smoker with a high cholesterol level , your blood tends to churn out atheroma like a Jersey cow makes cream .
10 Sales will be direct and via existing third-party distributors , though ICL plans to sign up specialist Unix and office software VARs in all regions .
11 Merrydown has bumped up production facilities to cope with the expected demand .
12 a body corporate which has more than 20 members ( or is the subsidiary of a holding company which has more than 20 members ) and it , or any of its holding companies or subsidiaries has called up share capital or net assets of not less than 500,000
13 The shoal has taken up residence in one particular area of the canal and are congregating in a 6ft deep hole a yard from the far bank reed bed at Plex Lane .
14 ‘ The close proximity of the other design companies has opened up business opportunities for us , ’ says Rita Brophy , marketing manager of graphic design company Stylehaus .
15 In addition , the creation of the UDC has pushed up property prices in the area , making it even more difficult for the residents .
16 The Economic and Social Research Council has cut back work on the 1991 census and its ‘ positive health ’ centre for health promotion .
17 Nakane 's work has a more voluntaristic approach , but even she writes about the assertive techniques that management uses to build up company identification of workers .
18 At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop .
19 Dr Carl Wieman ( left ) and his team has opened up research into low temperature physics .
20 His doctor should arrange physiotherapy to teach him and his carers the right exercises to build up strength and co-ordination .
21 Owen : When George , or you Robert … or you Carol walks out and slams the door that means the teacher has to give up time they could be giving to the others in the class , the ones who need the help .
22 The paper is ambitious and given its scope , inevitably , some interesting assertions are not fully developed , inter alia that using psychodynamic theory at different times will have different meanings for practitioners ; and that in the UK a preoccupation with anti-discriminatory perspectives has slowed down theory building .
23 Satan has set up camp in their souls .
24 The Ayresome Park season ticket holder says bluntly : ‘ I think greed has taken over football .
25 If your record starts to pick up air play and get reviewed just after three weeks , it may be worth keeping your plugger and press officer on for a bit longer .
26 Now Betterware plans to set up shop elsewhere in Europe , with Spain the likely first stop .
27 UN acts to set up war crimes court
28 Use of two or more colours helps to bring out floor patterns and formations .
29 His wife has given up work as a secretary to stay at home with their three young children , yet the law does not allow him to take up her full tax allowance .
30 Until now , Atkinson has played down title talk , referring to his team as ‘ half decent ’ and describing their position as bookies ' favourites as ‘ barmy ’ .
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