Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb pp] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pursuing an entrepreneurial and demand-led strategy , LDDC claim to have leveraged over £4.4 billion of private investment for an outlay of £440 million of public money predominantly applied to land reclamation and infrastructural provision — a gearing ratio of 10:1 . |
| 2 | If so , either the parties most affected need attention , possibly through a change to the proposed reward patterns , or the pace of change may need to be slowed to give those most affected time to adapt . |
| 3 | As one working-class member of FMS recalled : " the other women 's organizations only met to play poker , canasta and generally show off " ( Frida , interview with AMES , Mexico , June 1982 ) . |
| 4 | The government statement said that Keeling had been expelled because of unsavoury reports about the Nigerian government , which it said had been " fraught with inaccuracies and outright fallacies apparently intended to cause mischief and disharmony among Nigerians " . |
| 5 | Notice that it is customary to indicate the parameters best varied to achieve balance by drawing an arrow through them where they appear in the double balance equations , as done here . |
| 6 | It is a world of compacts and bargains , of the control of present and future by ritual , a world dominated by the absolute power of words once spoken to bring order to the world of actions and social relations , an order which needs other words to dispel . |
| 7 | The Citizen 's Charter is the most far-reaching programme ever devised to improve quality in public services . |
| 8 | Bend forward , keeping knees slightly bent to avoid strain , and put your shoulder under the person 's arm so that their arm is over your back . |
| 9 | The designers also wanted to provide privacy . |
| 10 | Because the likelihood of future bombs was impossible to judge , most insurers simply refused to provide terrorist cover this year . |
| 11 | Numerous hardline candidates reportedly failed to secure election as representatives to the 14th party congress . |
| 12 | In the development of water as a focus of geographical interest the evolution of a human-oriented physical geography and an environmentally sensitive human geography closely related to resource management is well under way … |
| 13 | The Kremlin therefore wanted to pursue competition short of armed conflict , and the mid-to-late 1950s saw the Cold War take on new dimensions and a truly global nature as Khruschev adapted to changed circumstances , proving ready , for example , to ally with groups in the emerging ‘ Third World ’ who opposed the capitalist and colonial West . |
| 14 | However , it is necessary to undergo the appropriate socialization in the institutions just mentioned to gain acceptance in either of these groups . |
| 15 | As the contraction programmes already announced take effect , we expect that employee numbers will continue to fall . |
| 16 | In presenting it that night , Robert Naish would most certainly have expected it to be rejected by the weight of bondholders already known to oppose redemption . |
| 17 | The member countries thereby aimed to minimize border disputes and to control internal or inter-regional terrorism and drug trafficking so as to facilitate the kind of peaceful coexistence , regional development ( including the protection of the environment through a " rational " exploitation of indigenous natural resources ) and political integration which promoted democracy while respecting national sovereignty . |
| 18 | It could be an insurance plan so described to divert attention from the front-end and other charges which will absorb much , maybe all , of the first year 's ‘ savings , ’ and it could be five years or more , on any reasonable projection of performance , before you are likely to see even your original money back . |
| 19 | Mr Lawson 's reaffirmation of the Government 's commitment to a strong pound coupled with discreet intervention by the Bank of England also helped to underpin sterling . |
| 20 | The GLC also agreed to give funding to the Gay London Policing group ( GALOP ) , a monitoring project , in keeping with their overall concern about police accountability ; and to the September In The Pink Festival , in keeping with their policy of generating cheap , enjoyable cultural activities . |
| 21 | Child also advised putting water in the barrier moat , as is done in Africa , so that elephants butting the electric fence get a stronger shock . |
| 22 | Kuwait and the UAE also agreed to cut production to 1,500,000 bpd each ( the UAE 's quota being raised to this level — the same as Kuwait 's quota — from the 1,095,000 bpd set in November 1989 , see p. 37632 ) . |
| 23 | The Virgin airline boss also pledged to appoint Body Shop founder Anita Roddick as Environment Secretary because of her track record on Green issues . |
| 24 | For example , several receptors well known to inhibit adenylyl cyclase through G i ( for example , the m2 and m4 muscarinic receptors , the 5-HT 1A receptor , α 2 - adrenergic and D2 dopaminergic receptors ) and several adenylyl cyclase stimulatory receptors ( for example , the TSH , LH , calcitonin and PTH receptors ) also stimulate PLC . |
| 25 | Several of these bind to elements previously demonstrated to regulate transcription . |
| 26 | With proper management it should be possible to produce denser belts specifically designed to reduce noise . |
| 27 | Nell half expected to come face to face with Mahon inside . |
| 28 | Not surprisingly , the building of branch lines and the provision of freight sidings never failed to create controversy . |
| 29 | Where was it that Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA actually claimed to gain support ? |
| 30 | Greek artists always preferred to combine vigour with fine finish , and red figure proved better adapted to that ideal . |