Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Omnibus 's simplistic script favoured show-and-tell over analysis but that dangerous moral — that these years were a triumph of popular taste in art , not a suppression of it — could be glimpsed now and then . |
| 2 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
| 3 | The sand eroded accumulates down wind from the dune , where , being fresh , it is recolonised by marram and stability is thus regained . |
| 4 | First , the SIB has been given power , by virtue of ns.47A(1) , to issue Statements of Principle with respect to the conduct and financial standing expected of persons authorized to carry on investment business . |
| 5 | Under that section the SIB have been empowered to issue statements of practice governing the conduct and financial standing of persons authorized to carry on investment business . |
| 6 | ( a ) that offer documents are " investment advertisements " and must be issued or approved by a person authorised to carry on investment business ( usually a merchant bank or firm of stockbrokers , s57 ) ; |
| 7 | As with Camping , mud plagued Carry On Cowboy . |
| 8 | Strong demand helped push up consumer prices by an official 8.6% last year and , because of price increases by utilities , 2.1% in January alone this year . |
| 9 | Before leaving Merchiston , she was presented with a bouquet of flowers by first year Hospitality Management student , Louise McLernan ; she discussed , with Louise and her class-mates , the level of commitment needed to give up work , as some of them had done , and devote themselves to full-time study . |
| 10 | Are the Government prepared to put up money to assist local authorities if they decide to prosecute in the interests of what they believe ought to be the law , and in fact is the law ? |
| 11 | Many diesel depots ceased to carry out maintenance for the Railfreight sector , with some facing the axe such as Gateshead and others concentrating on work for other sectors such as Bristol Bath Road . |
| 12 | Inflation , the extravagance of Henry VIII , and the greed of his son 's councillors combined to push up expenditure . |
| 13 | LEASEHOLD restaurants and wine-bars have gained in popularity in recent years ‘ due to the relatively small capital required to set up business , ’ says Chris Day , deputy managing director of Christie & Co . |
| 14 | Brian Deane 's winner with five minutes left killed off City 's brave fightback and left Leeds unbeaten in 13 Premiership matches , while Manchester United were held to a draw by Norwich . |
| 15 | One said , ‘ Being articulate and diplomatic and having saintlike patience and dogged persistence have become key attributes needed to prise out money that should be available as right . ’ |
| 16 | But the country 's army ruler refused to hand over power . |
| 17 | In practice , the philosophy of racial health involved laying down expert injunctions to the working-class and to women on the importance of preserving imperial stamina and physique . |
| 18 | A few months after that , the ‘ Carry On ’ factory produced Carry On Cowboy from its assembly line , with Ken playing Judge Burke and the busty Joan Sims as Belle — ‘ My intimates call me Ding Dong ’ . |
| 19 | The skills required to carry out enterprise activity at Level Three are complex and require the student to deal with a variety of tasks which are running concurrently . |
| 20 | Because of the difficulty in isolating C. trachomatis , the time it takes to do so , and the expense involved , there are very few laboratories prepared to take on routine chlamydia isolation . |
| 21 | A client prepared to bring in management consultants could , in theory at least , be interested in headhunting . |
| 22 | The party won a May 1990 general election by a landslide but the junta refused to hand over power and arrested or intimidated into silence its most influential leaders . |
| 23 | If liberal Russia 's hopes depended on an autocrat determined to phase out autocracy in the teeth of conservative opposition , those hopes were bleak indeed . |