Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I 'd like to see Deane ( or whoever ) rested half way through the 2nd half if he 's having one of his off days , and Strandli , Whelan or Forrester given a 20-odd minute run out . |
| 2 | The directors of the firm kindly gave B U permission to borrow a Tacker for the exhibition and after Le Leicester branch arranged a temporary replacement , Taffy began working , cleaning up the machine to showroom condition . |
| 3 | Also earlier this year the University formed a Managing Directors Club . |
| 4 | We have , of course , in addition undertaken a considerable change |
| 5 | Hobeika and Jamei ( 1985 ) describe the MASSeVACuation ( MASSVAC ) simulation software designed to analyse and evaluate traffic evacuation plans given a natural disaster in an urban area . |
| 6 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 7 | Recognising the problems associated with calcium deficiency facing women particularly , English Grains Healthcare formulated a dietary supplement called Calcia to ensure your calcium intake keeps pace with your body 's needs . |
| 8 | Slate quarries given a new lease of life |
| 9 | John Alderson made a case for the reintroduction of community policing in 1982 ( Alderson 1982 , also see 1979 ) , but its advantages were recognized much earlier when the House of Commons Select Committee on Race Relations examined relations between the police and ethnic minorities in 1972 , and in 1976 a report from the National Police College placed a central emphasis upon it ( Pope 1976 ) . |
| 10 | Robin Hood Quarry No 3 has seen Upping the Ante given a direct finish , traversing left at the second pair of pegs , and given the grade E5 6b b by Ian Parsons and Jim Ballard . |
| 11 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 12 | Devraux placed a restraining hand on the American 's shoulder . |
| 13 | He went into self-imposed exile in the mountains of Japan for nearly two years and during this period of isolation formulated a new karate system based on actual combat effectiveness . |
| 14 | Nizan occupied a privileged position in Sartre 's life both intellectually and emotionally . |
| 15 | On the currency front , the pound enjoyed a strong flourish , gaining 1.4 cents against the dollar to 1 dollar point 9195 and pushing .87 of a pfennigs firmer to 2 deutschmarks point 9704 . |
| 16 | It might , therefore , be open to a court to find liability where a defendant committed a statutory offence as the vehicle for the deliberate infliction of harm upon the plaintiff . |
| 17 | A pressurised fuselage confined a large source of potential energy and account should be taken in the design of the aircraft to ensure that , in the event of its rapid release in any unpredicted manner , the basic integrity of the aircraft structure or its control should not be compromised . |
| 18 | A striking modern bronze horse occupied a low table . |
| 19 | The soft-bodied Ediacaran animals occupied a wide range of Vendian ( Latest Proterozoic ) marine environments and are now known from all over the world . |
| 20 | From August 1937 the Club operated a price-reduction agreement with Lawrence and Wishart , who had a virtual monopoly of Marxist-Leninist publications and of works by the leading members of the British Communist Party . |
| 21 | About half of both sectors operated a whole school no smoking policy . |
| 22 | And we asked them to tie it up , the lads made a bloody job I think they tied it up for coming round . |
| 23 | While the art department operated a separate course in the lower school , drama , music and dance are organized on an integrated programme . |
| 24 | Following a preliminary examination of these new inward investors by means of a postal questionnaire survey , the authors selected a matched sample ( controlling for employment size , sector and production process ) of old and new manufacturing firms . |
| 25 | For if not , how otherwise had the Ark avoided a precipitous descent as the waters had retreated ? |
| 26 | We er are fortunate enough in having a training scheme , in fact we were able to elect our first pensioner representative trustee two years ago and he is with us today , we 've just had another election and er two this time were elected , they will be trained , they had er Mr Hill had a two-day training by our actuaries er Watsons which are a big company , er but in talking to him about it he felt there was a lot to be said for having continued training , not just at the beginning of a two or three-year stint , but successively later . |
| 27 | Why is the card called a Grizzled Skipper ? |
| 28 | It was in this major area of economic policy that early on the civil administration exercised a high degree of autonomy even from the totalitarian party . |
| 29 | Bourjois ' Cil 18 Heures Mascara , £3.79 , for instance contains an ingredient called a hydrophobic polymer which improves the mascara 's resistance to water , whilst Lancôme 's Definicil Mascara , £12 , has a brush made of a substance called Rislan designed to be extra gentle on your lashes . |
| 30 | It is also possible to measure the energy of electrons using a more tried and tested type of instrument called a magnetic spectrometer . |