Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newmarket vet Andy Bathe said last night : ‘ He 's making good progress . |
| 2 | Yet Barclays and Lloyds have spent much time and energy privately rubbishing Switch , in efforts to promote their own debit cards . |
| 3 | The extent to which guidelines have influenced social behaviour is difficult to assess . |
| 4 | Furious at what they call roughshod treatment at the hands of their area tourist board executives over the merger issue , members of the Dunoon and District Hoteliers Association have taken legal advice which they say has confirmed that rules have been violated . |
| 5 | The only jackpot Charlton fans have hit this season … is the pools their last five matches have been score draws … lets hope tomorrow though its a home win … |
| 6 | The history of the Empire is full of strife , and on occasion one Count has marched his armies against another , and knights from different provinces have fought each other despite being part of the same Order . |
| 7 | Several fortuitously converging considerations have encouraged this faith in the primacy of egoism . |
| 8 | At present 342 schools have taken this course , but the Department of Education has reported a sevenfold increase in parental ballots since the equivalent period last year . |
| 9 | Many schools have used continuous assessment of course-work as part of the work leading to GCE O level ( Mode 3 ) ; and still more have used it in the CSE examinations . |
| 10 | Schools have shown increasing interest in it , helped by such excellent organisations as the Institute for Contemporary British History , but there is limited room in the curriculum for the twentieth century , let alone for the period from when the text books end and memory begins . |
| 11 | Different readers have purchased this book for different reasons , whether it be to pass a professional examination , to commence undergraduate studies in marketing , or to train for a new job in the company 's sales or marketing department . |
| 12 | Unique in his fish-keeping experience , he wonders if other Gadfly readers have encountered similar savagery . |
| 13 | Poor readers have attracted increased attention of late . |
| 14 | Unless you or your Travel Agent have agreed alternative insurance with us , you will automatically be insured under your policy arranged with Commercial Union , and the appropriate premium will be added to your invoice . |
| 15 | It is a requirement when booking your holiday , that you accept our special travel insurance , unless you or a Travel Agent have agreed alternative insurance arrangements with us . |
| 16 | Gamblers and horse traders have permeated Scottish football . |
| 17 | The city 's traders have installed 350 Point Rubis ( ruby point ) terminals in department stores , small shops and restaurants , linked via telephone lines and the national Transpac data network to all but two of the big banks . |
| 18 | One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the activities of TNCs , wherever they are and in whatever industry , are increasingly being integrated into global processes of supply , production and marketing and the theorists of the new international division of labour have rendered great service by highlighting these phenomena even if they have done so in a rather one-sided manner . |
| 20 | Pat and David have known each other since they were eight years old and astonishingly they say they always knew they would marry ! |
| 21 | It has been suggested that the contracts for the earlier boats in the programme have entailed penal cancellation charges . |
| 22 | Ideally , the authors might before beginning the study have gained informed consent from the personnel departments of all the hospitals likely to be approached . |
| 23 | Gold and silver have attracted particular attention because they were used to make prestige items such as jewellery and regalia . |
| 24 | It is these themes upon which humanistic Marxists have placed enhanced emphasis since de-Stalinization ( Sartre , 1956 ; Elster , 1985 ) . |
| 25 | But the kids have got more confidence have n't they ? |
| 26 | A few groups from the United States have reported some success in short term cultures of either normal human gall bladder cells or with well differentiated gall bladder adenocarcinoma lines . |
| 27 | Nine other scientists in Britain and the United States have told New Scientist that they back the pupil , Ian Clark , against his former teacher , Anthony Allison . |
| 28 | These immunoassays have shown increased sensitivity to anti-HCV in chronic hepatitis C and have shortened the period between infection and the detection of anti-HCV by four to five weeks when compared with the first generation assays . |
| 29 | But neither government or industry have shown much interest . |
| 30 | RECENT developments in the British coal industry have added considerable value to this photographic study following the death throes of the Pug as well as Scottish steam . |