Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 2 | He was a typical projector of the period , and he also had gifts as a writer , though some of his projects appear wrapped in airy rhetoric : only his colonizing plans are of enduring interest . |
| 3 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |
| 4 | The guidelines envisage that over the 20 year period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 65% to around 45% , despite a net increase in output . |
| 5 | But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy . |
| 6 | That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews , self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys . |
| 7 | It is essentially a private event without witnesses and often survivors feel implicated in some way . |
| 8 | Notoriously these words have crept into ordinary usage from medieval philosophical Latin . |
| 9 | The unique qualities of strength , high moisture absorption , excellent washing and colour retention characteristics have led to Irish Linen 's renowned reputation throughout the world as the best fabric for Household Textiles . |
| 10 | These characteristics have applied to much of the RB liberal provision for the unemployed . |
| 11 | While Sunderland and Newcastle United have been in turmoil , and have consequently stolen much of the limelight , his side have progressed in two major cup competitions and challenged for Premier League status . |
| 12 | Hares make up some 20 to 30 per cent of a rural fox 's diet , and foxes have increased by three-fold over the last 20 years . |
| 13 | ‘ Two hundred fans have contributed in one shape or another with people coming with a fiver in the hope it would help . |
| 14 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 15 | Bentley Wood says : ‘ never , although four centuries have elapsed since this fateful day , has Stamford recovered from the effects of February 1461 ’ . |
| 16 | Most considerations have concentrated on certain aspects and left others to the imagination . |
| 17 | But in fact there are several provisions which , as Poulter puts it , offer ‘ plenty of scope for maintaining the pattern of multi-faith assemblies which schools have followed in recent years ’ . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have applied for grant-maintained status . |
| 19 | Teacher vacancies in schools have increased by 26 per cent during 1990 . |
| 20 | Unit costs for maintained schools have risen in real terms throughout the 1980s — by 42% between 1979–80 and 1988–9 . |
| 21 | Some schools have asked for that to be kept for the sch er you know for them as well . |
| 22 | Now some of the schools have asked for this spa , this by the way is belongs to the school . |
| 23 | I am delighted to say that , to date , 315 schools have opted for grant-maintained status . |
| 24 | In contrast most debates concerning black schools have centred upon voluntary supplementary schools or private religious provision ( with one or two exceptions ) . |
| 25 | Of course oil exporters , e.g. Nigeria and Algeria , have had to revise ambitious economic development programmes whilst some of the Persian Gulf oil exporters have disposed of some of their capital and money market investments . |
| 26 | Despite Brazil 's disastrous economic policies , its reserves have trebled since 1990 , to $13 billion . |
| 27 | A number of readers have asked for more advice on entries that cover matches in pairs and trios . |
| 28 | But at the same time it 's wonderful that the government is recognizing the kind of work that gay organizations have put into this issue . |
| 29 | It is noteworthy that while complaints and cautions have increased since 1984 convictions have not . |
| 30 | Because prescriptions for atenolol have increased since 1983 , we repeated the analysis , including data up to December 1990 . |