Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a regional study including about 10% of the Danish population we found the population relative risk of ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease among first degree relatives of patients with either disease to be about 10 , which strongly suggests that these disorders have a genetic cause . |
| 2 | Turkish term for a camel bag or bag-face measuring c. 6′ × 3″ ( 1.83 × 0.91 m ) . |
| 3 | I ca n't see the jobless figure going below 3m for a long time , but our 9m shareholders should get decent rewards . |
| 4 | The Roman refining techniques were such that they could easily have produced silver containing only traces of copper ( under 1 per cent ) . |
| 5 | The evidence , however , is slim , and the logical conclusion — the two-second or five-second commercial — seems far away ; while so-called ‘ subliminal ’ advertising , using flashes of picture or words lasting only fractions of a second , is not only totally unproven as a technique , but banned in most countries where advertising on film is available . |
| 6 | Such hill-forts of successive races or groups living uneasily side by side continued to dominate the landscape during recurrent tribal and racial struggles for power . |
| 7 | Expected to be called the Powerserver 970 and costing little more than the current 75.8 SPECmark Model 950 , it is said to be a rack-mount machine costing around $97,000 for an entry-level configuration with 64Mb memory and 2.2Gb disk . |
| 8 | This is a small garden , on an awkward plot measuring just 45ft by 27ft ( 14m by 8m ) , facing north east and sloping away from the house . |
| 9 | This was made up by the Head Girl mixing together oxide of zinc , glycerine , rosewater , a touch of yellow ochre and methylated spirits , the latter helping to dry it on the legs . |
| 10 | I ca n't imagine Ross tidying away signs of murder . |
| 11 | Between the advertisements for Brylcream and Bile Beans was set out a forty-page prospectus for a ‘ new Britain' , consisting of a series of short articles putting forward proposals for a fresh approach to employment , social security , town planning , architecture , the countryside , education , health , the medical services and leisure . |
| 12 | This ringwork is the most impressive of a series of earthworks stretching away west of the church towards the village . |
| 13 | Through the village , the road into Barbondale rises sharply before contouring for a level mile along the side of Barbon Low Fell , new plantings of conifers permitting only glimpses of Barbon Manor high on the left . |
| 14 | The meetings programme includes small workshops bringing together academics with government and private sector economists ; lunchtime discussion meetings at which Research Fellows speak on policy-relevant topics , with audiences from Whitehall , Westminster , business and the academic community ; academic workshops , seminars , colloquia and conferences ; and periodic meetings of the Research Fellows in each programme to discuss and organise research and to plan new research initiatives . |
| 15 | Pre-tax profits jumped to £221.5m in 1992 from £186m the previous year with Steetley contributing about £50m to operating profit . |
| 16 | MIDLAND Bank has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling about £250,000 by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation ( Imro ) for breaching its duties as trustee of six funds managed by the French-owned unit trust company Dumenil . |
| 17 | It 's also rumoured to be interested in a single server version of OSF/1 running under Mach as a personality . |
| 18 | There were 16 riders in the scratch group giving away handicaps of four and seven minutes . |
| 19 | A THEATRE group putting together props for its main summertime show is appealing for help to find two vital items . |
| 20 | Breeds by still or slow-moving fresh water in tundra , moorland and taiga ; winters often in large flocks mainly in coastal waters , many non-breeding birds staying well S of breeding range all summer . |
| 21 | This makes Britain in autumn a very special place as a staging post for birds flying further south to the Mediterranean and Africa and as a winter home for many others . |
| 22 | The first organisation bringing together publishers from throughout the African continent has been formed in Zimbabwe . |
| 23 | Three EC forums were in place to solve the Yugoslav crisis : the EC Peace Conference chaired by Lord Carrington bringing together representatives of the former Yugoslav states ; the Conference on Bosnia-Hercegovina under Portuguese EC envoy José Cutilheiro ; and the Arbitration Commission , chaired by Robert Badinter . |
| 24 | WHITBREAD , the brewer and retailer , yesterday warned that mounting bad debts in its economically-troubled heartland of southern England will force it to make provisions totalling about £47m in the full-year to the end of February . |
| 25 | Her daughters , Elizabeth Beak and Rosemarie Craig are claiming damages totalling around £100,000 against British Rail for negligence . |
| 26 | Sources inside the health authority believed proposals for purchasing consortia linking together districts throughout the Northern region could be the forerunner of a fully fledged merger , possibly developing into a system of county-wide authorities . |
| 27 | Proposals for a buying consortia linking together districts in the Northern Region sparked fears of a merger between Darlington and South-West Durham health authorities . |
| 28 | ‘ You know , Boyo , this is the start of our fifth day here in Normandy and we have been stuck in these bloody slit trenches having all kinds of shit thrown at us . |
| 29 | Incidentally , for his part , on 16 September 1982 Mr Fowler issued a writ in the High Court claiming almost £23,000 for arrears of commission owed to him by the company . |
| 30 | The accused , assistant manager of an electrical goods shop , agreed to supply items costing over £16,000 to a person in exchange for two stolen building society cheques . |