Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb pp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A unique mechanism , incorporated within the wheel and made in cupro-nickel , ensures perfect tensioning . |
| 2 | Large figurines mainly thrown on the potter 's wheel and decorated in vase-painter 's technique are known from several Greek sites in the late Bronze Age ; and this may be a line where we shall one day be able to trace continuity of production through the dark ages . |
| 3 | A fine draughtsman and noted expert in perspective , he was the first president of the Liverpool Society of Arts and exhibited in London at the Society of Artists . |
| 4 | Dickens ' timeless story , now coming up to its 146th Christmas , has been adapted with affection by David Holman and directed with dash by Gwenda Hughes . |
| 5 | The meeting was held at Halling Institute and was presided over by T.H. Baker Esq. , C.C. and supported by Messrs. M.B. Parrington , T. Hollands , A.F. Bowker etc . |
| 6 | Originating from an initiative by the Lothian Headteachers Association and named after Robert Reid , a past headmaster in Lothian , the fellowships are offered as secondments for a term by the Region . |
| 7 | Following a nationwide survey of 1,042 punters commissioned by the Betting Office Licensees Association and conducted by Gallup , Tom Kelly , director general of BOLA , said : ‘ If the Government move quickly we could have evening opening in the summer . |
| 8 | ( Yeah — and i just called our national football association and called for tickets to USA'94 — no problemo — so i guess i will be travelling with a friend or three … ) |
| 9 | This lifeboat , which cost £100 , was presented to the Isle of Man District Association and stationed at Castletown . |
| 10 | In accordance with a request from the Association of Charity Officers , it is confirmed that an amount of £5,000 from public funds provided through the Association of Charity Officers has been received by the Association and utilised for provision of physiotherapy equipment for the new Therapy Wing at Sussexdown . |
| 11 | On the afternoon of Saturday 12 September 1992 as part of a city-wide event organised by the Cockburn Association and sponsored by PSA Projects , the Causewayside Building was open to visits by the general public . |
| 12 | He swung off the horse and stood in front of her , tired and dirty from travelling and all she heard was a sound like the crashing of waves on pebbles and she put her hands over her ears and swayed in pain at the roadside . |
| 13 | Nothing to do with me : in fact , I spent six hours fighting that decision in a totally futile meeting with Topaz and three top-level gorillas from Resource Deployment with cottonwool in their ears and Closed For Lunch signs on their brains . ’ |
| 14 | It was her second husband , David , who died 16 years ago , who persuaded her to adopt orphaned elephants to see if they could be nursed through their grief and restored to health . |
| 15 | The Westons retrieved what was left of their stock and headed for Bristol , where they sold what they could in the markets there . |
| 16 | For a little more many include fish treats such as half a dozen oysters in season ; waterzooi , fish cooked in a light stock and served with leeks and carrots ; a fillet of turbot or chunks of eel in a green herb sauce . |
| 17 | Another item borrowed from the Norton Utilities goodie bag will be Norton SpeedDisk , a disk compressor and defragmenter , also licensed by Stac and used in Stacker . |
| 18 | In Her most terrifying dark form , known as Kali , the Goddess is seen as devouring demons and surrounded by corpses . |
| 19 | A representative of an independent observers ' group comprising United States and Canadian citizens of Serbian extraction and led by US congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley told a press conference on Dec. 26 that it had found irregularities which would have rendered the elections illegal in the West . |
| 20 | Bull-baiting , where a bull was tethered to a ring and goaded by dogs and sticks , was relatively common , but letting the bull roam through the streets was nearer to Spanish than English custom . |
| 21 | One µg of mRNA was reverse transcribed using M-MLV RT and subjected to PCR using the following internal primer pairs : ( 1 ) AD13/AD15 , ( 2 ) AD13/8E2 ( 3 ) AD15/3200 . |
| 22 | The Marquess was arrested at his flat in west London on Tuesday and taken to prison for failing to pay the maintenance arrears within the stipulated two weeks . |
| 23 | Based on the location of DNase I hypersensitivity sites and sequence homology to the promoter of the mouse NF-L gene ( 20 ) a number of deletions of the human NF-L gene were cloned in pUC and tested by transfection in HeLa cells ( figure 2 ) . |
| 24 | Many baby orangs are caught in the forests of Indonesia and taken by ship to Taiwan , where they are sold as pets , shop props and showbiz gimmicks — so many , in fact , that there is said to be a greater density of orangs in Taiwan 's capital city , Taipei , than in their own habitat . |
| 25 | Most puzzling of all was the large star-shaped island then called Celebes and now part of Indonesia and known as Sulawesi . |
| 26 | Soon the place would be full of various bits and pieces that Joe Maitland bought in bulk from the manufacturers and sold to outlets and stallholders in the markets . |
| 27 | The Provisions , adopted in 1948 , had enhanced powers of the President and frozen in office the mainland-elected members of the various deliberative assemblies , pending hypothetical recovery of the mainland . |
| 28 | On 14 October , Cradock left the Falklands and steamed around Cape Horn to intercept the Germans . |
| 29 | Unlike most xenobiotic isoenzymes MAO has not yet been linked with drug metabolism and classed under pharmacogenetics . |
| 30 | The man , in his mid-forties , was rescued by fire fighters and taken to hospital , where he was treated for smoke inhalation . |