Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of those 363 hotel pools , 31% were found to have inadequate or no rescue equipment and 21% lacked or had insufficient pool surround fitments . |
| 2 | No one will look askance if you have a makeshift wooden table disguised by a floor length tablecloth ( with interchangeable overcloths ) , painted or lacquered ex-kitchen chairs , and an old dresser for a sideboard , or an old Victorian or Edwardian wardrobe for glass and china storage . |
| 3 | Those companies between them owned or managed 95 fishing vessels which were until 31 March 1989 registered as British fishing vessels under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 ( 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60 ) . |
| 4 | With the best will in the world many cases have to be withdrawn or discontinued each year . |
| 5 | Partly no doubt because Bob had been brought up in Thornton Heath , he was popular with local fans , but his popularity also stemmed from the fact the he made or scored vital goals precisely when they were needed . |
| 6 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 7 | The arguments about whether to join the European Community were won or lost two decades ago . |
| 8 | Reaching an appropriate sociability and the business to be won or lost short space of time and wanted to set the scene and make a right , a right impression at the right . |
| 9 | The local crab industry is lucrative and expanding , as are the dolphin kills , and an estimated several thousand are being harpooned or shot each year . |
| 10 | Until recently , they were killed in their thousands by Turkish hunters in the Black Sea and they are still being actively hunted in Greenland , where about 1000 porpoises are harpooned or shot each year . |
| 11 | Labour was no longer as efficient as machinery and new systems of agricultural organisation and , as a result , the peasantry ( who had owned or had common rights to work the land in their villages ) were gradually forced off the land to become wage labourers . |
| 12 | From 1828 to 1850 he acted as engineer to the Scottish Fisheries Board , in which capacity he built or improved numerous harbours , including Dunbar , Fraserburgh , Inverness , and Wick . |
| 13 | In Weberian vein , Kamenka and Tay ( 1975 ) suggest that advanced capitalist societies tend to develop ‘ bureaucratic-administrative law ’ which increasingly regulates human activities for impersonal collective purposes such as general economic efficiency . |
| 14 | These findings suggest that lowered basal UOS tone is unlikely to be a major cause of oesophagopharyngeal reflux , but that transient relaxations of the UOS in response to distention are a more probable cause of such reflux . |
| 15 | Many years ago Fathalla proposed that repeated minor trauma to ovarian epithelium caused by ‘ incessant ovulation ’ increased the risk of cancer . |
| 16 | It is claimed that left lateral eye movements reflect relatively greater right than left hemisphere activation . |
| 17 | However , Johns found that translated Brazilian abstracts tend to follow textbook rules of grammar which favour ‘ consistent ’ use of tense and aspect . |
| 18 | The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade has recommended that spent nuclear fuel from the country 's nuclear power plants be made safe through deep burial at a site yet to be determined . |
| 19 | The paints come in a choice of twenty four ‘ enamel ’ tones , plus a further selection of ranges and finishes including five ‘ Glitter ’ tones — Gold , Silver , Copper , Plumberry and Turquoise — all ideal for party wear if you want that bit extra sparkle ! |
| 20 | There always is a better use , for no one really needs that faded 1976 memo . |
| 21 | In the stables , the horses on whom thousands of pounds would be won and lost that afternoon stirred as their lads unlocked their boxes , brought them their feed . |
| 22 | Second to Henry Yevele , Wynford was an architect of genius who transformed and unified English building . |
| 23 | The car which took us to the station drove as sedately as a Daimler in a royal procession although the people of Amsterdam were on their way to work and provided admirable subjects for baiting . |
| 24 | She spent a pleasant few minutes thinking of her small business where she designed and made exclusive wedding gowns for a rapidly growing circle of customers , but Dana 's early-morning phone call refused to be dismissed . |
| 25 | Baxter 's subjects were remarkably varied and included sentimental treatments of religious and romantic themes , prints of typical London figures , and newsworthy events . |
| 26 | Okidata Microsystems Division , the Japanese giant 's fledgling flight into the US workstation business , crashed and burned last week , taking the remnants of the Mass860 consortium — the Intel Corp i860 RISC supporters club — with it . |
| 27 | Garland crashed and suffered slight burns . |
| 28 | He rose and went next door to find the girl he knew would be sleeping there . |
| 29 | Instead of ringing for the maid she rose and poured more tea . |
| 30 | Minton himself saw what was happening and abandoned this practice around 1951 — 2 . |