Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geographic distribution of Sea Life Centres makes us uniquely placed to support marine conservation endeavours right around the UK coastline and , in particular , to encourage public involvement and interest in these endeavours . |
| 2 | There 's not so much wanking going on as there was , now it 's all on offer , so everyone thinks eating saturated fat makes you blind , and they 've all got obsessed with what they put in their mouths instead of in their … ’ |
| 3 | The word processor package which I 'm using to write this book has a couple of games built into it — partly for light relief , no doubt , but also to give newcomers the opportunity to play with the system , to get confident in using the tools . |
| 4 | The National Gallery has received 150 restitution claims to date , half of which have been satisfied , the rest deferred following negotiations , by keeping the item on long-term loan . |
| 5 | Elsewhere , particularly in the remoter upland areas , the issue which has aroused most controversy has been the purchase of second homes as weekend or holiday retreats . |
| 6 | A floral competition designed to promote European harmony has ended in claims that the judging was unfair to the British entry . |
| 7 | THE National Trust has arranged four boat trips to view wildlife at Strangford Lough . |
| 8 | The method that has given most results has now become known as the ‘ de Broglie-Bohm formulation ’ , after Louis de Broglie and David Bohm , professor of physics at Birkbeck College , London ( New Scientist , 11 November , p 361 ) . |
| 9 | Although scared of heights , she has completed ten parachute jumps . |
| 10 | While Poulantzas allows that the sort of research designed to sustain this view has some limited use 's he first of all objects that it does not bear out the factual claim that government officials and leading capitalists belong to an identifiable group . |
| 11 | Water charges will be required to increase to meet these investment needs whatever option is chosen . |
| 12 | For 300 years or more our science has omitted any human attributes that may impinge upon or impede its mechanistic working model . |
| 13 | A dimension of increased decision-making concentration which has attracted particular notice concerns the effects on regional diversity and development . |
| 14 | A controversial new device which is claimed to recharge ordinary batteries has been launched in the UK . |
| 15 | Second question is about trainers … which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years … there 's only one … and we want the name |
| 16 | The second question is which trainer has won two Gold Cups in the last ten years |
| 17 | No side has won successive grand slams since Wavell Wakefield 's England of 1924 , though it is worth recalling that what has become known as the Irish Problem deprived Wales in Barry John 's farewell year , 1972 ; they won handsomely against England , France and Scotland but like the Scots dared not venture to Dublin at the height of The Troubles . |
| 18 | At the sub-national level , the peripheral/least favoured regions might be expected to exhibit lower labour costs relative to the core regions . |
| 19 | Evaluation of how the plan has met these needs takes place in open discussion in class . |
| 20 | Everyone , without exception , who has seen this guitar has commented on its appearance in not particularly glowing terms . |
| 21 | ‘ The fact Gary Lineker has said these things does not alter my feelings at all . ’ |
| 22 | The need to determine whether the patient has suffered brain-stem death arises only if the patient is on a ventilator . |
| 23 | Greece has suffered more forest fires this summer than at any time in the past 40 years . |
| 24 | The fire has curtailed some parachute exercises around the country and temporaily grounded the Red Berets Parachute regiment in Hampshire . |
| 25 | It will lead to renewed demands that the judge should fix the amount of damages if a jury has decided that defamation has been proved or at least be given power to lay down minimum and maximum limits for juries . |
| 26 | Kevin Seymour has made some detail changes himself , but the owner is good with his hands and , in many places , it is very difficult to differentiate between modification and original joiner work . |
| 27 | Those who want to organise local support climbs should contact the project 's office at Brincliffe House , 861 Eccleshall Rd , Sheffield S11 7AE , tel 0742 663869 . |
| 28 | The SNP has had Labour doing somersaults for months on Opposition cross-party co-operation . |
| 29 | In fact , the length of time that Standard English has had this status differs widely from place to place : over three hundred years in Jamaica , less than two hundred in Dominica . |
| 30 | Well has Arthur got a Arthur has got two children has n't he ? |