Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd have joined forces to establish a transmission technology joint venture , expected to include Synchronous Digital Hierarchy kit .
2 Schedule 1 of the Control of Substances Hazardous to the Health Regulations 1988 ( COSHH ) has been amended to include new maximum exposure limits for grain dust , respirable crystalline silica , nickel and chromium .
3 Sucralfate ( 100–200 mg/kg given orally ) protected gastric mucosa against the ethanol , aspirin , and stress induced acute gastric lesions but the addition of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg subcutaneously or intragastrically ) failed to affect sucralfate induced protection against ethanol or aspirin but increased that against stress .
4 Carrie and Fred worked hard all day , aided by the vociferous Bessie Chandler , whose tales about the trials and tribulations of her friends in the buildings where she lived became painful ongoing sagas .
5 But he does want to stimulate constructive forward thinking .
6 Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating agreed to restore Australian military assistance to Fiji , suspended since 1987 , after a private meeting with the new Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , the leader of the two coups .
7 Kenya and Uganda agreed to restore full diplomatic relations after a meeting between Moi and Uganda 's President Museveni in August 1990 .
8 Uganda and Kenya agreed to restore full diplomatic relations after a meeting between Museveni and Kenya 's President Moi at the border town of Malaba ( Kenya ) in August 1990 .
9 In a related development , the two countries in February 1990 set up a special " hotline " to notify each other of oil spills in the Barents Sea and agreed to arrange joint oil-pollution control exercises .
10 Although a consensus on the final declaration was blocked after a dispute between Mexico and the USA over nuclear testing , signatories agreed to support compulsory international inspection in countries suspected of secretly manufacturing nuclear weapons .
11 The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams .
12 The slides were examined using transmitted light microscopy to assess qualitatively the presence or absence of immunostaining , and its distribution .
13 A sanitary code which sought to evade fundamental moral principles could never ultimately succeed .
14 Polled dairy type created since 1947 by merging three polled breeds , with preference given to light red Western bulls .
15 Normally , clients will want to support strong seasonal sales , but if , as sometimes happens , market seasonality has been created by promotional activity , it may make sense to try to even out the cycle by advertising in the low season .
16 The executive council meeting in November agreed to draft new international standards on the prevention of industrial accidents , noting with concern the frequency and severity of industrial disasters in recent years .
17 Notice the " partial substitution " orders ( 18 and 19 ) , provided for instruction modification and subsequently altered to provide certain shifting facilities as well .
18 What Franco failed to take into account , however , was , first , that Germany had its own designs on French Morocco ; second , that Hitler did not want to provoke Free French/Allied resistance in North Africa which would oblige him to open a new military front far away from what was then his principal concern , namely the invasion of the British Isles ; and , third , that Hitler was not convinced of the need or utility of Spanish military help .
19 I intend to launch Scottish Natural Heritage , which will combine and enhance the functions of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland , with a starting budget of £34.6 million , an increase of more than 28 per cent .
20 This can ( and occasionally did ) lead to a situation in which a linguist claims that the ‘ data ’ he is using illustrates acceptable linguistic strings because he says it does , as a result of personal introspection , and regardless of how many voices arise in disagreement .
21 He could not , however , turn this sympathy to good effect and his New Party , formed in March 1931 with the aid of £50,000 from William Morris , the later Lord Nuffield , failed to attract widespread political support and collapsed into political oblivion at the general election of October 1931 .
22 The participants agreed a statement which stressed the " great potential " of political dialogue , and supported the current broad structure of the talks , but concluded " with regret that it was not possible in present circumstances to proceed to launch fresh substantive talks on the lines envisaged " .
23 The fast food pizza chains have rapidly developed and alongside traditional Arabic , fast food concepts are actively competing to secure prime retail space .
24 A draft Bill of Rights , which was intended to secure basic civil liberties for Hong Kong following the reversion of its sovereignty to China in 1997 , was approved by the colony 's Executive Council on March 6 and published on March 16 .
25 This was in turn succeeded by a Vietnamese-backed administration in 1979 , headed by the Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea , which failed to secure widespread international recognition and more than a decade later had not yet established effective control of the entire national territory .
26 In the end , West Germany , constitutionally prevented from deploying its forces outside Europe , agreed to provide additional naval cover in the West European arena as a replacement for the British and French ships sent to patrol in the Persian Gulf .
27 We have some that are very specific , in the sense that they are intended to provide certain particular skills or techniques .
28 In a statement issued afterwards the two sides agreed to establish joint working groups to study the feasibility of an anti-ballistic missile ( ABM ) early warning centre ; to examine legal co-operation in the field of the exchange of technologies ; and to assess trends in the proliferation of nuclear weapons .
29 At a meeting on April 12 , Chancellor Kohl and the then leader of the SPD , Hans-Jochen Vogel , agreed to establish cross-party working groups to discuss issues relating to the new Länder , especially unemployment and property ownership issues [ see p. 38155 ] .
30 Sultan Sir Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei visited India and Pakistan on Sept. 15-21 ; during the visit India and Brunei agreed to establish full diplomatic relations .
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