Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He did n't want money made that way ; he did n't want the humiliation . |
2 | Dataflex Corp saw third quarter net down 87.0% at $173,000 on turnover down 40.8% at $16.0m ; net profit for the year so far was down 81.1% at $652,000 on turnover that fell 33.9% to $46.9m . |
3 | For example the head of Craft , Design and Technology had received money to replace inadequate stock and an increase in capitation , whilst the head of Home Economics was in the process of gaining badly-needed equipment — although much of this was still in the ‘ pipeline ’ at the time of the interview . |
4 | They should also be given permission to issue some form of fixed interest profit-related bond , be allowed to raise a proportion of their equity direct from the public and be subject to independent regulation similar to that of privatised utilities . |
5 | National Power and PowerGen have been given permission to burn that fuel at their power stations at Pembroke , Richborough and Ince . |
6 | Two previous experimental studies have shown an opposite effect , which may be due to the different species or sex of animals used and the methods of assessing cellular proliferation ( stathmokinetic technique v labelling index using tritiated thymidine ) . |
7 | A recent Gallup Poll showed that 80pc of the public oppose foxhunting with 79pc objecting so firmly that they favour Parliament banning this cruelty . |
8 | It is possible to borrow money using this undertaking , or promise to pay , as security . |
9 | The priority to be accorded to light fiction needs particular attention . |
10 | Whitehall Watch : Poacher turns gamekeeper to scrutinise Civil Service : Peter Hennessy talks to Sir Angus Fraser , head of the efficiency unit |
11 | Dolphin Sunday Dance Club presents old time and sequence dance , Central Hall , Dolphin Centre , Darlington , 2–4.30pm . |
12 | Mitel Corp saw fourth quarter net profits up 138% at $9.5m , on turnover down 3% at $94.3m ; net profit for the year to March 28 stood at $2.1m against losses of $4.6m , on turnover up 4.3% to $338.2m . |
13 | If this is true then there may be a loophole for the theory ; a case where an individual , for some reason or another , such as being abandoned at birth , never discovers how he was born , nor has opportunity to absorb such information unconsciously while a young child . |
14 | Accordingly , it was the duty of the solicitors who were instructing counsel to make this claim and who , in correspondence , had evinced an intention to seek an order for costs against the local authority because of the supposed failure of the local authority to discharge its duty properly , to provide for the court a detailed statement of those costs ; moreover , to prepare that statement with proper care . |
15 | to obtain permission to send further information . |
16 | To accept change took more courage than I possessed . |
17 | ‘ I suppose you had never expected Faith to have any money of her own ? ’ she asked . |
18 | HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS HAS CONTRACT TO BUILD DIGITAL NETWORK IN CHENGDU |
19 | They want action to introduce adequate protection schemes , backed by the Treasury to ensure properly funding . |
20 | Press review reveals economic censorship |
21 | In particular , one may need help to see that caretaking for other people , protecting them from damaging consequences and also doing everything one can to " help " , may be having the exact opposite of the desired effect . |
22 | We recognize that changes in attitude can be encouraged by good staff training , particularly in management and communication skills , and we would wish to encourage management to offer such training on as wide a basis as possible . |
23 | Matthew is one of 32 students at Harwell and 27 at Culham gaining work experience this summer . |
24 | Intellectual fashions may work themselves through without any very serious consequences ( what impact has structuralism had outside academe ? ) , but professional fashions ( for example , in architecture , child-rearing and teaching ) can have far-reaching effects . |
25 | I urge Conference to support this motion . |
26 | Whether this response occurs only in symptomatic subjects remains controversial as one group of investigators have reported acid stimulated salivary bicarbonate secretion in the absence of symptoms . |
27 | Tell me , since we came here has Cowslip answered any question you 've asked him ? " |
28 | " Injury " covers shock causing physical injury , but not emotional disturbance : Dawson ( 1985 ) 81 Cr App R 150 ( CA ) . |
29 | Many of them will need major works this century . |
30 | The NHS reforms gave general practitioners and primary health care teams a long awaited chance to exert greater influence over the pattern of services in both hospitals and the community . |