Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.

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1 The lacquered fingerboard felt to me like those few maple-boarded Les Pauls that Gibson made during the late '70s/early '80s .
2 You got through the still ai n't you ?
3 The usual planting medium prescribed for the other Aponogeton species is recommended .
4 Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing .
5 From the airline 's point of view , the gift ( disguised as an 8.8 per cent investment stake by BNP ) could therefore not have been more conveniently timed .
6 now I am retired and er yes last year I was feeling a bit decrepit , you know I used to go for a full wal walk round after lunch , after dinner , around where she lives and it 's much harder now .
7 The Idris operating system can also run on as many Transputers as necessary while enabling part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network .
8 The Idris operating system can also be run on as many Transputers as necessary while allowing part of the system to remain as a native T9000 network .
9 The programme was suspended in January 1991 because of the Gulf crisis , but in February legislation allowing for the 100 per cent privatization ( previously restricted to 49 per cent ) of companies in key sectors secured Parliamentary approval .
10 The whole of USL was valued at $325m eighteen months ago when AT&T sold off the first 21.7% .
11 This season a benefit dinner is being arranged for the inspirational no.8 and certainly no player deserves it more .
12 Four Quartets was recognized as an extraordinary tour de force , however , in which the balance between stylistic adaptation , lyric statement and dramatic narrative had been maintained throughout .
13 According to American projections , these actions will compensate for a 15 per cent increase in emissions of carbon .
14 If you get a correlation of about point seven , it means that you 're only accounting for forty nine percent , less than half , of the variants in the other var the other sets of scores Think about it , if it 's a positive , if you 've got a correlation coefficient of one , what it means is that you account for a hundred perc or or sorry , if you 're gon na make convert it to a percentage , you times it by a hundred , it 's the proportion there .
15 So a basic VHS machine will now cost around £450 or £500 — the price previously asked for the poor-selling V2000 machines from Philips and Grundig .
16 I find found that absolutely incredible and I thought it was bizarre to say the least , the procedure we had to go through the other er evening erm with two hours of acrimonious debate er a break while you consulted er the officers before we got to some er sensible way forward which is now incorporated in this amendment er to spend a hundred thousand pounds on actually trying to trace .
17 Mr Clarke seems to want to go through the whole er litigation process , what do you think about er his decision ?
18 Because the result of what we 're trying to achieve , particularly if one goes for the new settle settlement option , is to squeeze , as we said this morning , a gallon into a pint pot , and it it would be interesting to hear from the County why the Greater York boundary is what it is .
19 All injections were given as a 200 µl bolus of neuropeptide Y ( Peninsula , Belmont , CA , USA ) dissolved in sterile 0.9% saline containing 0.1% dog albumin ( Sigma , St Louis , MO , USA ) or the carrier alone as control .
20 The Commission had pressed for a 35 per cent reduction , while the latest compromise proposal by the Portuguese government ( which held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the first half of 1992 ) argued for a reduction of 27 per cent .
21 The association of such a unit with a header describing it as a bibliographic entity ( see further HDR below ) is regarded as a single *lt ; tei> element .
22 The pickups are two of Gibson 's Series V Humbuckers : ‘ Specially designed for the active RD77 models , perfectly matched to the active circuit to provide maximum efficiency in level and frequency response , ’ as the Gibson handbook put it .
23 Envisaging a 4 per cent real growth in 1990 , it provided for a 10 per cent reduction in public expenditure , a wage increase for public employees , and the establishment of shops to sell basic items at low cost .
24 It provided for a 3.1 per cent increase in overall spending , to a total of F1,330,360 million , against a predicted inflation rate of 2.8 per cent ( US$1.00=F5.6999 as at Sept. 16 , 1991 ) .
25 The government on Sept. 29 approved an amended budget for 1993 which provided for a further BF21,800 million to cover the budgetary shortfall , including BF5,200 million in social security cuts .
26 I 've wondered whether we ought to separate but every time I bring this up , he cries and then worries about the 50 per cent of ‘ his ’ assets I 'll take with me if I do decide to go !
27 Borders businesses are also likely to benefit as a 17 per cent reduction in water bills is planned .
28 where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field .
29 There are only two things you need to know about the new Grand Prix season which kicks off in Kyalami , outside Johannesburg this Sunday .
30 Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits .
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