Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One advantage of secondary sources is that they are often easy to understand ; but a problem which can arise is that they may have altered or distorted the original idea . |
| 2 | ( 9 ) A listed company may have given or made a prior undertaking or statement not to issue further shares in certain circumstances without the approval of shareholders in general meeting ( see para 17.6 below ) . |
| 3 | Since the membership rapidly dwindled , there is a surreal possibility that the number of those planted by the police or the Communist party may have equalled or outnumbered the genuine British Nazis . |
| 4 | Supporters of the Torness Alliance , committed to frustrating the building plans , had occupied and refurbished a derelict cottage on the edge of the site and renamed it after the local Half Moon Bay . |
| 5 | Cuban-US relations had been inflamed on Jan. 31 , 1990 , when a US Coast Guard patrol boat , with the administration 's authorization , attacked and damaged a Cuban-chartered cargo ship , the Hermann , in the Gulf of Mexico , when its Cuban master had refused to stop for a drugs search . |
| 6 | The relationship between central and local government has deteriorated partly because a series of Conservative Administrations have continually attacked and deprived the local authorities of resources , and subsequently because of the poll tax . |
| 7 | Whereas before , in 1906 , Picasso had simplified and reinterpreted the human form in a more empirical fashion under the influence of archaic sculpture , now he explains it rationally in terms of simple self-contained planes differentiated by the use of a consistent light source . |
| 8 | Fig. 3 ( d ) A final 5 cm ( 2 in ) layer of concrete is then added and given a smooth finish with a plasterer 's trowel . |
| 9 | A final 5 cm ( 2 in ) is then added and given a smooth finish with a plasterer 's trowel ( Fig. 3d ) . |
| 10 | If , for example , the house had collapsed and damaged an adjacent property , the damage to the adjacent property would be classed as physical damage , damage to other property . |
| 11 | 17–11- In the Public Hall at Bridgend , the Moderator expressed his sympathy with the congregation " on account of their Pastor , Mr Stewart , having resigned and joined the legal Free Church . " |
| 12 | Lignite Action Group ( LAG ) set itself a three-fold objective : to gather ‘ information concerning the future in relation to what major changes would take place ’ ; to participate ‘ in any discussions and decisions which are to be made concerning our lives ’ and ‘ to be consulted and have our fears and wishes for the future of the community respected and given a fair hearing ’ . |
| 13 | In 1910 it was modified and given a sparse interior for the Czech Brothers who today , are the inheritors of the ideals of Jan Hus . |
| 14 | Kosa sees this charismatic character as peculiar to medicine and clergy , although he notes that some Protestant denominations have weakened or eliminated the charismatic authority of the clergyman . |
| 15 | Following a day out by the river , the class were asked in pairs to make a picture or a model of something they had seen or done the previous day . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Where an application is made in accordance with Rule 15 by a body which at the date of the application is already recognised under these Rules and the Council has neither granted nor refused a new recognition by the time when the body 's existing recognition would , apart from this paragraph , expire in accordance with paragraph ( 1 ) of this Rule , the existing recognition shall not expire at that time but shall continue in force until a new recognition is granted or refused . |
| 17 | By 1200 its dominance extended over most of Europe when the Western church from Rome had met and joined the Greek centre from Constantinople . |
| 18 | But Robinson , eternally vigilant over his love and his interest , had seen and noted the direct force of the man 's design on Mary . |
| 19 | And what can there be about the arrangement of a few slices of sausage and a dozen black olives on a dish brought by the waitress in the seaside café to keep you occupied while your fish is cooking that makes you feel that this is the first time you have seen and tasted a black olive and a piece of sausage ? |
| 20 | According to Pugh , Penn had seen and admired the veterinary schools in France , and had read Clark 's treatise with approval . |
| 21 | He 'd wined and dined the hostile little English girl , and now she was tamely eating out of his hand … |
| 22 | we have written and published a new ‘ Good Wood Guide ’ to help stop the sale of rainforest hardwoods ; |
| 23 | During this period the Road Vehicles Department also expanded and implemented a progressive system of new building and repair . |
| 24 | AEA 's ability to tackle unique nuclear recovery tasks was highlighted this year when we designed , built and operated a special plant to recover the nuclear material from unused fuel made for the German THTR reactor . |
| 25 | One year after its inception , the members of the Precision RISC Organisation supporters ' club say they have successfully built and delivered a new business model for industry consortia , Hewlett-Packard Co reports . |
| 26 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 27 | A cooler customer , it is suggested , would somehow have sought and found a diplomatic solution . |
| 28 | When you have collected and transcribed a large body of texts this may take two or three years — you can have a concordance made from them using the TEXT ANALYSIS ( TA ) programme . |
| 29 | But at least one Chief Inspector has noticed and appreciated the high trust placed upon him . |
| 30 | A MASKED man kidnapped and raped a 20-year-old woman at gunpoint after locking her boyfriend in a car boot . |