Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that if we started to challenge everything we should end up like the centipede that became paralysed through analysis of the movement of its many legs . |
| 2 | Like the other Pyrenean divisions , Béarn is medieval ; this was once the largest of the furiously independent mountain states , a viscounty which came into existence as early as 820 , was at different moments of its history the vassal of Aragon and England , became joined by marriage with the powerful viscounty of Foix and with Basse-Navarre , and finally , when Henri IV , ‘ le grand Béarnais ’ , became king of the whole of France in 1589 , was integrated with the Crown . |
| 3 | Company A , dealers on the Metal Exchange , knowingly assisted an employee of the plaintiffs to engage in fraudulent trading , the result of which was that Company A became exposed to liabilities of more than £6.5m . |
| 4 | Acres of newsprint and countless hours of air time became filled with elucidations on the new technology , some of them distinctly bizarre . |
| 5 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
| 6 | The Black Sea only recycles its water once in every 140 years and it is estimated Turkish beaches will remain contaminated by waste for more than a century . |
| 7 | The symptoms she endured varied from month to month , worsening or improving according to the circumstances of her life at the time . |
| 8 | The veins or ‘ lodes ’ of tin so formed varied in width between half a metre and six metres . |
| 9 | Benefits realised varied from site to site , but ranged from a doubling of throughput per week at a cost more than halved , through to a headcount reduction of one third . |
| 10 | She stared down at the frothing white surf that slid past the ship 's side and fell into a reverie in which imaginings of her future life became mixed with memories of past days at Ballingolin . |
| 11 | I think everyone would 've come into contact with it and I think it was just up to your own individual self really whether you took it or not . |
| 12 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |
| 13 | Because of this he often failed to bring about cures and eventually became disillusioned with hypnosis as a form of therapy . |
| 14 | Many clients became disillusioned with search in the 1970s , receiving some indifferent service and assuming that all headhunters were the same ; this view is rapidly disappearing in the 1980s , although many search practices current during the Big Bang gave search a bad name , such as wholesale movement of trading and broking teams , for instance . |
| 15 | The ape that Alison makes of Absolon , the excluded potential lover ( 3389 ) , re-emerges as John the clerk after Alayn has jumped into bed with Malyne ( 4202 ) , while throughout the night the miller , with his skull " " piled as an ape " " ( 3935 ) is left in the same position . |
| 16 | Manufacturers ' rate of return on capital has jumped from 2% to 10% . |
| 17 | As a result , Asia 's share in world output has jumped from 7% to 18% . |
| 18 | OIL giant Shell has plunged into controversy over a ferry crossing promotion . |
| 19 | In his spare time since the election , Dr Kumar has plunged into books in a bid to re-activate his mind . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received about education in Northumberland . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from industrialists on Government intervention in the strategic direction and investment in companies . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from industrialists about the importance of reducing Government burdens on business . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from businesses in the north-west concerning the effects of the recession in industry . |
| 24 | The money Sara has received from newspapers as a result of libel actions has helped to pay for that care . |
| 25 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received from patients about NHS trusts ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 27 | All MBDC meetings are sponsored and the Council is grateful for the ready support it has received from sponsors of individual meetings . |
| 28 | All MBDC meetings were sponsored and the Council is grateful for the ready support it has received from sponsors of individual meetings . |
| 29 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received in favour of taxation policies to benefit the environment ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received in connection with applications for national health service trust status from within the Sheffield health authority . |