Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is becoming increasingly apparent that drugs , which act through mechanisms other than acid inhibition , can control duodenal ulcer disease as effectively as H 2 receptor atagonists ; the findings of this study suggest that stimulation of normal gastroduodenal motility ( and thus acid clearance from the bulb ) may be an important mechanism in this respect , but one which has received scant attention to date . |
| 2 | In particular it lends itself to analysis by a technique which has received limited application to extensive data for a British conurbation , namely the technique of trip chains . |
| 3 | This , however , occurs at a time when the government has limited financial slack to be able to respond . |
| 4 | The hotel has no private parking space but has arranged concessionary access to a municipal multi-storey car park nearby off Southgate Street . |
| 5 | The very existence of such a high-profile federally-sponsored project has given greater confidence to planners elsewhere to adopt their own solutions to local problems . |
| 6 | For many years now it has given much pleasure to both young and old . |
| 7 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 8 | THE role of Harry Thomason , Friend of Bill and TV producer , in the Case of the White House Travel Office ( see above ) has given new edge to a month-long spat between Washington and Hollywood . |
| 9 | The retreat from professional standards which marked the period of industrial action has given new impetus to those politicians and administrators who seek to define the teacher 's role . |
| 10 | Although a number of Directives were adopted in the 1970s on various aspects of employees ' rights , it is the passage of the Single European Act which has given new impetus to the evolution of EC social policies . |
| 11 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 12 | The EC 's overseas aid directorate has given conditional approval to a funding proposal for a southern African ivory trading centre , which would flout the existing provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
| 13 | On the whole , however , the left has given little priority to these issues . |
| 14 | If David Gower 's captaincy against West Indies left something to be desired , his batting has given endless pleasure to millions of people . |
| 15 | Of course quality and assessment of performance are important , and the government is right to insist that often in the past education has given inadequate attention to evaluation . |
| 16 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
| 17 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |
| 18 | Last night 's statement said Mr Barnes ‘ has given careful consideration to the material furnished by the CPS ’ . |
| 19 | The Democrat Congressman Long has given full rein to his total unworthiness as a man and as a government functionary in his dealings with a country which is a friend to his government and to his nation . |
| 20 | You may be amazed that such an obvious shortcoming to a staff plan should have continued to escape my notice , but then you will agree that such is often the way with matters one has given abiding thought to over a period of time ; one is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event . |
| 21 | This programme has given more coverage to committees than any other programme , with 25% of its attention being given to select committees and 6% to standing committees ( compared with 9% and 3% respectively , in Parliament ) . |
| 22 | This chapter has given more space to the anti-rather than to the pro-classical themes that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 23 | And while France formally supports the need for reform , it has given considerable support to General Aoun . |
| 24 | Bates also wonders if anyone has given any thought to the glare these lamps give off . |
| 25 | Stuart has given some thought to the ground that needs to be covered , although nothing is final . |
| 26 | In clearly stating the terms of conditions of sale , SLAD has given some backbone to the dealers ' frequently invoked claim that they ‘ guarantee their goods ( unlike the auction houses ) ’ . |
| 27 | Once an ambulance crew has given initial aid to a seriously injured patient , a paramedic will consult a specialist at Stoke to see if the person should be taken there . |
| 28 | Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors . |
| 29 | the 1989 Children Act in the United kingdom has given legislative expression to the idea of shared care between social work agencies and parents and greater involvement of parents and children in decision making . |
| 30 | SCOTLAND captain David Sole has given short shrift to anyone who has blamed Martin Bayfield and Tim Rodber for the drastic change in Scottish scrummaging fortunes between the World Cup semi-final and the Five Nations opener , when his side scored their first pushover try against England for donkey 's years , despite losing by a record score . |