Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rodber was taken off with spinal concussion midway through the second half , and within minutes Richards was shepherding a maul forty metres downfield . |
| 2 | Room must be left on the upwind side in case there is a cable break or premature release , and on the down wind side in case the wing touches and causes a swing that way . |
| 3 | Terry has designed a PVC-covered three foot foam mat with an eight inch deep cut-out for fish to be laid in while the fishing hook is removed . |
| 4 | MCDEVITT STREET Bovis are building a reputation in the healthcare sector , having recently won a US$30 million contract in their home town of Charlotte , North Carolina . |
| 5 | TWO Italian civil engineering firms have won a £23.4 million contract to upgrade part of the A74 Glasgow to Carlisle route , the first a major motorway contract awarded in Scotland to European companies . |
| 6 | LONDON & SOUTH EAST has won a £3.9 million contract to build student accommodation for the University of Hertfordshire . |
| 7 | The region has won a £3 million contract awarded by Birmingham City Council to repair and redecorate 7078 council homes . |
| 8 | NORTHERN region has won a £3.2 million contract for the North Western Regional Health Authority to build a three storey building linking to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Lancashire . |
| 9 | BRITISH Aerospace has won a £300 million contract to build 13 RAF Harriers , it was announced yesterday . |
| 10 | But in truth the field was disappointing : only one runner ( At Talaq ) had won a Group One event and only four of the others had won any Pattern race . |
| 11 | MIDLANDS , WEST & WALES has won a £1 million contract to refurbish 324 houses and flats on the Pool Farm Estate in Birmingham for Birmingham City Council . |
| 12 | The company has won a £24 million contract awarded by the United Overseas Bank for an extension and extensive alterations to its 38-storey Plaza 2 offices in Singapore . |
| 13 | You 're listening to the Fox Report , and senior employers in Oxfordshire have won a £7 million government contract to improve local skills and prosperity . |
| 14 | JOHN Brown Engineering , the Clydebank-based Trafalgar House subsidiary , has won a £65 million contract to build a gas-fired power station in Malaysia , it was announced yesterday . |
| 15 | A STUDENT has won a £500 human resources prize from Courtaulds for his work on recruitment techniques and reviewing performance . |
| 16 | If we 'd fought that election on the trade union agenda , we would have won a lot more votes than the campaign issues chosen by the professionals . |
| 17 | They called instead for the assumption of power by the NLD , which had won a landslide electoral victory in May 1990 but not been allowed to take office [ see pp. 37457-58 ] . |
| 18 | The region has won a £4.1 million contract from News International for refurbishment work at the existing printworks in Virginia Street , London EC1 . |
| 19 | For the first time in 14 years , the country 's top sprinter , currently sunning himself in Australia , has decided to skip the event at which he has won a record nine men 's titles . |
| 20 | Now the Conservatives have won a record fourth term , while M Mitterrand 's Socialists have suffered their worst poll defeat since the war , as have Signor Andreotti 's Christian Democrats . |
| 21 | SCOTLAND has won a £1.1 million contract for Strathclyde Regional Council to build the St John The Baptist Primary School for 495 pupils in Uddingston . |
| 22 | When Arab governments refused to provide the subsidies promised to the late government Husayn turned to the United States , which provided a $10 million emergency grant , and a further $30 million during the course of the year . |
| 23 | The working was mandatory viewing , for it often provided a Princess Royal Pacific . |
| 24 | As an inducement to the merger , the Government provided a £13.5 million grant for the development of a new computer range to compete with the then best selling System/360 computer family sold by IBM . |
| 25 | The massive El Al Boeing 747 cargo jet gouged a canyon six apartments wide and five floors deep in one block . |
| 26 | The unit , which is launching a £50,000 fund-raising campaign for a refurbishment project , holds the test on Monday , June 15 , when expert advice and information will be given for a fee of £1 . |
| 27 | JAGUAR is to axe another 200 jobs days after launching a £2 million TV ad campaign . |
| 28 | ON January 1 the National Centre for Alternative Technology , one of the focal points in Britain 's emerging green network , is going public and eight weeks later will be launching a £1.25 million share issue . |
| 29 | Then in September it burst back into life launching a £14m hostile bid ( its first ever ) for Torday & Carlisle . |
| 30 | The national energy crisis in the Philippines has taken a new turn with President Fidel Ramos being granted emergency powers to charge higher rates for electricity , after the World Bank suspended a $250 million loan to the state-owned National Power Corporation . |