Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Launched in 1957 , it claimed 25,000 supporters by 1958 and by 1960 pacifist members had sailed into the Pacific testing grounds , boarded nuclear submarines or missile bases or simply refused to take shelter during bomb drills . |
| 2 | In July 1990 , for example , many arbitrageurs who had written futures contracts to buy FTSE 100 Index futures found that they were short of the FTSE contract close to the expiry deadline , and so attempted to reduce share prices to reduce the value of the index . |
| 3 | They set traps of silk across the flyways between the branches and so continued to take toll of the insect population . |
| 4 | Ironically , Mrs Neil Lyndon has now revealed she was abandoned by her husband last year and only managed to receive child support for their six-year-old son by obtaining a court order . |
| 5 | The positive result has been to emerge from 1992 fitter and better organised to win work in what will be another very tough year . |
| 6 | The opposite suggestion , that marine planation at the present level is active , has been made from observations of wide platforms truncating hard rocks and apparently related to present sea level . |
| 7 | I have been given free catalogues , invited to try any guitar I wished — not just the cheapo imports either but vintage stuff too — actually got useful information from people who , without exception , seem to be knowledgeable and often talented players , and generally made to feel welcome . |
| 8 | Ardura : A texturised nylon cloth with high tear and abrasion resistance , woven exclusively for Berghaus and specially coated to improve water resistance . |
| 9 | And while the improvements helped somewhat , Air Force planners must have realised that the combination of poor flight stability , lower than anticipated speed and range limitations would place the Airacomet at serious risk if ever sent to engage enemy aircraft . |
| 10 | Had he been less brilliant or sure of himself , he would have been easier to dismiss , but Cooper selected his victims with care , knowing precisely where their weaknesses were , and always aimed to draw blood , each review increasing his enemies within the international art establishment ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 2 for his dealings with John Rothenstein ) . |
| 11 | Under new Law Society regulations the articled clerk must be paid an ‘ acceptable ’ salary , the intention being that this shall be at least equivalent to the undergraduate maintenance grant , grossed up to cover 52 weeks instead of 38 and further increased to take account of the income tax and national insurance contributions payable . |
| 12 | A caching facility is provided to allow frequently input data to be stored and quickly recalled to reduce keyboard input . |
| 13 | In this detailed regional study Fox was concerned with the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement and also attempted to reconcile distribution maps of artefact types with supposed ethnic groups to the extent of discussing political boundaries . |
| 14 | They failed also , it is said , to have regard to the violent incident on 23 November 1991 when violence was used and also failed to have regard to the fact that the mother had refused an offer to be accommodated with her children in the foster home . |
| 15 | Holding her very gently under the water , I took a pair of tweezers and carefully managed to get hold of the piece of gravel and remove it . |
| 16 | Policy differences between the candidates were minimal , and both promised to introduce free-market reforms in an economy currently dominated by state ownership and interventionist policies . |
| 17 | Likewise it is reasonable to accept that a rationalised religion must have a starting point that is based on acceptance of an unproved statement , provided that such a statement , if later proved to need modification , has not permitted the development of a religion that will collapse , if that vital primary premise comes into question . |
| 18 | In his benevolent aspect he is the source of rain and hence petitioned to alleviate drought , and also to prevent meningitis . |
| 19 | These are conflicts that exist because managers ' interests are only indirectly and imperfectly linked to profit maximisation , with the result that they are liable to adopt divergent goals more focally connected with increasing the benefits attached to the occupancy of managerial office . |
| 20 | Headmen communicated with each other through their superiors , and often sought to blame crime on persons outside their own jurisdiction . |
| 21 | It was used for casting small , quite intricate sculpture pieces and often finished to imitate bronze . |
| 22 | And be sure not to miss a unique medieval Underground Works , adapted in Napoleonic times when invasion threatened and ingeniously planned to deflect attack . |
| 23 | The Wasserschutz Polizei , or River Police launch , Whose arrival had been expected much earlier , turned on its blue flashing light and jauntily turned to take station upstream , in order to intercept any barge or ship choosing to ignore the river closure order which had been imposed by the river authorities for the night . |
| 24 | Career progression is planned and regularly reviewed to ensure promotion potential is recognised . |
| 25 | In his days of better health he had been a crack sportsman , and even managed to play golf to a single figure handicap despite his lost leg . |
| 26 | But Jack always gave good value and , apart from winning the British Boys ' Golf Championship , he played rugby , cricket and tennis for the school and even managed to play county tennis as well . |
| 27 | went unemployed and then decided to take advantage . |
| 28 | At Aimar 's command the inhabitants of St Martial 's took an oath of allegiance to the Young King and then prepared to stand siege . |
| 29 | My friend says that George was only gone for five minutes , but when he returned from the toilet he said that he had been captured , flown to Venus and then forced to have sex with several beautiful Venusian lasses , who required his ‘ superior seed for the creation of a cosmic super race ’ . |
| 30 | The energy is first trapped by special pigments ( chlorophylls ) , and then used to synthesize ATP . |