Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are offered or have seen brooches of this description , please contact me . |
| 2 | ( iii ) Discussion should bring out examples of words and expressions which tend to undergo very rapid change in use or meaning — eg terms of approbation ( wicked , brill ) ; differences in the use and meanings of words as used by pupils , their parents and grandparents — eg wireless , radio , tranny , receiver ; and new words that have become part of the English vocabulary during the last 50 years or so , eg computer , astronaut , macho . |
| 3 | It is these lamps — the Philips SL and PL , the Thorn 2D and the Toshiba Neo Ball among them — that have stimulated design of lighting fittings . |
| 4 | The parthenogenesis/incompatibility Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited symbionts of insects that have evolved mechanisms of altering mitosis in their insect hosts . |
| 5 | The evidence shows that , when adjusting output during a downturn in the economy , many firms that have taken advantage of regional assistance contract operations at those plants placed in areas that previously had high unemployment choose to close these plants . |
| 6 | Many more of the 226 schools that have taken control of their own affairs in the past three years fear victimisation if they are returned to hostile local authorities . |
| 7 | It is hardly surprising that the studies that have taken account of the social class background of white and black pupils tend to reveal that the dramatic differences produced by simple comparisons tend to diminish , often considerably ( Bagley et al . , |
| 8 | Some of the few studies that have taken account of gender suggest that Afro-Caribbean girls are achieving higher levels than boys at school level , partly because they are pursuing different strategies , which are necessary in order to survive in the context of high unemployment and low wages for black male workers ( Fuller , 1983 ; see also Riley , 1986 ; Driver , 1977 ) . |
| 9 | The validity of this approach has been borne out by other studies combining immunocytochemistry with DNA sequencing that have found accumulation of protein to be invariably associated with the presence of a mutant p53 allele . |
| 10 | This percentage is in accordance with other flow cytometric studies in oesophageal cancer that have reported rates of aneuploidy in the range of 57% to 91% . |
| 11 | They give flesh to our desire for God and become lived expressions of our life in God 's life . |
| 12 | A report , published yesterday by Alan Bishop , chief inspector of prisons for Scotland , says members of a prisoners ' alcohol abuse group have given talks at secondary schools and have attended meetings of parent-teacher associations and community education committees . |
| 13 | These councils do not collect their rents and have lost control of their rented housing stock . |
| 14 | The Cherangani range is home to the Pokot and Marakwet tribes , who are skilled cultivators and have cleared areas of natural forest for farmland . |
| 15 | CHAPTERHOUSE release their third Dedicated 45 ‘ Pearl ’ on March 18 and have announced details of their most extensive tour yet . |
| 16 | THE WEDDING PRESENT release their ninth single of '92 on September 7 and have announced details of their first major UK tour in 18 months . |
| 17 | For example , they have reanalysed studies of mother-child bonding and maternal deprivation ; have criticized conclusions drawn from them about good mother-child relations ; and have extended investigations of these relations to take into account , not just maternal exclusivity and sensitivity , but children 's relationships with other adults and children , and the physical , psychological and social quality of care . |
| 18 | Any objective should be challenging or , in other words , pitched at a level of achievement where you are going to have to strive to pull it off ( and have deserved feelings of satisfaction if you succeed ) . |
| 19 | ACID RAIN is decimating the fish stocks of many Welsh rivers , according to a report presented to the Welsh Water Authority by Roscoe Howells , its director of scientific services , this week , A survey has revealed that ‘ many of the upland streams , rivers and lakes draining afforested catchments in Dyffed and Gwynedd [ south-west and north-west Wales respectively ] can not now support natural fish populations and have depleted populations of aquatic plants and animals ’ . |
| 20 | However , when the data are studied by a group of people who are all intimately involved in and have detailed knowledge of the situation they describe , they become an invaluable tool . |
| 21 | On 14 June 1966 Mr. Page replied : ‘ I am pleased to accept the appointment and have taken note of the terms laid down in your letter . ’ |
| 22 | Provision has been made to include a general , but we do not specify whether this is the Emperor , an Elector Count , the Reiksmarshall of the Reiksguard , or whoever — any of these individuals can and have taken command of Imperial armies during the history of the Empire . |
| 23 | Airedale Holdings ' banks put the company into administrative receivership and have taken control of its subsidiary , the kitchens retailer Magnet . |
| 24 | The columns are of marble and have varied capitals of high standard — basket , Corinthian , Composite , and Romanesque types ( 184 and PLATES 28 and 29 ) . |
| 25 | And secondly , I mean obviously parents are more worried if they feel that their child is not doing as well as somebody else 's child , and we 're back to this question of expectation again — where did they get the expectation that this other child is , as it were , some sort of norm that they ought to be living up to , and parents should talk to teachers and to other people who know their child and have got experience of their child as against other children to find out really whether their worries are truly grounded , or whether they are just groundless . |
| 26 | And secondly , I mean obviously parents are more worried if they feel that their child is not doing as well as somebody else 's child , and we 're back to this question of expectation again — where did they get the expectation that this other child is , as it were , some sort of norm that they ought to be living up to , and parents should talk to teachers and to other people who know their child and have got experience of their child as against other children to find out really whether their worries are truly grounded , or whether they are just groundless . |
| 27 | Both Iraq and Syria are worried that a huge Turkish dam project on the river will hit their water supply , and have accused Ankara of ‘ using the water weapon ’ . |
| 28 | Their numbers include the Augustinians and Dominicans , both of whom have been influential in Ireland and have produced theologians of liberal or left persuasion . |
| 29 | According to the confidential figures , the 12 inner London authorities face an underlying deficit of almost £30m this year , and have identified £18m of savings . |
| 30 | Medical sources of information have helped to clarify trends in violent crime especially in relation to unreported domestic and street violence and have identified causes of injury more precisely . |