Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of discussion at the talks centred on Kuwait 's attempts to continue building up production as Gulf war damage to its oilfields was repaired . |
| 2 | SA anti-apartheid groups vow to step up struggle . |
| 3 | In the late 1960s almost all major exporters began to cut back production , apparently believing that surpluses would otherwise become unsustainable . |
| 4 | ‘ Greed , cynicism , the rotters and the agents have spoiled it , ’ McIlvanney reflects bitterly , ‘ the rotters ’ being the trade term for journalists trained to sniff out sensation or scandal , or failing that , to drop a cheque down a hole and see who bites . |
| 5 | Scots fail to keep up challenge |
| 6 | Previously the authors had carried out research on paraprofessional social service personnel in their own two countries — Israel and the USA ( Brawley and Schindler , 1972 ; Brawley , 1975 ; Schindler , 1980 ; 1982 ) . |
| 7 | The procedure originated to deal with circumstances where parties wish to set up machinery for determining a price without negotiations , often where the obligation to make a payment arises in the future , as with options . |
| 8 | Well yes , because in the schools now they 've started erm some of the schools have taken up celebration , Divali which is coming up in November and erm they celebrate some of the other festivals as well . |
| 9 | a body corporate which has more than 20 members ( or is the subsidiary of a holding company which has more than 20 members ) and it , or any of its holding companies or subsidiaries has called up share capital or net assets of not less than 500,000 |
| 10 | This , together with his proposed union treaty , which opponents saw as a breakup of the Soviet Union , drove conservatives to try to take over control from him by declaring a state of emergency — in effect , a coup d'état . |
| 11 | ‘ The close proximity of the other design companies has opened up business opportunities for us , ’ says Rita Brophy , marketing manager of graphic design company Stylehaus . |
| 12 | Tan accelerators claim to speed up production of melanin — the pigment produced by your skin in the sun — but there 's no evidence that they work . |
| 13 | Company engineers have carried out field trials and reported areas of bad reception to Racal Vodafone and Cellnet , which provide the services . |
| 14 | In black this detailing might be inoffensive , but in colour-coordinated white the Carlsson looks as if it would enjoy nothing more than hanging around outside Stringfellows waiting to pick up Page Three girls . |
| 15 | The paper is ambitious and given its scope , inevitably , some interesting assertions are not fully developed , inter alia that using psychodynamic theory at different times will have different meanings for practitioners ; and that in the UK a preoccupation with anti-discriminatory perspectives has slowed down theory building . |
| 16 | Since the 1980s , community organisations began to set up resource centres to serve and empower marginalised societies . |
| 17 | These reservations gained ground following Iraq 's formal endorsement on April 18 of an agreement granting UN officials access to carry out relief work in Kurdish refugee camps . |
| 18 | Use of two or more colours helps to bring out floor patterns and formations . |
| 19 | Sometimes central banks intervene to smooth out price fluctuations but overall independent market forces determine foreign exchange rates . |
| 20 | Individuals start to work out hierarchy of specific behaviours or situations for planned practice . |
| 21 | The extreme diehards had written off Law as the dupe of Lloyd George because he did not come out fighting against coalition policies , hence the witticism that the coalition was an alliance between a flock of sheep led by a , crook and a flock of crooks led by a sheep . |
| 22 | Security sources said that artillery units in the security zone also shelled Lebanese villages 15 km from the Israeli border , in the Iqilm and Toufah areas , where pro-Iranian Moslem fundamentalists were believed to be preparing to infiltrate the security zone ; it was reported that Palestinians had set up multibarrel rocket-launchers aimed at Israel there . |
| 23 | There is one small river at Ebenat , but that has become so polluted that the relief workers have to bring in water by tanker . |
| 24 | My television harangued me to buy endless varieties of insecticide and creature-killer , whereas in Bali it is taboo to move into a new home before the geckos and house-spiders have taken up residence first . |
| 25 | THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday . |
| 26 | THE 12 Community governments have speeded up implementation of rules to create their barrier-free market but are still far behind schedule , the Commission said yesterday . |
| 27 | Frank is n't at home , Azul 's unlisted , I try the local paper here but they ca n't or wo n't help and the airlines refuse to give out information on passengers . |
| 28 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 29 | The air force general leading the mutineers refused to give up control of the base even as the seige of Makati ended . |
| 30 | LIGHTS should be put up in dark Darlington lanes to help cut down crime , a shopkeeper said yesterday . |