Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth of large corporations and banks with international involvements has expanded commercial activity which requires clerks and salespeople . |
| 2 | Over recent years , the study of the fire problem involved in high-bay ( high-racked ) warehouses has provoked much thought and discussion , and has brought with it the realisation that there are many factors to be considered in determining the correct solution to adopt . |
| 3 | A new book criticising Hollywood 's current output and accusing it of undermining traditional values has provoked fierce debate in the US . |
| 4 | While Bruno de Bayser continues to work in the Galerie de Bayser , his first floor premises , Bayser fils has converted two ground floor courtyard rooms previously used for storing picture frames into a gallery devoted mainly to nineteenth-century drawings . |
| 5 | Conversely , bankers ' unwillingness to rely on some electronic sea waybills as collateral for present day letter of credit issuances has thwarted generalized acceptance . |
| 6 | Slowly , however , their potential role in promoting agriculture and other indigenous activities has gained greater importance . |
| 7 | Although an independent report on its activities has recommended continued support for the centre at Rijswijk in the Netherlands , many fear that the Dutch government will adhere to an austerity programme that provides no money to operate the centre . |
| 8 | A new generation of chefs has raised British cooking to poetic heights — with some unfortunate exceptions , says AISLING FOSTER |
| 9 | Ecuador 's Ministry of Energy and Mines has granted provisional approval for the project in spite of local and international objection . |
| 10 | The growing diversity of family patterns has received widespread public and political attention in recent years . |
| 11 | The Oxford Galleries has undergone several name changes since then . |
| 12 | The sale of council houses has produced substantial capital receipts , and smaller amounts have come from the sale of other assets . |
| 13 | The relaxation of standing rules has facilitated this development . |
| 14 | Air Products has developed two silicone surfactants for manufacturers of rigid polyurethane foam who are currently using HCFC blown foam systems . |
| 15 | But none of these mail order products has undergone regulatory scrutiny . |
| 16 | Where , and Financial Times has had some increase in , in sits vac too , which is a high yielding er , category of course . |
| 17 | In recent years teaching in schools has become more project and assignment oriented with less emphasis on teaching and more emphasis on independent learning in the curriculum . |
| 18 | Its decision to step back from examining the authority 's employment methods has disappointed several party members in the area , even though a report is being prepared by independent management consultants into the authority 's current and historic recruitment practices . |
| 19 | The worst drought in the region for two centuries has claimed another victim … the badger . |
| 20 | Setting aside the mass of controversial mysticism which , over the centuries has surrounded this man , the fact remains that his life has made a tremendous impact on the religious and political history of a large part of the world . |
| 21 | ‘ One of my clients has got long hair and there 's no way I 'd let anybody cut it . |
| 22 | Whereas the long-term significance of human activity upon plants and animals and soil characteristics and distributions has provided one research focus , in climatology the emphasis has perhaps been more evident on a spatial scale with the impact of human activity first appreciated at the local scale but then subsequently extended to the meso and thence to the world scale . |
| 23 | The United Nations has reported intense fighting around Srebrenica , the Moslem enclave it is trying to protect . |
| 24 | Morphology of individual colonic pressure waves has eluded reliable classification . |
| 25 | The physical difficulty of working with oceanic animals has limited cetacean study in the past , and much of the information available on whales over the last few centuries has , ironically , come from the whaling industry . |
| 26 | Any farmer or keeper of animals has observed this kind of behaviour . |
| 27 | Three of the schools visited made regular use of a video recording of The Machine Gunners as a basis for a further topic work . |
| 28 | Organised pressure from women within the parties has had some effect . |
| 29 | Mr Heseltine 's behaviour both in public and in private throughout recent months has commanded warm admiration from his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 30 | The reputation for energy and honesty which Truman gained from this work helped him win the nomination for the vice-presidency in the 1944 election , after more prominent candidates had cancelled each other out . |