Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which guidelines have influenced social behaviour is difficult to assess . |
| 2 | Teesdale District councillor Phil Hughes , who also represents Bowes parish council on the accident prevention panel , said : ‘ The people doing the roadworks have taken adequate measures and could not have put up any more ‘ no overtaking ’ signs or 50mph speed limit signs . |
| 3 | The only jackpot Charlton fans have hit this season … is the pools their last five matches have been score draws … lets hope tomorrow though its a home win … |
| 4 | The real heroes of agriculture in Africa are the pioneers who down the centuries have brought new crops or cattle to their own or other communities . |
| 5 | The history of the Empire is full of strife , and on occasion one Count has marched his armies against another , and knights from different provinces have fought each other despite being part of the same Order . |
| 6 | Several fortuitously converging considerations have encouraged this faith in the primacy of egoism . |
| 7 | The proposal documents also indicate that selected schools have made positive attempts to improve the provision for their school library and its links with the curriculum , though all reflect continued dissatisfaction with the relative paucity of stock . |
| 8 | During the last few years an increasing number of schools have adopted agreed policies for handwriting . |
| 9 | Schools have adopted several tactics to raise awareness of bias . |
| 10 | For example , with the white population growing at less than I per cent per year between 1980 and 1986 , many white schools have suffered dramatic falls in enrolments . |
| 11 | Schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms . |
| 12 | At present 342 schools have taken this course , but the Department of Education has reported a sevenfold increase in parental ballots since the equivalent period last year . |
| 13 | Many schools have used continuous assessment of course-work as part of the work leading to GCE O level ( Mode 3 ) ; and still more have used it in the CSE examinations . |
| 14 | Schools have shown increasing interest in it , helped by such excellent organisations as the Institute for Contemporary British History , but there is limited room in the curriculum for the twentieth century , let alone for the period from when the text books end and memory begins . |
| 15 | Four Cleveland schools have won national awards for their work in the community . |
| 16 | Different readers have purchased this book for different reasons , whether it be to pass a professional examination , to commence undergraduate studies in marketing , or to train for a new job in the company 's sales or marketing department . |
| 17 | Unique in his fish-keeping experience , he wonders if other Gadfly readers have encountered similar savagery . |
| 18 | Poor readers have attracted increased attention of late . |
| 19 | If any readers have had similar experiences with bad goods , please write directly to Esther Rantzen , or to me , and I will post all letters to her team . |
| 20 | The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies , Canterbury , has published a series of county maps showing the ancient parish boundaries and the starting dates of surviving registers , and various record offices have produced similar maps for their own area . |
| 21 | Although there is no evidence , at present , of drinking water being contaminated in Britain , many reservoirs and lakes have had algal blooms on their surface waters for the last two summers . |
| 22 | Journalists have made various estimates of the extent of British purchases , but the geographical spread ( of buyers and purchases ) and processes of house acquisition are little understood . |
| 23 | ‘ Arm 's length inspection units have revealed significant implications in terms of capital for repairs and refurbishment to ensure that proper standards , including health and safety , are met . |
| 24 | Units have encouraged commercial activities , with individuals keeping a share of the profits and being exempt from square-bashing , sentry-duty etc . |
| 25 | Gamblers and horse traders have permeated Scottish football . |
| 26 | The city 's traders have installed 350 Point Rubis ( ruby point ) terminals in department stores , small shops and restaurants , linked via telephone lines and the national Transpac data network to all but two of the big banks . |
| 27 | Since then the importers have run more advertisements asking owners to contact them . |
| 28 | because their husbands have made these settlements , often at very emotional times when the women were not really in a position to really make sure they |
| 29 | Inevitably , employment prospects for young people have deteriorated and school-leavers have made increasing demands on the Youth Opportunities Programme in Wales . |
| 30 | It is these themes upon which humanistic Marxists have placed enhanced emphasis since de-Stalinization ( Sartre , 1956 ; Elster , 1985 ) . |