Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large securities firms have withdrawn from options market making due to inadequate returns thereby reducing market liquidity further , leading to less competitive quotes and irregular updating of prices . |
| 2 | Andrew Butler , president of Dow Europe , described the past 12 months as ‘ a more painful phase of the business cycle , with current margins in many sectors barely covering interest costs , let alone generating any return on equity capital ’ . |
| 3 | The tongued and grooved joints , in addition to allowing concealed fixing with neat joint lines and removing the need for grouting , negate the need for special skills thus reducing installation costs . |
| 4 | There were , moreover , rather more poor urban dwellers still lacking electricity supply than there were rural dwellers , and investment in the reinforcement , standardisation and extension of urban supplies ( some of which the Boards considered would be remunerative ) was being cut back while this uneconomic development of rural areas was pressed forward . |
| 5 | Sixth , there are blocks caused by emotional upsets possibly affecting hormone function — for example , adrenaline which is released in fright situations . |
| 6 | The redundant steelworker and a friend were returning home from a social club when they tried to stop a group of youngsters allegedly attacking traffic bollards . |
| 7 | The study provides a detailed analysis of each immune disease , currently available treatment , status of new drugs under clinical development , early R&D of new treatment modalities , companies leading in research and development of immune-based drugs as well as companies currently having leadership positions in the present form of treatment . |
| 8 | This option shows the status of all packages currently undergoing Quality Assurance . |
| 9 | Why do the Government not act on the huge injustices currently affecting business people , such as original lessee liability ? |
| 10 | While the ideal solution is a fast 486 computer there are a lot of 386 machines still performing sterling service . |
| 11 | It could be argued that this is an organization matter not an accounting one ; that a control needs to be introduced which prevents managers artificially postponing cash payments , e.g. a rule that all invoices must be paid within a specific time . |
| 12 | Second level courses , such as the nine-hour courses for subject and language specialists , are able to work more intensively on specific topics e.g. analysing classroom language , choosing and developing materials . |
| 13 | Former police officers now doing security jobs in shops , banks and offices have begun to ask Victim Support to provide help for employees who have become victims of crime through robberies or other incidents at the workplace . |
| 14 | Nissan and Sony are among those Japanese firms now considering building factories in China . |
| 15 | Outplacement services are increasing their role , with three-quarters of firms now incorporating outplacement services in severance packages . |
| 16 | Plans now taking form call for leaving the Japanese practically all of the industrial capacity with which they waged the war and for financial assistance to get into full production again . |
| 17 | A Home Secretary spends many hours conscientiously reading background papers which set out the whole history of a single police officer 's alleged offences , sometimes in a bundle of papers an inch thick , in order that justice and equity may be done . |
| 18 | Now that we have the practice of dustmen only collecting plastic bags that you have to place outside your residence , you have to be sure that you are capable of doing that . |
| 19 | Exclusion criteria were : ( 1 ) Patients whose overall medical condition rendered them as unduly high risk for elective surgery — for example , severe chronic obstructive airways disease ; ( 2 ) patients considered unsuitable for surgery because of technical reasons such as ( a ) gross obesity , ( b ) fixed hiatus hernia , ( c ) previous major upper gastrointestinal surgery ; ( 3 ) patients who had received previous therapy for bleeding oesophageal varices ; ( 4 ) patients already taking beta blockers ; ( 5 ) patients on waiting list for liver transplantation ; ( 6 ) HBsAg positive subjects . |
| 20 | TRADERS in Maghera are pleading with the RUC to clamp down on vandals persistently targeting business premises . |
| 21 | All that plus the Premier League stars still harbouring World Cup dreams on Scotsport Extra Time , tonight , ten thirty . |
| 22 | THE pound rose again on the money markets yesterday sparking Government predictions of ‘ gentle ’ economic recovery . |
| 23 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |
| 24 | Susanna Rance finds out why serious-minded La Paz dwellers can be seen walking down the streets intently fondling toy cars , play-money and doll 's house pieces . |
| 25 | In that section , we combined the criteria additively using weighting factors . |
| 26 | Control of Parliament by the executive has never been more complete than in the twentieth century , with compliant MPs loyally following party policy . |
| 27 | For those prisoners like the present appellants currently serving life sentences , I appreciate that the fact that the judicial recommendation was made in confidence presents a practical problem . |