Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the gaseous molecules given off by plants may be smelt by us humans , but can be identified by some insects from their characteristic infrared emissions . |
| 2 | The drip , drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark . |
| 3 | The death penalty could also be applied to those who refused baptism , failed to conform to ecclesiastical disciplines given out by missionary leaders , or who refused to fast in Lent . |
| 4 | West Kensington itself was made up of rows of five-storey peeling stucco houses broken up into bed-sits that were mostly occupied by foreign students , itinerants and poor people who 'd lived there for years . |
| 5 | Among the projects carried out by ERA-WACC during the year were : a colloquium held in Moscow on the MacBride Report , entitled ‘ Europe speaks to Europe ’ ; a conference on communication ethics ( also held in Moscow ) ; a worship workshop for TV producers in western and eastern Europe ; and the setting up of a European Women 's network . |
| 6 | These are just some of the projects carried out by volunteers from local conservation groups in Essex . |
| 7 | Drivers who continue trying to ply their trade are having their rickety three-wheeled becaks carried out to sea and dumped . |
| 8 | Reactions Carried Out at Constsnt Volume |
| 9 | Activities carried on outside office hours which are accountancy related and therefore similar to daily work — Preparation of club and charity accounts — Providing accountancy or taxation services etc . |
| 10 | He was accused at his trial in 1990 of having , ‘ with counter-revolutionary aims , collected lists of people detained in the disturbances ( activities carried out by Tibetans in 1988 in support of independence ) and passed them on to others , thus violating the ( laws of ) secrecy ’ . |
| 11 | Despite widespread agreement that opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally destructive activities carried out in Wales , the Government has until recently tried to increase output from this method . |
| 12 | At Equity & Law , marketing manager Taylor says that the references and character checks carried out on Stephen Wright gave no hint of what was to come . |
| 13 | Checks carried out in Leeds after the fire gave a dose of 0.15 rems to the thyroid with an initial ground concentration of 320 nanocuries per sq . |
| 14 | The pilot scheme guaranteed half the cost of improvements carried out by operators in Towyn , Kinmel Bay and Belgrano worst hit during the floods when the sea breached defences in the resort towns . |
| 15 | Investigations carried out by ILEA in the 1960s tended to bear out this anxiety ( Little , 1975 ) , as did a variety of other surveys ( for a useful review see Tomlinson , 1983 , pp. 27–59 ) . |
| 16 | 3.21 The Working Party 's Guidelines are expressed to be based upon an analysis of cases reported up to September 1991 . |
| 17 | Cars propped up on bricks . |
| 18 | In 1920 the 20 acres given over to farming to support the war effort , were re-possessed and relaid by Suttons . |
| 19 | The words rattle : shells given out by shells . |
| 20 | On May 2nd preachers squared off in pulpits around the city on the subjects of condoms and sex education . |
| 21 | The taxpayers appealed against the assessments , contending that the two offices constituted separate trades carried on by B and W. B's trade had continued after the dissolution of the partnership . |
| 22 | As long as Germany 's long-term interest rates sank and currencies dropped out of Europe 's exchange-rate mechanism ( ERM ) like ripe fruit , the deficit could be ignored . |
| 23 | The discovery of dopamine and its mode of action involved basic experiments on catecholamines in animals carried out at Oxford ; it contributed to the development of L-dopa as a treatment for Parkinson 's disease . |
| 24 | Man 's legs torn off in car smash |
| 25 | As a stunt Sutton and thirty others queued at a bus stop , got on the bus , and changed into home-made ‘ Lord Denning ’ gowns , complete with wigs made out of carpet tiles . |
| 26 | Other cars shot out of side-tunnels , frightening her with their suddenness . |
| 27 | Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds . |
| 28 | Marianne swayed provocatively towards them , her lush figure and endless legs shown off to perfection in a body-hugging mini-dress . |
| 29 | Local guidelines drawn up in accordance with Working Together govern the circumstances in which a conference may be convened and who may attend . |
| 30 | She pushed aside the clothing and revealed him , all small and disconsolate and shrivelled looking , knees drawn up under chin in a foetal position . |