Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 7 , the Squadron CO then took Sugar on a tour of European cities to check on the suitability of certain enemy airfields to accept Allied heavy aircraft . |
| 2 | A bad snap on a Colts ' punt attempt later gave Pittsburgh the ball on the Indianapolis 34 and Malone connected with Brenberg for the final Steelers ' first half score with 1:03 remaining . |
| 3 | SCOTTISH educationists rarely disparage the ‘ trendy , progressive ’ teaching methods so maligned south of the Border . |
| 4 | Six 229 Squadron aircraft also reached Malta from ‘ Furious ’ , but the remaining aircraft of this unit stayed aboard as the carriers had by then been as long in hostile water as was safe to allow . |
| 5 | An accounting change then took place , with the fee figure substituted by that of turnover ; this totalled £1 278 120 in 1984 , £1761405 in 1985 and £2060979 in 1986 . |
| 6 | A MAJOR meat industry figure yesterday endorsed livestock producers ' legitimate expectations of premium prices for quality products . |
| 7 | Both dimethylhydrazine and small bowel resection individually increased CCPR while calcium generally reduced this , in a simple arithmetic manner ( that is , there was no interaction ) . |
| 8 | But a law review committee later said rape defendants were getting preferential treatment . |
| 9 | A toneless , disjunctive fact , droll and very uneasy , one of those amputated thoughts I have just mentioned and –so a sensation , a crawling sensation of the time being out of joint ; there is more Hamlet to The Possessed than what is personal to Stavrogin , ‘ the Prince ’ as he first appears , though on the surface of his mind Dostoevsky evidently meant Prince Hal , not the Prince of Denmark . |
| 10 | The tree-lined city embankments , riverside walkways and yuppiefied warehouse flats soon gave way to deserted shipyards . |
| 11 | She 's under house arrest in Turkey after fraud officers there took action . |
| 12 | Announcements on college noticeboards often gave details of students who had been involved in ‘ inappropriate conduct ’ and dismissed from their studies . |
| 13 | This labour policy also gave Israel important economic and social benefits . |
| 14 | Its attitudes towards and behaviour within the broad labour movement steadily antagonized activists . |
| 15 | AN OLD BAILEY jury yesterday found PC Peter Anderson guilty of rape . |
| 16 | On the other hand , many patients with high blood pressure ultimately had strokes , apparently because their vessels burst under the excessive pressure , or they died because their hearts failed in the continuous task of driving blood through their constricted arteries . |
| 17 | By 1713 the Chelsea Physic Garden again needed help and the Trustees for the Management imposed various levies on Members and Apprentices to raise funds . |
| 18 | IMPERIAL Chemical Industries yesterday revealed details of the largest restructuring in UK corporate history together with a shock £949 million provision to cover that and environmental costs . |
| 19 | A fourth penalty goal by Steele , who also has a qualification for Scotland , put Northampton in front again and an opportunist try by loose-head Baldwin finally took Northampton clear . |
| 20 | The continuing decline of the domestic motor industry and a sharp downturn in the insulation market then plunged Pilkingtons ' core business into severe difficulties in 1980–2 . |
| 21 | On the other hand , over-reliance on an open labour market also had disadvantages involving the amount of time taken to recruit extra workers , the need to train new entrants and the possibility that firms may have to bid higher wages to attract labour . |
| 22 | The branch committee favourably entertained Miss Black 's assistance , but on it being remitted to a general meeting of the Society , it was rejected on the grounds that if the females were organised , their position would be improved as an industry for females , which would result in great accession to their numbers in the printing trade in Edinburgh . " |
| 23 | Accused persons were automatically excluded from longevity treatment , and , since the Imperial law courts often took years over a complex case , the effects of the irreversible ageing process were usually apparent . |
| 24 | Ulster 's opposition to Home Rule long pre-dated Law 's leadership and he had rarely even spoken on Irish affairs in parliament before becoming leader . |
| 25 | Total investment in the NFC in the years since privatization has totalled almost £700 million , whereas in state ownership investment never exceeded £25 million a year . |
| 26 | ‘ Fans on the South Terrace really gave players flak in the old days . |
| 27 | The skills required to manoeuvre flask transporters obviously stood Adam Luke , from Torness , in good stead when he entered the Scottish lorry driving championship held at the SECC in Glasgow recently . |
| 28 | The skills required to manoeuvre flask transporters obviously stood Adam Luke , from Torness , in good stead when he entered the Scottish lorry driving championships held at SECC in Glasgow recently . |
| 29 | At the begining of the second half England again had cause to be grateful as a marvellous five-man move graced by Tarasiewicz 's stunning volleyed pass ended with Ziober drifting a benign shot over . |
| 30 | Lord Buckhurst even tried to argue , rather implausibly , that a patent of office quam diu se bene gesserit automatically became void on the misbehaviour of the holder , and that therefore this type of tenure was less secure than durante bene placito . |