Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the salmonella scare , the Ministry of Agriculture has destroyed more than 3.25 million hens in 364 salmonella-infected flocks at a cost in compensation , excluding the new awards , of £5.4m . |
| 2 | For this reason , the algorithm needs to scan backward as well as forward , and therefore takes twice as long as the simple algorithm . |
| 3 | Angina occurs when the coronary arteries have become narrower very gradually and is only noticed when the heart has to work harder than usual . |
| 4 | Well , the studies that I 've been involved in , the computer has performed certainly as well as a consultant , and at times much better than a junior doctor in the particular situation that I 'm talking about . |
| 5 | However , over the last few years smaller companies have fared less well , as the impact of the recession has continued longer than expected and this is reflected in our short-term performance . ’ |
| 6 | The recession has lasted longer than anyone thought . ’ |
| 7 | If the stake can not take the strain and goes at the ground level weak spot , the plant stem has to bend sharply where it is trapped between its firmly-held root and the bottom tie . |
| 8 | Caring for your skin needs to go deeper than superficial ‘ beauty care ’ confined to the face . |
| 9 | So the household 's demand for money has risen even though its income has remained unchanged . |
| 10 | It is easier for a horse to evade going correctly because correct work is hard work , requiring effort . |
| 11 | Professor Stephen Hawking 's popular guide to cosmology has sold more than a million copies in hardback around the world . |
| 12 | Indeed , the Ramblers Association has gone further than my hon. Friend has suggested in connection with that line , and has stated that , if British Rail increases the speed on a line , it will also be reducing the safety on it . |
| 13 | ARENA 's thinking has changed little since the war ended . |
| 14 | Now that has led to many iterations in the software design and development as the programme has rolled forward because every time you find a mistake , it 's got ta go back along the whole test route . |
| 15 | Wirral City Lands Department has approved more than £250,000-worth of environmental improvements along the Dock Road corridor in Wallasey with the aim of changing the image of the dockside area to attract new investment . |
| 16 | Over the past ten years recorded crime has risen faster than at any time in our history . |
| 17 | ‘ The North-East has done better than the rest of the UK under Conservative policies . ’ |
| 18 | Tension has risen sharply since a referendum last month in which the majority of the population voted for independence . |
| 19 | A problem has arisen with certain PP3s ( pods are not normally used with this system ) where the female terminal has hooked rather than completely crimped segments . |
| 20 | Over the past few decades , the world 's demand for tin has fallen dramatically as packagers have reduced the thickness of the metal in tinplate or have turned to other materials for their containers , aluminium for instance . |
| 21 | Our standard of living has grown faster than Italy , Sweden and Switzerland . |
| 22 | They regard the fusion as a sound investment and , although Unionist stock has appreciated greatly since the new issue , there is not a man of us who has the slightest intention of selling out . |
| 23 | WEAR Valley 's newly-launched Wear Fit Club has attracted more than 3,500 members more than 50pc of its 6,000 target since enrolment started on Monday . |
| 24 | ‘ Liverpool had also bought Mark Wright and when a club has spent more than £5m they are bound to be looking to recoup some money . |
| 25 | Speculation about the mechanism of shell penetration has continued ever since and the literature is full of contrary opinions . |
| 26 | AST Research Inc yesterday introduced the Premmia personal computer family , designed with a local-bus video subsystem claimed to yield more than 200% faster performance in Windows environments than its earlier generation Power Premium desktop systems which are cut $100 . |
| 27 | In a prospective study of general practice prescribing involving more than 40 000 people over a 2-year period , Skegg et al. ( 1983 ) found that only three in a thousand of those who had received psychotropics went on to take an overdose of the drugs within the following 12 months . |
| 28 | The title holders ' grip on the Vauxhall Trophy started to slip quickly as the experienced Cambridge duo took the doubles rubber 6–4 6–1 . |
| 29 | Find-spots rather favour the arrangement in fig. 124 , but the characterisation seems to fit better if they are made partners of the other men . |
| 30 | In its response to new planning guidance on aggregates provision , CPRW has welcomed the emphasis placed on recycling and more efficient use of resources , but has condemned the huge rise in consumption which the guidance tries to satisfy rather than control . |