Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 2 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 3 | When William left school at about the age of twelve , he hoped to become a gardener but his skin became inflamed with constant outdoor work . |
| 4 | Nobody really minded — Mum exchanged 2 recipes and my silly wee sister got invited to 3 parties . |
| 5 | If there is to be a completion audit and the consideration is to be assessedor adjusted based upon this audit — which is often the case with an asset sale — what is the point of this warranty ? |
| 6 | As Windmüller ( 1984 ) has shown , employers ' associations were then further consolidated and entrenched during the interwar period ( although there were some marked exceptions ) since collective bargaining became institutionalised in this period in many countries . |
| 7 | For example , at Risley the National Centre for Tribology became established in 1968 . |
| 8 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 9 | In fact , this technique has led to some of my most successful parties where the parents join in and participate in the proceedings . |
| 10 | Puma has introduced for 1992 a new concept in shoe comfort , the Puma Disc system . |
| 11 | More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas . |
| 12 | * The British Agrochemicals Association claims that the use of chemicals in agriculture has declined from 33,000 tons per weight of active ingredient in 1983 to 24,000 tons in 1990 . |
| 13 | This is despite the fact that organic agriculture has expanded by 150 per cent over the last three years , to its present total of 125,000 acres — equivalent to 0.2 per cent of total agricultural land . |
| 14 | Shifting agriculture is not in itself environmentally harmful , as is evidenced by the long and generally successful history that this type of agriculture has enjoyed in tropical regions . |
| 15 | I am sure that West Yorkshire will welcome any assistance that the schemes can give , and will also appreciate that its rate support grant has increased by 16 per cent. , but that does not mean that it can bring its force up to the required standard . |
| 16 | Spinnaker Software Corp has turned in second quarter net profits down 8.1% at $614,603 , on turnover that fell 9.5% to $8.2m ; mid-term net fell 96% to $314,422 , on turnover that fell 3.6% at $14.7m . |
| 17 | Read-Rite Corp has turned in second quarter net profits up 67.5% at $18.8m , on turnover that rose 59.5% to $150.2m ; mid-term net rose 79.5% to $36m , on turnover up 78.7% to $289.7m . |
| 18 | V Band Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $442,000 up from losses of $281,000 last time , on turnover that dropped by 13.5% to $5.3m . |
| 19 | AllTel Corp has turned in first quarter net profit up 27.3% at $63.2m , on turnover up 8.1% to $546.7m . |
| 20 | Exabyte Corp has turned in first quarter net profit down 48.9% at $6m , on turnover up 0.1% to $76.2m . |
| 21 | Mentor Graphics Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $4.3m against profits of $1.2m last time , on turnover that fell by 17.5% to $82.6m . |
| 22 | Easel Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $489,606 against profits of $769,975 last time , on turnover that fell by 26.4% to $6.7m . |
| 23 | Weitek Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $1.4m down from $2.1m losses last time , on turnover that was flat at $7m . |
| 24 | Martin Marietta Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $335.6m , after charges of $412m from the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time , against profits of $74.6m last time , on turnover that fell by 14.8% to $1,168.6m . |
| 25 | Bytex Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $1.2m against profits of $145,000 last time , on turnover down 9.6% at $9.8m . |
| 26 | Telebit Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $888,000 up from losses of $782,000 last time , on turnover that fell by 1.6% to $12.1m . |
| 27 | Loral Corp has turned in fourth quarter net profits down 2.1% at $39.6m , after $17.8m charges due to the early payment of debt , on turnover that rose 22.7% at $974.1m ; net losses for the year to March 31 stood at $92.1m , after 4233.4m charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change , against profits of $121.8m last time , on turnover that rose by 15.7% to $3,335.4m . |
| 28 | MacNeal-Schwendler Corp has turned in fourth quarter net profits down 4.7% at $2.8m , on turnover that rose 24.8% to $18.3m ; net profit for the year to January 31 stood at $12.2m against losses of $1.5m last time , after $15.1m restructuring charges last time , on turnover that rose by 17.3% to $65.5m . |
| 29 | Technical Communications Corp has turned in fourth quarter net profits of $175,624 , down 85.0% , on turnover down 33.2% at $3.4m ; net profit for the year was down 19.2% at $1.3m on turnover that rose 16.0% to $14.5m . |
| 30 | Telxon Corp has turned in fourth quarter net losses of $10.8m against profits of $5.2m last time , after $10.8m non-recurring charges this time and $73,000 tax credits last time , on turnover that rose by 7.4% at $55.7m ; net losses for the year to March 31 stood at $12.1m against profits of $17m last time , after $22.8m non-recurring charges and $439,000 charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $1.1m tax credits last time , on turnover that rose by 10.9% to $238.4m . |