Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision . |
| 2 | THE benefits of splitting up a business were demonstrated when Racal Electronics reported trebled annual profits . |
| 3 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 4 | It should also be remembered that , until legislation was introduced which prohibited the use of most lead fishing weights , the number of swans dying from lead poisoning had reached critical proportions . |
| 5 | Questioning the present position at Bowleswood Farm , John White asked whether the association had made any progress since the last general meeting . |
| 6 | In each case , the association had commissioned structural surveys , followed by feasibility and market studies . |
| 7 | In such cases they implied that every Ujdaid or every Amiri had had combatant status . |
| 8 | Interestingly , as we went to press , Intel stock had spiked 15 points in three days , some of it on the strength of a strong buy recommendation from Merrill Lynch , whose analysis underscored the strong demand for Pentiums . |
| 9 | Arens said that the US side had indicated continuing support for the joint US-Israeli development of the Arrow surface-to-air missile programme , which involved the US company Lockheed , and on which the USA was underwriting 80 per cent of the costs . |
| 10 | Ian Branfoot 's side had collected 73 bookings and six sendings off before the match . |
| 11 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 12 | Terry Nicholson 's side had conceded eight goals in two previous defeats by the Co Antrim Shield holders . |
| 13 | At 3.30 in the afternoon the visiting American side had won one match , were ahead in eight others and seemed to have the famous golden chalice in the big bag . |
| 14 | The Chinese side had ordered that construction be halted until the project received China 's approval , saying that China had not been consulted on the matter , and expressing concern that it would place a financial burden on the new government after 1997 . |
| 15 | Indeed , the Illustrated London News shows that Guest & Merriman 's experiment had included several microphones and a selector system , but the surviving disc shows no sign of active ‘ mixing ’ . |
| 16 | The young concert pianist had spent fewer hours reaching concert standard than he had spent achieving a mediocre amateur level . |
| 17 | At the same time the duchy administration had provided new recruits for Edward 's service . |
| 18 | At the same time the duchy administration had provided new recruits for Edward 's service . |
| 19 | The news is embarrassing for Mr Lang , who ten days ago told an Edinburgh audience that inward investment had provided huge opportunities for local sub-contractors . |
| 20 | The violence had placed severe strains on the ANC 's relationship with the government over the issue of perceived police partiality towards Inkatha supporters , and had delayed the holding of negotiations on a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 21 | However , whilst there is no need to take account of the attributes of a particular contracting partner , if a business contracts with people of a particular class , the steps must be reasonably sufficient to bring the terms to the notice of a member of that class — in Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 , terms on a steamer ticket for carriage in steerage class were not incorporated into a contract because the defendant had taken insufficient steps to bring them to the notice of steerage class passengers . |
| 22 | Moreover , GCE had received many reviews , which detailed both its strengths and its weaknesses . |
| 23 | By the eighth century the eastward drift of shingle along the coast had given natural protection to the spread of the salt marsh , and during the 12th and 13th centuries Pevensey Levels gradually changed from saltmarsh to reed and sedge meadows and ultimately pasture . |
| 24 | Women 's organizations , although disappointed at the outcome , took heart that the episode had placed sexual harassment in the workplace firmly on the political agenda and had increased prospects for legislation to attack this . |
| 25 | His command had travelled seventy miles in thirty hours , and had been reinforced en route by eleven settlers under Arthur Chapman . |
| 26 | Sidacai and the remaining Altun who were to ride with the command had arrived several days earlier , but since his return he had spoken to none of them . |
| 27 | One smack with the whip — the first time that Mill Reef had received such encouragement since the Guineas — and he was through a gap between Hallez and Ortis with less than two furlongs to race . |
| 28 | Williams designer Patrick Head said the car had absorbed 25 times the energy of the 20mph control crash tests each F1 car has to be put through . |
| 29 | Charlotte stood on the spot where Maurice 's car had stood that morning and gazed to the north , her coat buttoned to the collar , scarf wound around her neck . |
| 30 | Like the commander , whom Peter met at Plumford Vicarage just before they left for Abbotsfield , the car had seen better days . |