Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presidents agreed on a number of points relating to the 10-year-old civil war in El Salvador and the sanctuary given to Nicaraguan contra rebels in Honduras . |
| 2 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |
| 3 | LGB opposition to extensions of social legislation was increased due to the reluctance of the Treasury to provide what the Board regarded as adequate staffing . |
| 4 | His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 . |
| 5 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , ill luck , in his case compounded by ill judgement , dogs the unsuccessful , and the only way into the sport , for some who should never be in it , is around the less successful teams . |
| 7 | Dr Spufford 's book has successfully demonstrated that the timing of this change depended in large measure upon the farming system and the social and economic structure of the communities that were affected . |
| 8 | In the London case at least , this recovery can no doubt be attributed in part to the strength of its economy , the support given by central government to the Docklands redevelopment and other schemes , and the associated attraction of young professionals back to the more central parts of the city . |
| 9 | Particularly in a large organization , reclassification can be a major exercise , although it can be facilitated by the support given by computer-based catalogue records . |
| 10 | It would be a tragedy if the use of violence or any confusion introduced by irregular elements on the picket lines were to divide and deflect the support given by responsible trade unionists all over the country aimed at achieving an early and a peaceful solution to this problem . |
| 11 | As detailed in the previous section , using a theoretical framework developed from American research into heroin ‘ epidemics ’ , this formula allowed us to estimate that prevalence was still increasing but that incidence was decreasing . |
| 12 | Though relevant to the performer , this is an academic course examined through written work . |
| 13 | And there , across a field filled with long grass and butterflies , were the Syrian tanks . |
| 14 | Fourth , the grant depended on continued government goodwill ; in 1983 it was cut , and part of the rest was allotted only to courses jointly approved by employers . |
| 15 | Is not that because many Tory Members are up to their necks in money received for commercial lobbying of one sort or another ? |
| 16 | The London County Council ( 1961 ) had wanted a New Town at Hook , in Hampshire , planning a compact settlement designated for universal car ownership and complete pedestrian segregation , but Hampshire County Council preferred major town-expansion schemes at Andover and Basingstoke , and the proposal failed to come to fruition . |
| 17 | The level of charge will depend on how much the local council spends on services and the income received from central government and business rates . |
| 18 | The maximum reduction given per full fare paying passenger under this section is £30 irrespective of the number and timing of changes made to a booking . |
| 19 | The former included the North-West regional diploma in special needs , the first example of a course developed in total partnership between a university and a polytechnic which allowed students to take modules from either institution and also gave credit recognition to specific Open University and LEA courses . |
| 20 | Brawling has often been a pastime favoured by certain film stars ; normally those who happen to drink a lot as well . |
| 21 | Yet the conventional wisdom in the transport world of the 1970s was that all progress depended on public investment , public controls and , of course , public ownership . |
| 22 | Henry takes the stage in a f—ed -up black T-shirt tucked into f—ed -up shorts atop hideous Essex Man/Cliff-from- Cheers white socks and rolls straight into a monologue about posing for a high fashion magazine dressed like a regurgitated dog 's brunch . |
| 23 | Eclipse drake distinguished by yellow bill ; duck 's is greenish , juvenile 's reddish . |
| 24 | However , because it groups entries alphabtically according to the areas of responsibility given to particular topic editors , it can be slightly confusing . |
| 25 | The Conservatives turned to protection disguised as imperial preference in 1933 , and adopted a series of state measures to aid the reduction and consolidation of the declining heavy industries . |
| 26 | Older and tougher belief on the same issue is embodied in another tale Tolkien had probably read , the Scottish story of ‘ The Woman of Peace and the Bible Reader ’ : in this an elf-woman approaches an old man reading his Bible and asks ‘ if there was any hope given in holy Scripture for such as she ’ . |
| 27 | She was wearing a Ralph Lauren silk shirt tucked into tight leather jeans and a Hermes belt ; she caught the attention , whether she wished to or not . |
| 28 | Patients with previous cholecystitis diagnosed by scintigraphic examination of the gall bladder were excluded . |
| 29 | Last month 16 Mac employees gained a food hygiene certificate following a course organised by environmental health officers from Gateshead Council . |
| 30 | Relics have been housed in the neighbouring priory ruins , including a huge stone chest decorated in high relief with scenes from the biblical tale of David and known as St Andrew 's Sarcophagus , although there is no reason to suppose that it ever served as a coffin . |