Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This f is used only to detect when the algorithm has reached a summit or plateau . |
| 2 | Goremykin , the premier had become a mere figurehead in charge of no major department , and individual ministers reverted to reporting independently and in haphazard fashion to the Tsar . |
| 3 | For my three children , walking , toddling and cycling in the park has become a much more pleasant experience . |
| 4 | The vote , when it came , broke five days of deadlock for a post that will give Yeltsin no executive powers , but huge authority and the opportunity to help set a new political agenda for the Russian parliament . |
| 5 | I think erm it 's interesting erm to listen to desert island discs the last two weeks that the luxury item chosen has been a piano and people are saying that they would like very often , there are a lot of people who 'd like the opportunity to have learnt a musical instrument . |
| 6 | To celebrate the theme of the festival the Zap has invited a wide range of artists to develop performances around their sense of taboo . |
| 7 | ‘ The guitar 's got a personality and that 's the whole reason why people still play them . |
| 8 | It had come home to her earlier when she discovered that the Prince had sent a bouquet of flowers to Camilla when she had been ill . |
| 9 | Yesterday Buckingham Palace confirmed that the Prince had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the annual conference of the Scottish Crofters Union which has almost 2,000 members in the Western Isles . |
| 10 | The speech sent shock waves through the medical profession , but the Prince had hit a nerve and , for all the criticism that was heaped on his head in the aftermath , the letters from the public told him he had been right . |
| 11 | The Prince had had an inkling of what was to come in Wales , when the crowds had been so eager to see Diana that they could scarcely hide their disappointment if Charles and Diana took one side of the street each and they were on the side of the street he took . |
| 12 | In Brazil , for example , the change has meant a vast increase in the added-value part of the supply chain in local hands . |
| 13 | The Scotsman has obtained a copy of the mandate given to Mr Ford by the charity 's business administration secretary , Lt-Col Ivor Rich . |
| 14 | The Government had predicted that rateable values would rise by about seven times , but the revaluation has produced an eightfold increase . |
| 15 | If the retailer had committed an offence it would have consisted of giving an indication that the bars labelled ‘ Extra value ’ gave better value than other bars of Cadbury 's chocolate in his shop . |
| 16 | If the retailer had committed an offence under section 1 , could Cadbury have properly been convicted under section 23 ? |
| 17 | It currently trades from 11 stores , including the flagship in Newcastle 's Eldon Square , but the retailer has seen a huge increase in its core market . |
| 18 | The retailer has acquired a reputation for low prices and efficient service . |
| 19 | The writer had received a bill from St. Peter 's Hospital for £10.5s.6d. : |
| 20 | The writing , which was in blue ink , was small and upright , as though the writer had used a set-square for each character . |
| 21 | Here , the writer has put a full stop between " processes " and " she " , probably because the whole sentence ( with a comma instead of a full stop ) would have been long . |
| 22 | His partner in the conspiracy , James Laming , who claimed during the trial to have invented a racehorse nobbling stun gun , was jailed for 14 years . |
| 23 | And the , the son-in-law 's got a , a computer has n't he ? |
| 24 | David Ross Stewart , the chairman of ESII , said the board had examined a number of options to ensure that shareholders received a payment to reflect the value of the company 's liquid assets , while achieving a satisfactory long-term solution in respect of the unquoted portfolio . |
| 25 | She also failed to notice the board had hired a teacher with convictions for exposing himself to schoolgirls , or ask why a probationary principal was still in place despite pleading guilty to a $21,000 welfare scam . |
| 26 | Accordingly , the board has declared an unchanged interim dividend of five point three seven five P per share . |
| 27 | She thinks the Board has done a good job and what would it be replaced with ? |
| 28 | To assist the process of public consultation the Board has prepared a number of discussion papers tackling themes which will be covered in the strategy . |
| 29 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 30 | The Board has achieved a measure of success although this has been boosted by the development of North Sea Oil . |