Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matters were not helped by the Sabina Park authorities providing one sightscreen that was too low to be of much use if the bowler was over six feet ( 1.8 metres ) tall , and when England complained after the game against Jamaica the reply was that it could not be raised without obscuring the view of some two hundred people who had already bought tickets . |
| 2 | But this follows a year of debate about strategy during which some senior ICI board members appeared unhappy about the way Sir Denys has been running the firm . |
| 3 | Guildford midweek anglers had odd chub , match won with 6 lb , three chub . |
| 4 | Above : The traditionally designed Edwardian Steamer chair by Sarah Burgoyne Revivals looks elegant and is comfortable , too . |
| 5 | The fighting began with US parachute assaults at 1am , and a tank-led assault on the headquarters of the Panama Defence Forces caused widespread damage in the heart of the city . |
| 6 | In the October fleece article we stated that Berghaus Windstopper garments use Softlite fleece . |
| 7 | In the Bertrand case with constant identical marginal costs we have , in fact , the perfectly competitive market outcome , with price equal to marginal cost and no excess profit , but in the Cournot and Stackelberg cases prices exceed marginal costs and the firms make excess profit . |
| 8 | As sporadic fighting continued through the next day , many Nez Perce warriors became keen to withdraw . |
| 9 | In the Gaza Strip soldiers shot dead three Palestinians , bringing the number of deaths there in recent days to 11 . |
| 10 | Of the approximately 3,409,000 eligible voters , 10 per cent were overseas residents and 394,000 were Israeli Arabs ( although the majority of the 150,000 East Jerusalem Arabs had refused Israeli citizenship and the 1,750,000 West Bank and Gaza strip Palestinians remained unenfranchised ) . |
| 11 | A procession of Treasure Island pirates carrying cardboard boxes bulging with beer bottles were already noisily boarding the coach . |
| 12 | They reckon that if each machine brought in $192 a day ( a claim the Las Vegas experts call unrealistic ) , and if the owners let the state pocket 90% of it , the state could earn more than $196m a year ; and it could put the money towards education . |
| 13 | The rumours which upset markets yesterday of a renewed difference of opinion between the Downing Street neighbours appear this time to be without substance . |
| 14 | Marks & Spencer Financial Services offered Personal Loans ‘ to help you spread the cost of almost any major purchase … and because it 's an unsecured loan , you wo n't be asked to offer your home as security . ’ |
| 15 | Although costly to buy , PDC drill bits have higher penetration rates , and can drill further than tricone bits . |
| 16 | Adkin Financial Services offers comprehensive financial advice and support to clients of Adkin based on the extensive experience and know-how of its professional staff . |
| 17 | American insurers in 1990 lost $21½ billion and between 1988 and 1990 106 United States insurance companies became insolvent , Mr Coleridge said . |
| 18 | A dissonant voice among the presidential addresses to the summit , Castro pledged his commitment to Latin American unification but characterized the prevailing faith in United States style models to achieve this , such as the free trade Enterprise for the Americas Initiative [ see p. 37526 ] , as " illusions " which would not alleviate such critical regional problems as poverty and unemployment . |
| 19 | These original and authorised edition of twelve Beatrix Potter favourites feature new colour reproductions of the original illustrations and come beautifully presented in the delightful gift boxes , each containing four books . |
| 20 | A 32-day strike in the Karaganda coal fields involving 20,000 miners ended on June 6 with agreement that 15 per cent of production would in future become the property of miners ' work collectives . |
| 21 | This charity was run in conjunction with the Leicester Rotary Club , which was involved in a scheme to move families from distressed areas to Leicester ; the Mercedes Gleitze Homes provided temporary accommodation until employment and permanent lodging could be found . |
| 22 | The 1969–73 Normangate Field excavations revealed three circular structures , the central one heavily robbed . |
| 23 | GORDON REECE GALLERY PRESENTS PREVIEW 9th MAY 10.30–5.00 |
| 24 | BTEC HND Computer Studies CE 1112 |
| 25 | In a paper delivered in 1978 at a Conference on Island and Coastal Communities Dr Una Maclean , who supervised the 1975 study , said it showed quite conclusively ‘ that North Uist women had less depression than their Camberwell sisters . |
| 26 | Just a few of the 1400 plus new Sainsbury brand products introduced last year . |
| 27 | The dress code at the Cape Town daytime jams bars such American accessories as dollar-sign pendants . |
| 28 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 29 | D. SPECIALIST AGENCIES OFFERING LEGAL ADVICE TO MEMBERS |
| 30 | The Dukeries field was ( and still is in many respects ) different from many others on all three of the components of a place , as illustrated not only by Sunley 's arguments ( following Krieger and others ) regarding the different social relations at the workplace , but also Waller 's ( 1983 , p. 235 ) that whereas the Dukeries villages were praised for many of their design aspects , ‘ the social and political institutions of the miners in the new South Yorkshire villages left much to be desired compared with traditional and long-established coalfields ’ . |