Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perceived discrepancy between behaviour and standard triggers change designed to reduce such discrepancy . |
| 2 | Procedures for obtaining funding , however , seem designed to stifle any enterprise and initiative . |
| 3 | Some government policies seem designed to achieve greater income equality by redistributing income from more affluent to poorer groups . |
| 4 | Two and a half years ago Camel Laird started a campaign to gain access to the intervention funding and because of the total lack of any sort of industrial policy by this government , and their refusal to support the Camel Laird application to the E E C , next month will see the closure of Camel Lairds which will lead to a loss of skills that amounts almost to a criminal act on the part of this government , who seem prepared to allow this country to become a skill-free zone in order to drive down wages and conditions to a rate comparable with some Third World countries . |
| 5 | but because they 've never been taught , you know taught to do that sort of thing |
| 6 | It was on er channel four I think it was and it was all about these people that had been , you know encouraged to buy this house and then repossessed . |
| 7 | Many people who get married have unreal expectations of marriage in general . |
| 8 | We feel drawn to distinguish two ways of knowing things , an inward way and an outward way . |
| 9 | Unfortunately despite this success I feel compelled to write this letter of complaint about certain aspects which undermine the efforts of managers , coaches and boys from this country who gave their all in this tournament . |
| 10 | Without Gollum Good could never have succeeded in destroying Evil and when the Ring is gone the Elves feel forced to leave Middle Earth because there is nothing more for them to do . |
| 11 | Appeals will surely ensue but in the meantime we may well sympathise with those Soprintendenze who feel tempted to put all restoration work on hold in the fear that in carrying out their proper duties they may find themselves being sentenced as criminals . |
| 12 | Because they spent their year off teaching children in a nursery school , or working in a home for mentally handicapped people , and they discovered a new area of interest to which they can relate , and they become motivated to read that subject . |
| 13 | Rather than commit you at this stage to the costs of detailed accounting , due diligence and contract drafting , which may subsequently prove to be abortive , MAS would intend performing a short key features review devised to highlight potential deal breaking points and other inevitably contentious issues ( such as possible earn-out terms ) which will need to be resolved with the vendors prior to proceeding . |
| 14 | We 've arranged to take two readers to NEW YORK to see superstar Elton John perform at the city 's famous Madison Square Garden . |
| 15 | FIFE is hitting the high-tech trail with the launch of a business initiate intended to help innovative firms get new products to the market . |
| 16 | I 've come to say good night , Lizzie . |
| 17 | ‘ Tell me you 've come to spend some money , ’ said Nubenehem in greeting . |
| 18 | They 've come to wake this gaffer up . |
| 19 | We 've come to do Merry Monk , an HVS at its left-hand end which requires us to traverse carefully along its base just above the slow-moving water , grasping strange iron spikes driven into the rock . |
| 20 | Maybe it 's late , but we 've come to know each other , and , you know , I do n't feel lonely any more over there . ’ |
| 21 | Well , we 've come to deliver this furniture for Mr so-and-so at number twenty five . |
| 22 | I 've considered doing part-time work … but its almost impossible now with things as they are in this area . |
| 23 | We 've decided to conserve sufficient powder in the banqueting hall to blow ourselves up if the worst comes to the worst . |
| 24 | That 's a possibility but this has been talked through with both the Social Services and the the hospital and er we 've decided to take that chance . |
| 25 | As she got to the bottom Michele appeared in the hall , and said briefly , ‘ There 's nothing to be achieved by staying here , so I 've decided to get straight back . |
| 26 | exactly , yeah and we can do that with everything , we can do that with everything , this is my perception and that 's your perception of this thing that I 'm holding in my hand , everything that we 've seen have that ability you know , we 've got the ability to do that with everything , what we need to do sometimes is walk around the issue if you like and look at it from another perspective and , and this is what we 're doing with Ethiopia , now , erm , the good section again was looking at images and particularly the fact that a lot of images are very negative and throwing an alternative view , the second section we 're looking at news coverage which is very sketchy , erm , it does n't provide a complete picture at all , and this third section well you saw what that 's about there |
| 27 | I 've made made that mistake in the past . |
| 28 | We 've struggled to establish financial security so as to provide for the needs of our families and communities . |
| 29 | We 've said find three quarters by finding one quarter first and then you take three times it . |
| 30 | No I 've got to put first name |