Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be lined and/or interlined to match accompanying curtains . |
| 2 | It has to do with ‘ the people ’ ( but who are they ? ) , though often this has the sense of the vulgus , the common people , and to describe something as ‘ popular ’ may then have the ( depreciatory ) implication that it is inferior or designed to suit low tastes . |
| 3 | This system has produced violently fluctuating interest rates , and one suspects that it is either the result of incredible stupidity or designed to discredit monetary policy . |
| 4 | If it is invested in physical capital for the public sector or used to retire outstanding government debt , it is not at all imprudent . |
| 5 | Typographically highlighted phrases , whether unqualified or used to mark linguistic emphasis , foreign words , titles etc. ; |
| 6 | Mainly it will be the mathematics , science or computer studies teachers or the keen sixth-formers who are intrigued or stimulated to write such software . |
| 7 | Well , neither had I until Billy had either slipped or tried to open that skylight window . |
| 8 | Those sectors of production which can not easily move ( by virtue of the fixed capital they employ or other spatial constraints ) will tend to support an alliance and be tempted or forced to buy local labour peace and skills through compromises over wages and work conditions . |
| 9 | In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements . |
| 10 | Erm , but , having been supported by each chief officer and general manager , you will see in paragraph eleven of the report , the various actions that have been taken over the last twelve months or so , and I would like to pick out particular the fact , that chief officers are now , operating or required to have effective arrangements for achieving equal opportunity in employment in their department or unit . |
| 11 | ‘ He began rejecting his friends and stopped doing any exercise . |
| 12 | He was then sedated and ventilated to facilitate further examination and investigation . |
| 13 | The past century has seen the standard form of family trust change from the old strict settlement based on successive limited interests and designed to keep specific land in the family , to the discretionary trust of personalty designed to give no interest to anybody for inheritance tax purposes . |
| 14 | Formerly , the process was supposed to focus upon national accumulation , capital held in local hands , production focused upon the domestic market and designed to displace all imports . |
| 15 | The grant is now needs based and designed to compensate local authorities for differences in the cost of providing a standard level of service in each area . |
| 16 | Its equipment , though somewhat antiquated , was strong and designed to withstand heavy use under harsh working conditions with minimum maintenance . |
| 17 | No doubt people must study management or business ; but until they cross the boundaries of the social or economic sciences — until the knowledge becomes such as is sought for its own sake and organised to illuminate human life and history — management and business studies are not education ; and then they are management and business studies no longer . |
| 18 | As Crick points out , however , the right idea can only fit in to a mind which is trained , and predisposed to accept that idea . |
| 19 | Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday , but had a precautionary brain scan and reported fit this morning . |
| 20 | Thus in both menstruation and childbirth , a woman is associated with both life and death and deemed to have dangerous power over the fate of the foetus . |
| 21 | According to a spokesman , " the orders regarding the opening of fire were clarified and broadened to enable Israeli soldiers to properly react in cases of danger to life " . |
| 22 | ‘ It would appear he was a regular customer and willing and prepared to take stolen items . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It would appear he was a regular customer and willing and prepared to take stolen items . ’ |
| 24 | One reckless fellow with an eye on the main chance ( for there is always one ) picked up a discarded camera and prepared to take another polaroid . |
| 25 | teachers are highly-trained , well motivated and prepared to work long hours ; |
| 26 | From there in Michaelmas 1317 the cardinals promulgated a two-year truce , but since they would not recognize Bruce 's claims to the Scottish crown he ignored their pronouncements and prepared to launch another attack on the north of England . |
| 27 | This was the tonic which the nuclear industry had been waiting for — a government which was both strongly sympathetic to its point of view , and prepared to make firm decisions . |
| 28 | The concept of ‘ manliness , of course was derived from public-school culture , which also inspired Smith to bind ‘ the boys together and create an esprit de corps that would make them proud of their company , jealous of its honour , ashamed to do anything to disgrace it , and prepared to make any sacrifice rather than be dismissed from it ’ . |
| 29 | Announcing the measures to parliament , Hawke stated that " the days of our being able to hitch a free ride in a world clamouring , and prepared to pay high prices , for our rural and mineral products are behind us " . |
| 30 | And for two years a de-icing service run jointly with the UK Department of Transport has advised local authorities on proper road maintenance in freezing weather and helped promote safer driving . |