Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 2 | They convened that day , but failed to issue any resolution until late on Aug. 3 . |
| 3 | Appearing with her before Wirral magistrates was Craig Blackwell , 23 , of the same address , who admitted allowing fraudulent use of the licence . |
| 4 | In Northamptonshire , the NCC is opposing Kettering District Council 's plans to build Cransley Lodge , a village planned to include 750 houses by 1997 . |
| 5 | We planned to include 10 plants from each collection in the bank , enough to offset the risk of trees dying through disease or neglect , while keeping the overall area within manageable limits . |
| 6 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 7 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 8 | Figure 4.3 ( opposite ) ( a ) Contour map produced using dot-graphics functions on a Mannesman-Tally MT86 dot-matrix printer . |
| 9 | In summer 1984 the Commission of the EC agreed to suspend legal proceedings against IBM in return for the following main concessions : |
| 10 | Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y . |
| 11 | At the 1921–2 Washington Conference Japan agreed to restore Chinese sovereignty in Shandong , but only in return for Chinese confirmation of Japan 's economic privileges there . |
| 12 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 13 | Indeed titles are everywhere in China today , with little trace of the fact that the Cultural Revolution sought to banish such indicators of rank and position . |
| 14 | In practice , the Bank of England ceased using special deposits after 1980 . |
| 15 | I expected to see all kind of things you know |
| 16 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 17 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 18 | Mikhail Gorbachev avoided touching sensitive nerves during his Berlin visit , though he , too , hinted at the need for change . |
| 19 | { ARI070A OPERATOR NOTIFIED TO MOUNT NEXT VOLUME ON TAPE UNIT 181 . } |
| 20 | } ARI070A OPERATOR NOTIFIED TO MOUNT NEXT VOLUME ON TAPE UNIT 181 . { |
| 21 | Mr. Collins sought to accommodate such cases by recognising them as an exception to his suggested rule . |
| 22 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 23 | On the border issue , both sides agreed to continue intensive discussions on the remaining disputed sectors . |
| 24 | With the help of his mother and sister , he agreed to continue this work at home which would be set by the school and assessment centre jointly . |
| 25 | AMERICAN investment attention yesterday turned to prospects for first quarter earnings figures after job figures failed to provide firmer indications about economic recovery . |
| 26 | In one case , the High Court turned down a complaint that an authority failed to provide unstressful transport for a child because regulations governing ‘ statementing ’ do not require an authority to specify that there should be non-stressful transport . |
| 27 | If the aeroplane broke up in the air or the engine fell apart then the designers could be at fault ; if navigation aids were not working properly a radio engineer could be responsible , or even the Director of Civil Aviation who failed to provide enough money for the maintenance of the aids . |
| 28 | ‘ The Government failed to provide adequate protection of pensions and it has a moral responsibility to help the Maxwell pensioners . ’ |
| 29 | Bickering began on the US side yesterday , with State Department officials angrily protesting to the White House that the Pentagon failed to provide any security for the US embassy in Panama . |
| 30 | In a state where autocracy sought to monopolise all forms of political life no political party could really exist . |