Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lacquered fingerboard felt to me like those few maple-boarded Les Pauls that Gibson made during the late '70s/early '80s . |
| 2 | You got through the still ai n't you ? |
| 3 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 4 | The whole of USL was valued at $325m eighteen months ago when AT&T sold off the first 21.7% . |
| 5 | So a basic VHS machine will now cost around £450 or £500 — the price previously asked for the poor-selling V2000 machines from Philips and Grundig . |
| 6 | She cruised through the 1930s ' red brick semis and the 1950s ' concrete estates on the east of the town . |
| 7 | Envisaging a 4 per cent real growth in 1990 , it provided for a 10 per cent reduction in public expenditure , a wage increase for public employees , and the establishment of shops to sell basic items at low cost . |
| 8 | It provided for a 3.1 per cent increase in overall spending , to a total of F1,330,360 million , against a predicted inflation rate of 2.8 per cent ( US$1.00=F5.6999 as at Sept. 16 , 1991 ) . |
| 9 | The government on Sept. 29 approved an amended budget for 1993 which provided for a further BF21,800 million to cover the budgetary shortfall , including BF5,200 million in social security cuts . |
| 10 | This structure differs from that found for the related H5 histone genes , where less than 150 bp of the proximal promoter region seems to be sufficient to ensure basal level transcription ( 19 ) . |
| 11 | In the late 1989 and 1990 West German elections for the state legislatures , the Republicans ' support sank below the 5 per cent hurdle necessary for parliamentary representation . |
| 12 | This tragedy occurred in the last Grand Prix race on the old circuit and was won by James Hunt in a McLaren . |
| 13 | Bids for an oak standing court cabinet made in Flanders around 1520 rose to a startling FFr2.5 million ( £259,800 ; $425,000 ) , ten times its low estimate and another world record , while a more richly decorated and rich hued world cupboard with grotesque masks , Anjou work around 1600 , went for a modest FFr400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) ( estimate FFr200–250,000 ) . |
| 14 | Temperatures in the upper Tay valleys rose to an unseasonal 12C and in the high glens , millions of tonnes of fresh snow began to melt . |
| 15 | As far as er the honourable gentleman for Edinburgh Central is concerned , he said there was a case for a wider inquiry into the auditing o of companies , well that is not something specifically called for er by Bingham although I acknowledge that a case can be made for that but I think we want to be extremely careful before extending that in the way that he and the honourable member for Great Grimsby proposed beyond the direct er responsibility to the members or the owners of the company . |
| 16 | Tim Baker , marketing director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra , said he appreciated the confidence in the SCO demonstrated by the 10 per cent boost in the main grant . |
| 17 | Consumer prices in February rose by a larger-than-expected 0.5% , or an annualised rate of 5.8% . |
| 18 | Despite the recession and the slump in consumer spending , UK publishers ' output rose by a startling 16.44% in 1992 . |
| 19 | Instead , it rose by a further 6,6% . |
| 20 | In the past two quarters manufacturing output per man-hour fell by an annual rate of 1.1% , roughly the same as in previous recessions , but non-manufacturing productivity — a good proxy for services — rose by an annualised 1.2% compared with a typical decline of 1.5% in past recessions . |
| 21 | Police cordoned off the main A556 Manchester Road and diverted commuter traffic while Operation Cloudburst was underway . |
| 22 | To me , he seemed like an average folk/pop singer/ song writer . |
| 23 | Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point . |
| 24 | " The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War must be understood in the context of traditional society and the economic stresses it suffered in the 1920 's and 1930's . |
| 25 | As Matthew Saunders noted in the 1983 SAVE/CAMRA Report : |
| 26 | It came in a small erm small envelope . |
| 27 | And the only bit of damp I 've got is in one corner of the house but it came from a blocked erm pipe . |
| 28 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 29 | The key contributor to life profits came from the 70 per cent rise in single-premium pension transfers to £73.3 million , mainly recession-related transfers from occupational schemes . |
| 30 | There 's many factors , many factors , and I 'd like to pay congratulations to Councillor I think it was , or the member certainly that came to the Economic er Sub-committee that discussed the European report back because there we did have a proper discussion about the value of those trips . |