Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun pl] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solicitors are allowed to form service companies , subject to the following conditions : ( 1 ) membership of the company must be limited to members or partners of the firm , admitted solicitors holding practising certificates , retired partners of the firm and dependants of retired or deceased partners ; ( 2 ) the books of the company must be made available where the Council of the Law Society require an inspection of the accounts under the Solicitors ' Accounts Rules 1991 . |
| 2 | EX-POSTMAN John Williams , Coventry 's £250,000 bargain buy from Swansea , made Spurs look second class last night . |
| 3 | Worried about renewed unrest , the government diluted plans to remove all subsidies in the second stage by setting an average maximum limit of 125 per cent for price increases on a basket of 11 essential foodstuffs including bread , sugar and cooking oil . |
| 4 | White liberals have recognised the problem and made attempts to recruit black parents in the 1970s ( ABAFA , 1976 ) . |
| 5 | A BUILDING society yesterday revealed plans to quiz would-be homebuyers on their private lives to assess what mortgage rate to charge . |
| 6 | As a response to popular demands for greater democracy , Habyarimana in November announced plans to abandon one-party rule and set up a review commission , whose brief was to make recommendations on the country 's future political system . |
| 7 | The actor rode into historic Deadwood , South Dakota , with a 60-strong gang of architects and announced plans to turn 85 acres into a hotel and gaming city . |
| 8 | Prominent individuals , including Gen. ( retd ) Olusegun Obasanjo and Chief Anthony Enahoro , announced plans to promote new moves towards full multiparty democracy . |
| 9 | Shortly after Haq 's resignation the government announced plans to curb public expenditure by holding it during the current financial year ( ending in June 1990 ) at the 1988-89 level . |
| 10 | Following a large budget deficit in 1990 the Minister of Finance and Commerce announced plans to reduce public spending . |
| 11 | The vote was taken after Stena Sealink Line announced plans to axe 60 jobs , including 19 at Harwich , and impose pay cuts . |
| 12 | However , in September 1988 , the Secretary of State for Education announced proposals to allow certain people with no teaching training to become ‘ licensed teachers ’ at the discretion of local employers . |
| 13 | This reaction produced attempts to apply scientific principles and procedures to the study of human functioning . |
| 14 | It recommended steps to prevent further growth there and to encourage dispersal of both people and jobs to other parts of the Kingdom . |
| 15 | We asked headteachers to consider those pupils in their school who fell into the category of unauthorised absentees , and with the help of guidance staff allot these pupils into descriptive groupings . |
| 16 | The plan involved proposals to reduce excess capacity and to transform Rover from being a volume car producer to a specialist producer in an ‘ up-market move ’ with the aim of increasing profit per car sold ( see Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 17 | An in-depth study of parental opinions about values in schooling found parents have strong opinions , but what was striking was the lack of willingness to become more involved in how the school goes about dealing with the issue . |
| 18 | The finding that area and depth of haemorrhagical erosions was enhanced in capsaicin pretreated rats confirms previous findings at the macroscopic and histological level . |
| 19 | Seen end on , their sharp , rocky summits point like arrows to the sky , while from the side they become narrow , crenellated ridges offering pleasant ways up to the tops , especially in winter . |
| 20 | The journey to Stowmarket was doubled in time , as we changed routes to avoid fallen trees . |
| 21 | ‘ Aah 'd give mi life ti save my brother , ’ he continued , ‘ yet you objected ti getting wet ti save yours . ’ |
| 22 | He had successfully used commercial worksheets which helped pupils to develop specific library skills in years 1 and 2 . |
| 23 | He also promised measures to overcome two obstacles which prevented farmers from earning increased income from their improved production : lack of crop finance , and unrepaired feeder roads blocking access to some production areas . |
| 24 | Another factor that helped societies to offer competitive interest rates was the relative simplicity of their operations , and consequently low administrative costs . |
| 25 | A Dublin drinker As two Gulf newspapers were banned for 24 hours for advertising a Beaujolais wine festival , the United Arab Emirates used bulldozers to crush 9,000 bottles of confiscated whisky and 1,500 cans of beer into the desert sands . |
| 26 | Although Tchaikovsky used leitmotifs to weave magic threads through his ballets , his have a slightly different purpose . |
| 27 | For the workers they provided clauses establishing minimum wages , maximum hours and better working conditions ; and Section 7a of the act gave workers the right to organize and to bargain through representatives of their own choice . |
| 28 | There is a very clear , clean cut approach to the whole collection with the accent on strong graphics and sports oriented motifs to create renewed interest in the ‘ contemporary classic ’ shapes of the shirts , shorts , tops , sweaters , track suits , joggers and shell suits which make up the whole range . |
| 29 | On the glistening horizon two black dots appeared , separated , and became helicopters roaring low overhead and scattering the distracted fowl . |
| 30 | He rejected attempts to justify these actions ‘ with talk about the ‘ Soviet threat ’ to that region 's oil wealth' and underlined that ‘ we are not indifferent to what takes place in this region , which is so close to our borders ’ . |