Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun claims to have developed 80% of Unix System Labs Inc 's Unix SVR4 operating system , and SunSoft is disappointed that its former technology partner had chosen to go into competition against Solaris . |
| 2 | Someone in the occupational health department or specific tutors should be given responsibility for student welfare and be trained as counsellors . |
| 3 | After the Tay floods , calls were made for SEPA to be given responsibility for flood prevention schemes — at present a discretionary duty of regional councils . |
| 4 | But , as Heseltine 's private secretary , the highly regarded Ministry of Defence official Richard Mottram , put it during the trial of Clive Ponting , ‘ In highly-charged political matters , one person 's ambiguity may be another person 's truth . ’ |
| 5 | The Defence Secretary , Malcolm Rifkind , has revised plans for defence cuts , two regiments which were to be merged will be saved , but there will be no u-turn on the merger of Gloucester Regiment . |
| 6 | Continuing the example of norms of dress , an embarrassed silence , a hoot of derision or a contemptuous stare will make most members of society who have broken norms of dress change into more conventional attire . |
| 7 | Give weak nails a boost with a specially formulated strengthener like Nail Magic . |
| 8 | A Careers Officer would have developed skills in counselling pupils and have a broad knowledge of local industry . |
| 9 | Another effect of finite is to raise the degeneracy by which all symmetrically placed pairs of sideband modes reach threshold simultaneously . |
| 10 | Its contents are classified into chapters on spelling and pronunciation , locative names ( from English , French and other continental languages ) , surnames of relationship , those from native and other personal names , from offices held or occupations followed , compound names and nicknames of all kinds , oaths , colloquial expressions and phrases which have given rise to family names . |
| 11 | Rumour and the recent closure of a similar sanctuary in Hereford a week ago has given rise to closure fears . |
| 12 | Enrolled training would be phased out as fast as possible , with existing enrolled nurses given opportunities for conversion courses . |
| 13 | That choirs and music groups be given opportunities in church services to sing and play on their own ( 603–604 ) . |
| 14 | provided the pupil is mainly taught programme of study material within the range of levels appropriate to his or her key stage , schools may teach the pupil for part of the time at a level falling outside the key stage … |
| 15 | prior to ratification there would always be enabling legislation , incorporating by statute those prospective treaty obligations which could not be given effect under prerogative powers , and required changes to domestic common law or statute . |
| 16 | The use of remotely sensed data for landscape classification in Wales |
| 17 | I was being given lists of telephone numbers , people were coming up to me in the Comedy Store and saying , ‘ Eh , are you the bloke who 's doing these odd photos . |
| 18 | The second placed designs by Atlas Architects of Amsterdam consisted of a simple sandstone needle designed deliberately to contrast with the glass bulk of the St Enoch Centre . |
| 19 | I do n't want to depress anyone , but might these latest ‘ green shoots ’ in the economy be nothing more than the bedecked branches of Christmas trees ? |
| 20 | Now Sedgefield MP Tony Blair has joined the campaign and the Kilbourns have won support from county councillor Charles Magee who is raising the matter with council highways officers . |
| 21 | SUPEREAL : ‘ Elixir ’ occasional Meat Beat Manifesto members issue their eagerly awaited debut of trancey house rhythms , co-produced by former ABC and Unique 3 collaborator John Crosley |
| 22 | State pensions are considered as earned income for tax purposes ; but there is a special age allowance when one member of a couple is over 65 , ( higher if you are over 80 ) so you wo n't be taxed if the state pension is your only income . |
| 23 | Emotions were n't considered part of school life . |
| 24 | Once they 've got their hooks into you , they will never let go — and the Office of Fair Trading has reported cases of interest charges topping one million per cent . |
| 25 | STRATHCLYDE is claiming that thousands of jobs in construction and other industries will soon be lost because the Government has slashed funding for road projects . |
| 26 | Dev Sol also claimed responsibility for bomb explosions in the grounds of the French consulate in Istanbul on Feb. 9 . |
| 27 | The leftist November 17 group was reported to have claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in Athens on March 12 . |
| 28 | It is concluded that previously reported values for trace metals in gastric juice have been incorrect and that the very low amounts secreted in the gastric juice will not interfere with the absorption of trace metals from the diet . |
| 29 | The cuts in base rates have slashed returns to rock bottom levels of around 5% and investors have decided that shares could present a healthier alternative . |
| 30 | It had that mixed smell of face powder , lipstick and everything else that goes into a woman 's purse . |