Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 2 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 3 | Since the advent of phylloxera , when it became necessary to graft all European vines on to American rootstock , literally hundreds of rootstock varieties have been developed for virtually every permutation of vinestock and growing conditions . |
| 4 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 5 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 6 | Cheshire is actually sold when it is one to two months old , but it can be matured for over a year . |
| 7 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 8 | As Ascension Day is always on a weekday , the passers-by on their way to work are able to enjoy the singing which , as the church itself is on very high ground , can be heard for quite a distance . |
| 9 | The effect that evening was that it hurt , especially as my supper was delayed for over an hour by blocked jets . |
| 10 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 11 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |
| 12 | You could then include a breeding pond ( occupied for only a fortnight or so each year ) . |
| 13 | Both women died instantly but Mark , who was trapped for almost an hour in the wreckage , was taken to Wexham Park Hospital , Slough , Berks , with severe chest and leg injuries . |
| 14 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 15 | She had sat for maybe an hour , in an almost trancelike state , then she heard a rustling and approaching footsteps . |
| 16 | So far 1991 looks to be as busy as last year with two or three performances booked for almost every weekend . |
| 17 | Bramble was forty-five and had not been thus addressed for almost a quarter of a century . |
| 18 | While the latter seems the most likely cause in many blends where specific interactions have been identified , miscible blends can also be obtained when certain statistical copolymers are mixed with either a homopolymer , or another copolymer , in which no such interactions have been located . |
| 19 | A complete feeling of misery swept over Robyn , mixed with just a hint of panic , as she really began to despair that she had read her own instructions correctly and would never reach the barn or even civilisation again . |
| 20 | Essentially the amplifier is a boosted op.amp designed with both the op.amp and output stage biased into class-A . |
| 21 | Thus the GSM pre-filter which it is claimed with just a litre of Siporax will not just filter , but perform complete filtration for 20 fish 12″ long , and with room for three litres will filter to 70 fish 12″ long . |
| 22 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 23 | Caught with neither a foundation , nor a thought-through framework for their faith , they find university-level questions puncturing their Sunday-school-level faith . |
| 24 | The vast majority of basic trainers are , or were , manufactured in the USA , and most of the remainder come from outside the UK . |
| 25 | Many times an idea will be rejected simply because it has come from outside the department . |
| 26 | ‘ Of his 16 goals this season , 11 have come from outside the box and that tells you the quality of the man . |
| 27 | Of the 35 goals England have scored in the 26 matches Taylor has been in charge , just three have come from outside the penalty area . |
| 28 | The man 's brown tricorne hat had come from neither the French nor the British army , but had been bought at the market in the Norman town of Caen . |
| 29 | Latterly he became prominent in Positivist circles and occupied until recently the pulpit at the little-known Church of Humanity in Holborn . |
| 30 | Those who are nominated from outside the government service are a predictable mixture of retired headmistresses , regional general managers and council clerks . |