Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the meantime , let recycled papers be conserved for the many purposes they are more fit for . |
2 | The courts can order presses to be stopped for the same reasons as they can order assets to be frozen or property to be returned . |
3 | It would have been easy to track down , as a somewhat acidulous correspondent explained during a few remarks on the shortcomings of journalists . |
4 | ‘ Cricket must now be the only sport in which you can be punished for the same offence twice and , who knows , maybe three times if he appeals ! |
5 | He had travelled aboard the same flight from Helsinki but in Economy Class , not an experience the Vice President of Information and Planning had enjoyed . |
6 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
7 | Patients who presented as emergencies were excluded , as were patients treated during the same period of time with cancers arising in a background of familial Polyposis coli or long standing ulcerative colitis . |
8 | Unfortunately , very little is known about Brough , Dorn , Willoughby and Bourton , and defences have yet to be proven for the latter pair . |
9 | Expressions such as " to insure adequately " and " to insure to the full value of the property " should be amended as the former covenant could be complied with if the cover equates to that recommended by the insurance company , and the latter could be interpreted as meaning the full market value of the property and , as such , could be less than the cost of reinstatement . |
10 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
11 | TWO blonde beauties in Prince Charles 's life have fallen for the same attraction . |
12 | Suddenly he is more relaxed and confident and those horrible little worms of self-doubt which are perpetually burrowing away in a golfer 's head are banished for a few holes , anyway . |
13 | Normally six cases will be listed for a half day , which would allow about 30 minutes per case if all the claimants attended , but a significant number do not . |
14 | It appears to reflect a course of practice , developed during the latter part of the 19th century , to abstain from questioning , not after charge , but after the suspect had been taken into custody ; and it appears that in general any evidence obtained from such questioning was regarded as inadmissible : see Archbold 's Criminal Pleading Evidence & Practice , 28th ed. ( 1931 ) , p. 407 . |
15 | In syllable timing each syllable is given about the same amount of time and therefore seems to be more distinctly pronounced than in a stress timed language . |
16 | This increase in greenhouse gases is expected to eventually force global temperatures to rise by 2 to 5 °C , although the full amount of warming will be delayed for a few decades because of oceanic thermal inertia . |
17 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
18 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
19 | On this analysis , the 1950s-60s fertility boom can be regarded as a once-for-all anachronism . |
20 | T.annectens is generally regarded as the same species , although separation has been suggested . |
21 | The weather had changed ; summer in its glorious profusion of colours had transformed the land that Corbett had travelled through a few weeks before . |
22 | Any nominated initials/sex identity codes which occurred more than once were treated as the same person . |
23 | Sarah told her that John had secured a job in an hotel but had been sacked after a few days . |
24 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
25 | The flow of oil was for the most part halted after a few days when US aircraft bombed the pumping manifold stations . |
26 | This is not an area where policies and procedures can be formulated after a few incidents have been experienced . |
27 | In addition , while many , if not all , children are likely to take GCSE examinations in the most popular subjects of Maths and English , the examination is primarily designed for the same population as covered by O-level and CSE , namely the top 60 per cent or so . |
28 | The wireless crackled for a few moments until , after much jiggling with the knobs , the voice of Mr Chamberlain became clear . |
29 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
30 | It was unlikely that murder had been committed for a few pounds , but one could never be sure . |