Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latterly his painting has shown a new freedom of expression , developed through a complex series of preliminary works to final canvas . |
| 2 | Therefore , consent can not be justified as a necessary means to establish a just government . |
| 3 | A variety of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin , Sousa chinensis , is being threatened with extinction by the construction of Hong Kong 's new airport , just as it is being recognized as a distinct species . |
| 4 | Devonport 's plan is to use land Rosyth had intended for a new £267 million Trident refitting facility for the oil tanker work . |
| 5 | The female P. pulcherimus is often regarded as a separate species to the male , being quite different in markings . |
| 6 | This means that , despite the constraints , CD-ROM is increasingly regarded as a viable multimedia platform , particularly attractive because it is going to fast become a standard , built-in feature of mass market microcomputers . |
| 7 | We are regarded as a cowardly people . |
| 8 | The problem of the damage that may result from litigation is undoubtedly a real one , and argues against giving shareholders unrestricted standing to sue , which might otherwise be regarded as a plausible means of increasing the chances of enforcement . |
| 9 | All permanent staff on Community Charge work , irrespective of department , will be regarded as a single staff group . |
| 10 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , then , had its origins in the law of private nuisance and has often been treated as a particular species of nuisance . |
| 11 | A jury found that Mr McCaffrey had forced open the doors of the lift and squeezed through a narrow 11in gap in a bid to jump down to the third floor landing . |
| 12 | The second front on which this issue was developed was part of a debate between philosophers , who were concerned with the moral nature of man at an abstract , idealist , level and the biologist-naturalists , who were concerned with the delimitation of man considered as a zoological species . |
| 13 | Remarkably , they turn what had looked like a dead duck of an evening — a half-full club of uninterested Finns busy soaking up the DJ 's Toto records — into an event . |
| 14 | Best bought in by the load , it becomes expensive when stacked , composted , mixed with a little poultry , bagged up and given a fancy proprietary name . |
| 15 | Britain 's last major colony has toiled under a lame duck administration since Lord Wilson 's impending removal was announced at New Year . |
| 16 | Mens t-shirt in white cotton jersey , generously cut and decorated with a primitive fish motif . |
| 17 | a Television Studio & a Sound Studio located in a new media suite ; |
| 18 | After vigorous beating for 5 minutes in a minibead beater ( Stratech Scientific , Luton ) the tubes were pierced at the bottom with a 16 gauge sterile needle and nested in a 1 ml microfuge tube . |
| 19 | It is impossible to gauge whether Zealot activity originated from a single headquarters , or whether it consisted of a multitude of groups operating independently . |
| 20 | Then , the solution was added to a 100 mm Petri dish containing 5×10 5 NIH3T3 cells in 10 ml DMEM and 10% calf serum . |
| 21 | The suggestion that the opposition to the scheme is confined to a few people is rather misleading , as packed village meetings in Stanningfield and Lavenham , which voted to oppose the application , bear witness . |
| 22 | The region in deoP2 protected by CytR in DNase I footprinting experiments is contained on a 47 bp Mam I- Sfa NI fragment extending from position -41 to position -87 and on a 52 bp Mam I- Sau 3A fragment extending from -41 to -92 . |
| 23 | Thomas Huxley , the great biologist , whose household was dominated by a long series of cats over a period of forty years , described how one of them , a young tabby tom-cat , developed the alarming game of jumping on the shoulders of his dinner-guests and refusing to dismount until they fed him some titbit . |
| 24 | Its façade was dominated by a 65 ft. concrete arch , with a vast concourse beyond flanked by offices and retiring rooms . |
| 25 | But anglers in the Peter Walker Open could n't persuade the fish to eat and the match was won by a mere 4lb 14oz . |
| 26 | Apparently a Bull terrier needed six stitches after being attacked by a large pike as it chased a stick . |
| 27 | He needs to work furiously to rebuild his reputation and authority , shattered by a humiliating series of U-turns and political defeats which have all but torn asunder his party and even his Cabinet . |
| 28 | When approached by a predatory fish , these little creatures contract their bodies and expand their papillae which they then wave about in the water . |
| 29 | The £1033 he received in sponsorship for the jump was supplemented by a further £1000 from the Forties field charity committee . |
| 30 | Pope was given a leaving present of £25 , soon supplemented by a further £25 to his widow . |