Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we have given rather a gloomy vision of what being a parent is |
| 2 | Yet mercenaries seem still to have formed only a small part of the German army ; the fief-rente was almost exclusively used to supply garrisons for castles and fortified towns ; and as the Church and its ministeriales became a less reliable source of troops , the twelfth-century emperors resorted to the practice of strengthening feudal bonds and building up the resources of their own domains . |
| 3 | ‘ Then , Benedict , you have heard only the scandalous tale . |
| 4 | Associated American Artists has gathered together a representative group of this work in a show called ‘ Rufino Tamayo — seventeen years at the Mixografia workshop ’ . |
| 5 | They have therefore gathered together an impressive group of sixteen experts and devised cast-iron vetting rules . |
| 6 | If the ferret has fallen down a vertical hole within the burrow the line ferret , on approaching , may not necessarily do the same thing . |
| 7 | The youngster had fallen down the steep embankment on the Colchester side of the station , injuring her back and legs , and was unable to move . |
| 8 | His measures had welded together an invincible voter coalition . |
| 9 | For a time it was popular to suggest that reversals in the earth 's magnetic field , which we know to have been sudden , may have temporarily broken down the protective shield provided by the van Allen Belt against cosmic rays and so stimulated evolution by way of genetic mutation . |
| 10 | The defendant can already count himself lucky to have received only a two-year sentence , having regard to the amount involved and to the position of trust which he held . |
| 11 | Thus far , Kirov had received only a vague brief about his current project . |
| 12 | J. Sainsbury , Britain 's biggest food retailer argues that discount shops have received only a temporary boost from the recession . |
| 13 | The Committee on Safety of Medicines ( personal communication ) has received only a single report of visual disorder associated with chlorambucil — namely , corneal opacity — and the manufacturers ( Wellcome ) have only a single report of optic neuritis , occurring on day 1 of chlorambucil treatment and not resolving on withdrawal . |
| 14 | Rico Gopul , a staff nurse in the villa at the time of the alleged incidents , told the tribunal he had been accused of the same offences as Mr Reid but had received only a written warning . |
| 15 | PGSS and Makaton have received perhaps the least evaluation . |
| 16 | Members in AIB Bank , in Britain , have received perhaps the greatest blow yet delivered to them , when the Mediator dealing with their outstanding salary claim came forward with his Recommendation . |
| 17 | And Joanna had sped down the outer stairway , crying and joyous at once . |
| 18 | Ian MacDonald and he had stripped down the old wreck and searched junk yards for spare parts . |
| 19 | Local inhabitants recall that thistles used to be placed down the outside school toilets before the unsuspecting used them ! |
| 20 | The first being that he had driven such motor cars before , and the second that he had consumed only the barest minimum of champagne . |
| 21 | The listener was given only a limited picture of life outside the capital and one which was seen through urban eyes . |
| 22 | ‘ It is difficult for me to find the limits of the car yet because I am given only a limited number of laps and I do n't know the circuit . ’ |
| 23 | Dadda he had told , though even to him he had given only a vague location , but he had n't said a word to his grandmother and he was sure Peter would n't have told Uncle Leonard and Auntie Midge . |
| 24 | Government proposals to solve the unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax problem suffered by companies with overseas operations were given only a guarded welcome . |
| 25 | ‘ But we are lucky to have her — she was given only a 50:50 chance of survival when she was born . ’ |
| 26 | He was given only a 50–50 chance of surviving . |
| 27 | He was given only a 50–50 chance of surviving . |
| 28 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 29 | If the presidency was given only a nominal role , for example , the Maronites would still hold the most honoured post in the country while more executive power could be given to the Sunni Muslim premier . |
| 30 | Each month lots were drawn for the names of the next families to leave , and the fortunate ones were given only a short time to make their final preparations . |