Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data were downloaded on to magnetic tape for long term storage . |
| 2 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 3 | It was discreetly positioned and bore the letters ‘ NR ’ painted on with white paint : NR for ‘ Nature Reserve ’ . |
| 4 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 5 | Pickers were diverted on to another plot after the theft was discovered . |
| 6 | The highlight of the Festival for us was really the International Violin Competition , which went on all day for 4 days ; 28 competitors played three different programmes , the ‘ survivors ’ being whittled down at each stage . |
| 7 | This has gradually been whittled down to nine attainment targets per child , to take 12 to 15 hours , and the tests are to be paper and pencil only . |
| 8 | Prime Minister Petre Roman insisted on April 13 during an official visit to France that the King 's intention to attend a demonstration in the Transylvanian city of Timisoara , which he claimed " would have been covered by about 80 journalists flown in by chartered plane " , invalidated the claim that his visit would have been only a " private " one . |
| 9 | Dating of the volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands has shown that each of the main islands was formed in about 1 Ma . |
| 10 | Dustin , with darkened eyebrows , oily black hair smoothed down on either side of a central parting , dark sunglasses and Italian gestures , wastes much of his talent in this frenzied , intermittently funny satire on Italian customs . |
| 11 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 12 | He has one hand over Andy 's face , clamped tight ; his head is turned away from me , red hair fallen down over one ear . |
| 13 | Sometimes the Pemberton Musks are listed separately , sometimes they may be listed in with Modern Shrub Roses as well as Hybrid Musks , or they may be listed in with it , which is all very confusing . |
| 14 | Ford plans for the system to operate across Europe , but before this can happen complete digital mapping of all the countries concerned needs to be completed along with guaranteed transmission success from cars . |
| 15 | The committee will be broken down into four district working groups covering Hartlepool , North Tees , Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh , as well as task groups to carry out specific functions . |
| 16 | The six themes are at unequal stages of development in that some have already been broken down into specific research projects whereas others are at a more exploratory stage . |
| 17 | Fifty-four indicators are tabulated for 53 universities , broken down into 37 cost centres . |
| 18 | It is likely too that non-manufacturing activities need to be broken down into major cost-driver categories . |
| 19 | For internal management control purposes a annual budget will normally be broken down into discrete quarterly , monthly or even shorter periods . |
| 20 | Although most departments have drawn up plans , many areas of departmental work can not easily be broken down into discrete cost centres . |
| 21 | In order to cover this range of variation , the figures in table 3.13 are broken down into mandibular incisor digestion ( columns 13 ) , maxillary incisor digestion ( columns 4–6 ) , isolated incisor digestion ( columns 7–10 ) , and all these combined in columns 11 to 13 . |
| 22 | The substrate ( carbohydrate , fat , protein ) is broken down into pyruvic acid ( 3C ) . |
| 23 | If we consider the boxplots of GNP per capita for all the countries in the world , broken down into different country groups ( figure 11.3 ) , they also straggle upwards , in data batches at different levels , with different midspreads and shapes . |
| 24 | This month , I 'll leave you with a super-hairy Steve Vai guitar lick , broken down into rhythmic notation : ie. no notes . |
| 25 | This breadth of preparing for and following up a development plan should then , suggests the Project Team , be broken down into detailed action plans with specific targets for the following year . |
| 26 | The projected future population growth rate for Wales is then broken down for each county . |
| 27 | Instead , the animal may use up much of the ‘ reserve ’ oxygen ( held principally in the muscles , bound to the pigment myoglobin ) ; and , more significantly , it will derive much of the energy it needs by anaerobic respiration , in which sugar is broken down to lactic acid , without the use of oxygen . |
| 28 | The structure may be subsequently broken down by microbial activity and the complexed cation precipitated . |
| 29 | Protein skimmers are a must for any butterfly or angelfish tank , as these species are sensitive to any organics left in the water that can not be filtered out or broken down by bacterial activity . |
| 30 | Big organic molecules , and especially the nucleic acids of which genes are made ( see p 5 ) , are liable to be broken down by high-energy radiation , and in particular by the ultraviolet ( W ) light that is a component of sunlight . |