Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and yesterday the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 2 | The process is painfully laborious , but with every announcement , IBM Corp is getting closer to acquiring the competitive edge that is the difference between survival and oblivion in the Unix business , and last week the company filled in a few gaps in its RS/6000 line , the most challenging development being a wind up of the clock on the single-chip Rios processor to create a 45MHz Model 230 , which starts at just $4,800 . |
| 3 | I mean I 've filled in a few forms for them but I mean probably you 're a passive owner like me in the sense that I do n't go and actively trade them , er I keep them in a long term investment , and that 's it . |
| 4 | The look in her eyes filled in the unspoken words in her sentence . |
| 5 | He and the motor trader filled in the usual forms . |
| 6 | This is because the genes controlling these particular colour-forms are both carried on the X chromosomes , the red gene on one and the non-red gene on the other . |
| 7 | Loose canvas seat covers were also carried on the upper decks . |
| 8 | These are replacements but are still carried on the original pendentives . |
| 9 | A variety of cargoes , as diverse as Britain 's industries , has been carried on the inland waterways . |
| 10 | He 's already picked up a thousand pounds tomorrow he 'll receive a copy of his short story — The Green Moustache , which er got him into the final along with the other eleven winning stories which are being published in an anthology , which is hot off the presses from the publishers Collins . |
| 11 | I think she 's picked up a few pointers , like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube . |
| 12 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 13 | I much regret that such a new Member of Parliament should have picked up the churlish habits of other Labour Members . |
| 14 | If the pension funds and insurance companies had waited they could have picked up the same properties at a far lower price . |
| 15 | Emil , who must have picked up the same signals , spoke with a true leader 's decisiveness . |
| 16 | The police had picked up the red sports car nine miles south of Ashford in Kent . |
| 17 | as if to prove it , our green-fingered experts have again picked up the top prizes in Aberdeen district council 's gardening competition . |
| 18 | A year or two ago I would have believed him , and maybe the truth would have come out a few months later . |
| 19 | And David Goldsmith has also sorted out the best buys in powder snow equipment , so you are prepared for the exhilaration . |
| 20 | We 've picked out a few packages from the Windows range , more or less at random , just to whet your appetite . |
| 21 | She picked up a hand mirror , but what she saw was not reassuring ; the harsh overhead light remorselessly picked out the tiny lines at the corners of her mouth , the discoloured skin around her eyes , the dry , wrinkled neck . |
| 22 | Soon the airway will stay open of its own accord , but until the tube can be removed mucus must be sucked out every few hours . |
| 23 | The immunisation was carried out every four weeks and 10 ml of blood was collected one week after each injection and analysed for reactivity against PT-gliadin by dot blotting . |
| 24 | Once any treatment has been completed , partial water changes should be carried out every three days on three consecutive occasions , before returning to fortnightly changes of about 20% , with water that must be as near as possible to that already in the aquarium , ( but hopefully that goes without saying these days ) . |
| 25 | Carried out every ten years since 1801 , with the exception of 1941 , it has most of the characteristics of the longitudinal survey except , of course , that it is a study of the whole population rather than a sample . |
| 26 | From age 65 they well be carried out every 6 months . |
| 27 | A comprehensive review of the problem of attempted suicide and its management was carried out a few years later by a committee chaired by Sir Denis Hill . |
| 28 | Spokesman Tony Ward said the BAF were ‘ sad for Jason Livingston , ’ but added : ‘ We have carried out the right procedures and we would fight any court case to the bitter end to defend our position . ’ |
| 29 | Until this study was carried out the individual elements of the FAOR methodology had been developed and tested in isolation , each being the responsibility of different organisations within the FAOR partnership . |
| 30 | While the public may be cynical about electoral promises , governments of whatever complexion customarily take pains to demonstrate that they have carried out the main proposals embodied in their manifesto , as well as other commitments or ‘ pledges ’ given at election time . |