Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And indeed , Tarpy and McIntosh ( 1977 ) , using a procedure likely to be more sensitive ( involving , among other things , a weaker US and prolonged testing ) , were able to demonstrate substantial latent inhibition in rats given exposure to a variety of flavours before conditioning .
2 Now only the heavily contaminated heart of the machine remains
3 But my bit had yet to come ; I had no idea if we had sustained damage to the undercarriage , although we had three greens burning bright , I motored in as if to land on new-laid eggs ; all the crew , including Jock the engineer , were at crash stations and we landed " soft as a mouse 's instep " , as Spike used to say .
4 It was to have formed part of a site with Yorkshire-based Morrisons supermarket storage centre and general industrial area .
5 A decision to let ICI 's bioscience businesses demerge would mark a sharp break with a tradition that has formed part of the company 's culture since it started : the tradition of the cartel .
6 While this may have formed part of the rationale for the application of natural justice , the major reason for the development of the doctrine was the protection of property rights and interests akin thereto .
7 She 's right , I realize — the word ‘ defence ’ may not have formed part of the unit 's name .
8 Two Iraqis , aged 29 and 49 , were sentenced to death on May 5 for informing on and torturing Kuwaitis who had formed part of the resistance to the Iraqi occupation of 1990-91 .
9 Wild animals have always formed part of the diet , depending on the existence of any natural habitat in the locality of the settlement .
10 Rayner , a Marks and Spencer executive , had the support of five or six full-time civil servants — the Efficiency Unit — which since July 1983 has formed part of the Cabinet Office .
11 It was , he claimed , a piece of bitumen which assuredly had once formed part of the hull of Noah 's Ark , and had great value in the averting of mischief .
12 For many years they had formed part of The Market Place surface .
13 The brick built and slated roof mill was built around 1840–41 , in what must have formed part of the garden , and was obviously steam-powered from that date .
14 The study of bureaucracy has formed part of the analysis by economists of public choice in the non-market sector .
15 Marlon Brando had a small but perfectly formed part as the detective who leaves town after being beaten up by three upstanding racist citizens .
16 A new Ministry of Commerce , Industry and Co-operatives led by Richard Kaijuka ( hitherto Minister of Energy ) was given responsibility for the development of import substitution and the promotion of exports .
17 We need a conception of ourselves in the universe not as the master species but as the servant species : as the one being given responsibility for the whole and for the good of the whole .
18 Mr Lucas said Michael worked for Bond Corporation for around five years and was trusted so greatly he was given responsibility for the security of international VIPs who visited Western Australia during Bond 's America 's Cup defence three years ago .
19 In 1902 the county councils were given responsibility for the planning and provision of secondary education .
20 Some functional departmentation remains ( eg manufacturing , distribution , marketing and sales ) but a divisional manager is given responsibility for the product , product line or brand , with authority over the personnel of different functions involved in its production marketing etc .
21 To ensure that hospital consultants — whose decisions effectively commit sums of money — are involved in the management of hospitals ; are given responsibility for the use of resources ; and are encouraged to use those resources more effectively .
22 AFTER a week mulling over Budget proposals for offshore tax reform , British Petroleum has given support to the Chancellor 's moves to encourage more efficient oil and gas production .
23 Similarly , the prevention of further episodes of self-poisoning or self-injury continues to be a problem , and while retrospective investigations have given support to the policy of psychiatric intervention , prospective studies have failed to demonstrate any effect on repetition rates .
24 With several modifications , such varied anthropologists as D. Forde [ 1948 ] , M. Fortes ] 1953 ] , and M. Sahlins [ 1961 ] have given support to the view that segmentary systems , the modern anthropological equivalent of Morgan 's ‘ gentile systems ’ , seem to occur in societies with similar technologies and they are by and large of the type postulated in The Origin .
25 Hospice administrator Deidre Shaw said : ‘ Our shop is a most essential source of income and can only operate well if it is given support by the public .
26 SINEAD O'CONNOR has received support from a group which tore up photos of the Pope outside New York 's St Patrick 's Cathedral .
27 In addition to national research council funding for individual country participation , the EUROCOMP comparative project has received support from the Council of Europe , the European Science Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation .
28 When he had left the University of California , Santa Barbara , he had taught literature at a school in Battle Creek , Michigan .
29 Some work had been done there by 1372 , but in 1375 inquiry was made into allegations that Lewyn had received money for the work but had failed to carry out the repairs .
30 Have you ever received money from a drug company ?
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