Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many before me , I thought , had been shot by arrows in ancient woodland and faced their mortality in places that had looked like this before man started killing man . |
| 2 | A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated . |
| 3 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
| 4 | There are several fascinating castles and abbeys in the vicinity including : Richmond Castle , 6 miles away , which was built in 107– as protection against the Saxons , and Bolton Castle , 12 miles away , where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned , and the ruins of the once magnificent Abbeys of Easby , Jervaulx and Coverham . |
| 5 | The bond 's conditions did not allow for this , so even if bought and transferred at less than par between individuals , they had to be redeemed by the Club in full . |
| 6 | Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service . |
| 7 | If the technology is used for more than word processing then lawyers will certainly need to be trained . |
| 8 | Auction houses have an obligation to the vendor and are unlikely to allow anything to be sold for less than cost . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm looking for someone , ’ he said , trusting her ; knowing that she had acted from more than self-interest . |
| 10 | Race goers are advised not to buy a ticket offered at less than face value , while anyone who 's concerned about a ticket they 've already bought should get in touch with the course . |
| 11 | ( b ) This value should be raised to 2000 if CDD/Plus is used . |
| 12 | Despite the high hopes of Penal Policy in a Changing Society , recognizable authority in the shape of detection , arrest and prosecution still counted for more than prevention . |
| 13 | Some manufacturers guarantee CDs for only 30 years but Mr Bert Gall , general manager of optical systems at Philips , said the life of the average disc should be more than 1,000 years , though it could be reduced to 50 if manufacturing was poor and the discs were mistreated . |
| 14 | The musico-dramatic form known at first as tragedia rappresentata in musica , favola recitata in musica , favola rappresentata in musica recitativa , and similar designations ( but not till around 1640 as opera scenica or opera musicale ) had quickly escaped from the antiquarian dilettanti . |
| 15 | Of France 's total agricultural land of around 35 million hectares ( excluding forested land ) , about 14 million hectares is under permanent grassland ( 40% ) and this proportion has remained about steady since World War II . |
| 16 | Opponents of the mining claim more cash could be generated from eco-tourism than titanium extraction . |
| 17 | Small stones bit into her palms and an involuntary cry escaped her lips , to be quickly followed by another when fitzAlan 's hand grasped her elbow . |
| 18 | The net effect leaves revenue forecasts unchanged for 1993 but sharply increased by 2003 as rail traffic rises on the completion of high speed links . |
| 19 | These objective conditions are interiorized through habitus as desire expressed in taste . |
| 20 | A former Justice Minister who had been elected Speaker only the previous January [ see p. 36943 ] , Ninn-Hansen had come under considerable criticism for a directive which he had issued in 1988 as Justice Minister to immigration authorities to give low priority to reuniting the families of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in Denmark . |
| 21 | They also have no qualms about cannibalism ; my first six specimens rapidly decreased to three before realisation dawned and they were separated . |
| 22 | They are far removed by more than distance from their roots in Ayrshire . |
| 23 | Such an argument I do not commend to anybody else , but man is guided by more than reason alone , and in this great conflict , I wanted to play a clear and definite part . |
| 24 | For example the combined current account surplus of the OPEC countries expanded from $8 billion in 1973 to $60 billion the next year before subsiding back to only $5 billion by 1978 , and in the aftermath of the second oil shock the surplus rose to $65 billion in 1979 , $ 110 billion in 1980 , but was then eliminated by 1983 as oil prices came under some downwards pressure . |
| 25 | You were warned about this when fundholding was first mooted , and again when your obsession with waiting lists surfaced , but no one seems to listen . |
| 26 | Despite the broad nature of the changes , however , the results were perceived by many as change for the sake of change , rather than as the result of the President having found a new formula to deal with the main problems of inflation , the breakdown in government services and the poor state of the economy . |
| 27 | Between the pathologists and police communication was intermittent , for they were parted by more than space . |
| 28 | For official statistics have become tainted by more than disagreement : the charges being levelled against the service amount to the politicisation of knowledge , a form of intellectual corruption and a scandalous abuse of power . |
| 29 | The second part of the catalogue broadens out to encompass Beardsley , Burne-Jones , Henry Moore and a Gainsborough , purchased in 1925 while Meder was keeper of the collection . |
| 30 | Platelet activating factor , first described in 1972 as platelet activating factor has been identified as 1–0-alyl-2–0-acetyl- sn -glycero-3-phosphocholine . |