Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mathematics can be explained through the written word ‘ We went to the main road at 10.00 am to begin our traffic count . |
| 2 | Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament . |
| 3 | The first area is the teaching of legal awareness in schools , now being undertaken through a collaborative project between the Law Society and the School Curriculum Development Committee on Law in Education . |
| 4 | And this costly project was being undertaken through a strong sense of duty to what he believed his father would have wished him to do . |
| 5 | We support and accept the good sense of increasing sentences for offences that are worse than taking and driving away and of extending the deterrent of disqualification where personal injury and damage occurs , but it is quite another thing for someone to be guilty of additional offences that he does not commit , to which he is not a party and which he might not have foreseen as the likely consequences of his taking and driving away . |
| 6 | Cole and Scribner point out that the specific skill developed for this purpose can be transferred to other tasks : they tested literates and illiterates in the Vai script for their ability to distinguish and reproduce units of meaning when heard as a continuous flow , and discovered that the literates were better at this task ( 1981 ) . |
| 7 | The case was heard as a minor offence before a low-level court , the tribunal correctionel in Tours , at which three judges ruled that , although the article exculpated the mayor , the advertisement did smear him , and the newspaper was ordered to pay him Fr10,000 ( £1,000 approx ) . |
| 8 | The summons was heard as an ordinary Friday summons in the Commercial Court and occupied about 20 minutes . |
| 9 | And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile . |
| 10 | Perceptions may change — her body can feel as vast as a mountain , and her own breathing be heard as an urgent sound coming from a different person . |
| 11 | An adult 's constant blaming of another can also be heard as the angry protest of the deprived internal infant within that adult body , and when it turns to whining , may also serve to express the yearning and become an attempt to control the whereabouts of the other . |
| 12 | An A major-F major chord progression is heard as the remorseful Achilles reflects on his men who died through his fault . |
| 13 | Mm , I 'm sure you 'll find something in Marks and Spencers , I have heard about a new trick mum , how to con money out of Marks and Spencers |
| 14 | Otis had heard about a special policy being offered by The Legal Protection Group , which you can add on to your motor insurance policy . |
| 15 | ‘ This is probably my most important game to date , certainly I have never played in front of the kind of crowd that is expected , and I have never played at Twickenham , though I have heard about the swirling wind that can make life uncomfortable for kickers . |
| 16 | He had obviously heard about the strange fish from the two boys at the pub , and anything concerning the river was Herbie 's concern . |
| 17 | HAVE you heard about the dyslexic devil worshipper ? |
| 18 | Erm we 've heard about the measured approach , the step by step approach er and Mr , has said , please make your mind up one way or another so we can proceed with our local plan preparation . |
| 19 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 20 | Perhaps she has n't heard about the little delay in the proceedings , caused by the contretemps with ben Issachar , and the stint in the tree . |
| 21 | She had heard about the little boy Grégoire — Jean-Paul 's son , so people said . |
| 22 | My question to Mr which he might like to comment on in his his summing up , is we 've heard about the forthcoming meeting which you 're going to arrange with the district council 's , how soon would you be able to make progress ? |
| 23 | In the last couple of weeks we have heard about the tragic death of Sergeant Alan King and Detective Constable Jim Morrison and we have seen the terrible injuries inflicted on their colleagues . |
| 24 | ‘ Have you heard about the intended evacuation ? ’ |
| 25 | If Richard had heard about the old Angevin claim when he began work on a castle within the political orbit of Châtellerault he probably thought it had long since lapsed . |
| 26 | He had heard about the Old Magic at University , although it was forbidden to wizards . |
| 27 | The service has been publicised through a public service announcement in Urdu on local television and has been swamped with requests for interpreter help from social services , solicitors and other agencies . |
| 28 | And I realised , well I had realised for a long time that dieting was n't the answer for me . |
| 29 | With regard to the public interest , the important figure is the sum that is realised for the Scottish Bus Group as a whole . |
| 30 | The 1984 village case study revealed that the Bangladeshi mothers ( some of whom had already been taught about the lobon-gur solution ) recognised four different types of diarrhoea and generally thought only one of these types to be an indication for the use of the lobon-gur mixture . |