Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout these reconnaissances , therefore , the raiders went to extreme lengths — even possibly to self-destruction — to avoid being caught or their special gear falling into enemy hands , for its nature made clear the purpose of the visit . |
| 2 | There is , then , yet a third way of being systematic with regard to project work , and that is for a school to work out a definite policy on how it should be approached and which particular skills should be stressed at which levels . |
| 3 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 4 | Scully , Wakefield 's experienced scrum-half , gained 50 yards in a magnificent run ; but when he released the ball it was dropped and their last hopes faded . |
| 5 | For this reason , the draft Regulation provides that , where an SE is superimposed on two or more other companies as a new holding company , there will be an easy mechanism for the resultant merger , with both original companies being automatically dissolved and their former shareholders automatically becoming members of the SE : this is similar to a British Scheme of Arrangement approved by the High Court . |
| 6 | In May 1987 , a magnificent specimen of 7lb 8oz was caught and my best fish weighed 4lb 8oz . |
| 7 | Oxford 's green fields are being overwhelmed and its historic character lost to luxury developments , while homelessness grows . |
| 8 | In our present study , a disulphated derivative of PABA-UDCA was synthesised and its basic characters were investigated . |
| 9 | WITH the Bush-Clinton confrontation now resolved and our own Parliament on the brink of a crucial European Community debate today , modern Welsh politics seems tame in comparison . |
| 10 | And they had also made guesses as to what might be possible if the deuterium and oxygen gases that were bubbling off from the cell could be recombined and their latent energy recovered and used as heat . |
| 11 | If he could be captured and dealt with , much of the danger for Scotland would be dispersed and his Scots support would dissolve . |
| 12 | Options are not transferable and may only be exercised by the persons to whom they were granted or their personal representatives . |
| 13 | A ‘ top-down ’ comment by Holdgate ( 1982 ) also makes a plea for relevant local research which can be applied and its resulting policies replicated . |
| 14 | Phase I clinical trials have been carried out on healthy volunteers to evaluate the way the drug is absorbed and its potential toxicity . |
| 15 | So too did the quality of goods manufactured and their relative dearness — given supply difficulties and lack of bulk orders to manufacturers . |
| 16 | Jacqueline Moore was pregnant when sentenced and her eight-year-daughter Nikki was the first child born in a Northern Ireland prison . |
| 17 | Because her sleep was still disturbed and her consequent lack of energy was making her job and domestic chores more difficult , the therapist said he would advise her general practitioner to prescribe a mild hypnotic , but that this would be for a strictly limited period . |
| 18 | The book was never written and his only publications were two pamphlets , A Guide to the Electors of Great Britain , upon the Accession of a new King ( 1820 ) and Letters of Lord John Russell , upon the original formation of the House of Commons ( 1826 ) in which he declared for a thorough reform of the close boroughs he had always represented . |
| 19 | Your gift will be sent to you once your Application has been accepted and your first premium paid . |
| 20 | The functions of the judge were curtailed and his quasi-criminal jurisdiction transferred to a criminal court . |
| 21 | Here Tupac Amaru had been beheaded and his spiritual successor , the self-styled José Gabriel Tupac Amaru the Second , renegade leader of an attempt to restore the pride of the Incas , was himself executed in 1781 . |
| 22 | Her wish was granted and her supersonic trip was rounded off with a stay in the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel . |
| 23 | Omi 's old head was bowed and her gnarled fingers were pressed together in prayer . |
| 24 | Viscount Simonds stated at p408 that : The language of section 38 [ of the FA 1938 ( now TA 1988 , s672 ) ] and particularly of Sub-section ( 7 ) , and of section 41 [ now TA 1988 , s681(1) ( a ) ] , makes it clear beyond all doubt that any settlement , wherever made and whatever foreign element might be imported by the residence of settlor or trustees or the forum of administration , is caught by its provisions if the income arises in the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | The fees vary from about £10 to £40 per session , depending on the trainer 's skills , how much in demand he or she is , the distance travelled and what some trainers assess you can afford . |
| 26 | As in Britain , again , the French wartime propaganda effort was improvised and its full potentialities seen only slowly ; but in France also the growth in the sheer amount of activity was striking . |
| 27 | There was police intervention almost immediately ; an NILP loudspeaker van , which was making announcements , was stopped and its three occupants were taken to Victoria RUC station where , one of them later told the Belfast Telegraph , they were charged with incitement to defy the ban on the march . |
| 28 | With an effort , she made herself look with interest around his office , though it was really beautifully furnished and her initial pretence changed to frank admiration . |
| 29 | Even their teeth are differently arranged and their front teeth are divided like combs , either for straining juice from fruit or for grooming . |
| 30 | A demonstration is being arranged and our initial examination indicates we can contain this phase within the existing budgets . |