Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rural population today is better housed , better educated and generally in receipt of a higher standard of living than at any time in the past . |
| 2 | All the functions for children were well attended and much in demand . |
| 3 | In practice this investigation would normally take place before an offer was made and certainly before exchange of contracts . |
| 4 | This argument , which is based on grounds of natural justice and procedural fairness , is resisted by counsel for the Secretary of State , partly because the statutory structure does not require that the information should be given and partly in reliance on the decision of this court in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 . |
| 5 | The designs were by Hanns Ebensten , his last collaboration with John , because he gave up his ambitions to make a career in stage design after he had visited the homes of two other ballet designers , both highly regarded and much in demand , but both living in very modest circumstances . |
| 6 | " The curriculum has been completely revised and especially in English has been brought up to date . |
| 7 | This was so in Bedfordshire , for example : in 1952 the District Council carried a motion deploring ‘ the withdrawal of the services of a full-time officer of the WEA from Bedfordshire when so large a proportion of branches in the area are so recently formed and still in need of assistance and encouragement that only a full-time organiser or tutor-organiser can give ’ . |
| 8 | While magazines celebrate the return of hollywood glamour , with glossy pages dedicated to the super model who is immaculately coiffed and beautifully in control , you may feel your hair would be more suited to a bit part in a disaster movie ! |
| 9 | In contrast , Sargent 's film is more of a dramatised documentary , well acted and well above average for an American television movie . |
| 10 | There is little to distinguish between the Italian character dance and its demi - caractère form save only that heeled shoes are worn and thus from time to time take on a slightly Spanish flavour , the only difference perhaps being the more fluid way of phrasing and less rigidly accurate timing of the steps . |
| 11 | And so we still see separate departmental systems growing up and central I S groups not necessarily well integrated and well in control of this new generation of client server systems . |
| 12 | Holiday brochures go to press before flying programmes are finalised and well in advance of the international scheduling committee meetings which allocate ‘ slots ’ to airlines . |
| 13 | And there she was , a bit dented and definitely in need of a coat of paint , a Peterhead prawn fishing boat , nudging her way into the topmost lock . |
| 14 | Conspiracy was an old common law offence , frequently charged and much in need of bringing up to date . |
| 15 | Few Zambians other than Mr Vibetti questioned the use of government finance to subsidize a communications medium whose main output was then mostly imported and often in conflict with the values both of its audience and of the government that financed it . |
| 16 | Their evil habits are illustrated in the following tale : a traveller , lost and alone at night on a craggy moor , was invited by a duergar to sit by his fire and warm himself . |
| 17 | Mahdi , 56 , had been imprisoned and then under house arrest since his civilian government was overthrown in June 1989 . |