Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far back as 1904 Winston Churchill had foreseen the same change when he predicted the tariff reformers ' coming takeover of the party . |
| 2 | Scotch Whisky accounts for over a third of UK food and drinks exports , and its contribution limited the total food and drink ( F&D ) trade deficit to £4 bn in 1991 . |
| 3 | Having witnessed the horrifying poverty and hunger in countries where there is just not enough food to feed the teeming masses , he feels depressed and worried about the future . |
| 4 | There was a request to Council to investigate the position of those who had completed the first module but were not registered and whether they should be allowed to attend the Keele Conference . |
| 5 | Wait until you have completed the whole questionnaire before you read our analysis of your wild personality . |
| 6 | The time out lasts only until the child has stopped the undesirable behaviour and has been quiet for a short time . |
| 7 | ‘ The team has never stopped the hard work and the new Celica has improved over the year . |
| 8 | Repolling took place on Aug. 26 in 24 constituencies where no candidate had received the minimum vote or where ballot papers had been spoiled . |
| 9 | It is not difficult to see why corporate crime has not received the same publicity as murder , robbery , theft , rape and so on — both in the mass media and in the study of crime . |
| 10 | ‘ Did anyone know that Mowbray had received the same warning as Sir Ralph ? ’ |
| 11 | For the names of statutes that have received the royal assent since the last supplement of Statutes in Force and Halsbury , consult the current numbers of Current Law . |
| 12 | If you increase the amount of reward the rats run faster than rats that have always received the large reward and if you decrease it the reverse happens ; the rats run more slowly than those that have always had the small reward . |
| 13 | I can only take it that he was n't that concerned , that perhaps the Chief Constable does n't share Mr 's concerns , and is perhaps happy that he has received the generous funding that we state he has . |
| 14 | He had hated the little brochure that described it — the pathetic attempt to make it look glamorous , the photographs of it , posed , doors open , doors shut , desperately trying not to look like what it was — a square box with hideous speckled seats . |
| 15 | He had been taught the hard lesson that you eat where there is food , because food is sustenance and without it there is failure and collapse . |
| 16 | There is no precipice except in the painting ( though no doubt Junge could have painted the downward view if asked ) and Deborah Kerr has to act shock/horror , which she is perfectly capable of doing , and does splendidly . |
| 17 | MRS THATCHER has cunningly provoked the Labour party and the media into pushing her into holding a general election at the best time for the Conservative party . |
| 18 | Why should Paul 's preaching have so provoked the Nazarean hierarchy that they sent their own emissaries in his wake to discredit him ? |
| 19 | For example , the words ’ made ’ , ’ making ’ and ’ makes ’ are all assigned the same index as the word ’ make ’ . |
| 20 | However , if ’ payment ’ were assigned the same index as ’ pay ’ , then a strong overlap would result . |
| 21 | The Inquisition ‘ had suppressed the truths of philosophy , physics and geology ’ ; it had enslaved the Spanish mind and denied progress . |
| 22 | And there 's penicillin , which is infallible … but yet again the Medical Procurement people at UNRRA have delayed the latest delivery and we 've none left . ’ |
| 23 | It seems that the professional game , in contrast to our European and world rivals , has revered the second tenet but stifled the first . |
| 24 | On the one hand , refusal to admit the jus tertii allows recovery by a plaintiff who may have himself wrongfully dispossessed the true owner and also exposes the wrongdoer to the risk of multiple liability . |
| 25 | South Cambridgeshire District Council has recognized the important part that environmental health officers have to play within the work of the District Council , and for some time now the work of the Department has been carried on under the hat of the Legal , Housing and Health Director . |
| 26 | Although some regard competitor analysis as a subcomponent of environmental scanning , it is probably advisable to identify it as a separate and distinct analytical effort to insure that it is given the strategic priority and management attention it requires . |
| 27 | Given the outstanding success and commitment of the students with fewer than two A levels there was very little in the report to suggest that ‘ standard ’ entry requirements were needed for success . |
| 28 | Given the inescapable rescue and control functions of social work agencies , client status may lead to increasing interference in their lives , particularly in situations of risk and vulnerability . |
| 29 | Staff must be given the extra support and training required . ’ |
| 30 | Were it not for the support of sympathetic friends , the residents in our Homes and those who work in our factory could not be given the necessary help and encouragement to overcome their handicap , for we are dependent on voluntary help . |