Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grafting on to American rootstock led to a much needed rationalisation , whereby only the best sites in the classic regions were replanted and only noble vines were cultivated . |
| 2 | ( c ) It is far better to invest in reliable commercially designed and thoroughly field-tested equipment than rely upon inadequate Heath-Robinson-like d-i-y alternatives . |
| 3 | What the stores sell is extremely good value , functionally designed and occasionally inspired furniture : attractive pieces for a very modest outlay . |
| 4 | It would be easy to point to the lack of a six-cylinder engine and mark it down , but the Saab rises above that with a blend of abilities that few can rival : space , pace , fine handling and ride , a well designed and supremely comfortable interior and heaps of equipment . |
| 5 | The report also mentions poorly designed and inefficiently used dust yards as a major source of secondary emissions into the atmosphere . |
| 6 | In addition the research aims to help frame practical recommendations about how the potential benefits of community credit unions might be maximised and how outside agencies can best help . |
| 7 | ‘ They are obviously highly committed and highly motivated people . |
| 8 | He enclosed a paper of questions to be put to them if any such were located and clearly this request was responsible for a report Sir Daniel had compiled on his own account about the Coniston mines that same year . |
| 9 | The software determines how many crossroads there are , where they are located and how many options are offered by each of them . |
| 10 | An extremely varied and immensely pleasing exhibition , it is undoubtedly rendered substantial by still-life oils by David Donaldson . |
| 11 | The redistribution of revenue involved would have varied and often unwelcome effects both on the revenue of some local authorities and on the tax burden of employers in some areas . |
| 12 | This should be contrasted with a database containing simply the names and addresses of current customers because there is no selectivity or judgment ( or very little ) in the decision as to what should be included and relatively little skill in designing the structure of the database . |
| 13 | As he points out , the difference between the asset value and the depressed share price of the conglomerates concerned gave bidders an opportunity to make a profit by disposing of ill-fitting activities or otherwise increasing efficiency by reducing the scale of operations ( though in fact the record of take-overs in increasing efficiency is mixed and not all take-overs are explicable as moves to reduce inefficiency in the target ) . |
| 14 | The Hungarians attempted to create a marcher zone to protect their frontier against the Turks by supporting Bosnian resistance in the area between Jajce and the Sava , but after the battle of Mohács in 1526 these pockets of resistance soon collapsed and virtually all Bosnia and Hercegovina lay under the rule of the sultans until the late nineteenth century . |
| 15 | They are much bigger , much er , better mechanized and very good quality producers . |
| 16 | The resultant comparison with housework persistently branded it as a less enjoyed and less enjoyable occupation . |
| 17 | ‘ Those are the areas that are very often penetrated and therefore serious complications result , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Yes , Knocker was now much respected and financially secure backbone of society . |
| 19 | Tim Hill , managing director of Peter Walker , which runs the Lion Tavern , said : ‘ She was a delightful persona highly respected and very popular publican . ’ |
| 20 | Tim Hill , managing director of Peter Walker , which runs the Lion Tavern , said : ‘ She was a delightful persona highly respected and very popular publican . ’ |
| 21 | It can certainly be argued that the twin-Messiah theme appears in the New Testament , albeit in drastically modified and probably garbled form . |
| 22 | The Indian marriage advertisements are in fact a British invention , a hangover from the period when highly educated and thoroughly eligible ICS officers would spend their youths in remote postings in the jungles of Central India . |
| 23 | The UK Yuppy is supposed to be a young ( 24-35 ) , well educated and upwardly mobile professional ( male or female ) . |
| 24 | The attitude that smoking is anti-social is gaining currency among the more articulate , better educated and more aware groups in society , but the vicious corollary is that the tobacco and advertising industries must get their recruits from the lower end of the socio-economic scale . |
| 25 | The nine bedrooms are all individually decorated and locally crafted wood is a feature ; all are equipped with a colour TV and are en suite . |
| 26 | Highly recommended and also good value for the region . |
| 27 | Sidney Webb , for example , highlighted ‘ the important part to be played in the Socialist State by its various democratically organised and practically autonomous Local Governing Bodies ’ . |
| 28 | Their hash was settled by the advent of the Romans who are credited with being cultural , organised and generally smart Alec . |
| 29 | What disruption carefully organised and constantly renewed bomb attacks would have wreaked upon this communications ' artery ( i.e. the Voie Sacrée ) , crammed to the most extreme limits of its capacity , requires no details . |
| 30 | Perhaps his best production in this country was the WNO Ballo in Maschera , a scrupulously organised and visually attractive treatment that benefited from the by now traditional repatriation of Verdi 's subject to its Swedish origin . |