Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Kruskall-Wallis test disclosed a significant p value , the Mann-Whitney U test was carried out in order to detect where the differences occur . |
| 2 | Nothing daunted , the BBC 's engineers have designed a clever re-recording technique for receiving the sound and this could help them to win a prestigious international prize next month . |
| 3 | Hairdresser to the stars and current hairdresser of the year , Trevor Sorbie has designed a superb hair care system . |
| 4 | Whilst at Penn 's he designed a high-speed steam engine which had all its working parts totally enclosed and splash-lubricated , a radical departure from contemporary practice . |
| 5 | In addition , the centre completely designed a parallel operating system , Paros , for the European Community SuperNode II project . |
| 6 | I have designed a special celebration menu for you today . |
| 7 | And at 12 noon , the Secretary of State for Employment had announced that RBS had won a coveted training award for the quality of its training programmes . |
| 8 | The might of Gloucester beaten by bottom of the table , West Hartlepool , who 'd never won a first division game before . |
| 9 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |
| 10 | They 've already won a two man bobsleigh . |
| 11 | One of Britain 's oldest breweries has won a two month battle against a hostile takeover bid . |
| 12 | George Graham 's team have not won a Premier League game at Highbury since 7 November and have scored only four goals in the last 13 league games . |
| 13 | But many observers , considering the harsh fact that Cram has not won a major championship medal since the 1986 European Championships , believe the Jarrow ace is too old and too injury-prone to make the grade in the 5,000m . |
| 14 | These contented residents at Orchard House can relax knowing that staff here have just won a major safety award . |
| 15 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 16 | The owner of an eighteen foot fibre glass shark has won a six year battle to keep it on the roof of his terraced home . |
| 17 | Seeq Technology Inc , Fremont , California has won a six month extension of its $5m bank-credit agreement with Silicon Valley Bank ; the agreement expired on February 15 and now matures on September 30 . |
| 18 | The parents of a girl who was severely handicapped after being starved of oxygen at birth have won a five year battle for compensation . |
| 19 | But the British Government , unconvinced the fastest bikes are more dangerous , has won a five year exemption and an EC Commission promise to produce road safety evidence before Britain will come into line . |
| 20 | Another super-domestique of great experience is Sean Yates from Sussex , who has won a long time trial stage in the tour . |
| 21 | Although it had held power in several of Canada 's western provinces , however , the Ontario result marked the first occasion upon which the party had won a provincial election east of Manitoba . |
| 22 | By his own admission , the man who had won a European Cup medal destroying the best defences in Europe was having trouble finding the door . |
| 23 | It is part funded by membership subscription , and part government funded at present , and has also won a European Community grant . |
| 24 | SUSSEX have won a three-year sponsorship deal with Merrydown Cider which could be worth as much as £250,000 . |
| 25 | Indeed GM 's Buick division has climbed to the top in surveys of customers ' satisfaction while its Cadillac division recently won a prestigious quality award . |
| 26 | Lyles carpets have won a prestigious design award at the carpet industry 's main exhibition , ‘ The International Carpet Fair ’ at Harrogate . |
| 27 | There are some unavoidable costs er on that account , particularly on the engine programme where delays to the aircraft programme which result in extra costs on the engine side , are the customer 's liability , erm but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think , from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment that we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non-common and we have had to take a larger share of the costs of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 28 | Erm , but the main increase in cost is actually in the equipment area and results I think from the fact that the equipment prices turned out to be higher than was originally estimated at the start of the programme and also the fact that U K industry won a higher work share on equipment than we had originally been entitled to and budgeted for and lastly the point you mentioned that Germany has withdrawn from some parts of the requirement and that made certain equipments non common and we have had to take a larger share of the cost of those equipments than originally planned . |
| 29 | A GIRL aged 14 has already won a temporary court order allowing her to move out of the family home in Guildford , Surrey . |
| 30 | The campaigners have won a temporary court ban on construction work and persuaded the Sao Paulo state government 's environmental department to reject four successive environmental impact studies by the project 's promoter , state water company Sabesp . |