Example sentences of "[vb pp] an [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NLD had won an overwhelming election victory in May 1990 [ see pp. 37457-58 ] , following which the junta had refused to hand over power and had instead initiated a strategy of undermining the party . |
| 2 | On the job : Long serving worker Lavinia Vale has won an unfair dismissal case against Warrington firm Stubs Welding Limited after 28 years service . |
| 3 | NOW that we 've won an Olympic gold medal , why not try a cycling holiday in the Pyrenees — even if you 're not quite Chris Boardman . |
| 4 | To try to combat this the police have organised an educational play warning of the dangers of talking to strangers . |
| 5 | Channel 4 's Critical Eye programme claims to have interviewed an ex-Ulster Volunteer Force commander who alleges Latimer is not guilty . |
| 6 | SINCE the late Sixties , I had enjoyed an annual fishing holiday in August on the River Avon on the Ballindalloch estate in Banffshire . |
| 7 | The recall of Willie Ofahengaue , Rod McCall , Ewan McKenzie and Dave Wilson should allow hooker and acting skipper Phil Kearns to make a much bigger impression , but , of the backs , only full-back Marty Roebuck can be considered an automatic Test choice . |
| 8 | Weir was regarded as an effective right-hand batsman who could bowl useful medium-pacers for Auckland , and Kerr was considered an elegant opening batsman for Canterbury . |
| 9 | Before introducing a new set of coordinates , it may be noted in passing that Feinstein and Ibañez ( 1989 ) have considered an alternative coordinate system and have expanded a general solution in a different way involving Bessel and Neumann functions of zero order . |
| 10 | On paper , the Woodville empire is impressive , but it is doubtful whether it can be considered an independent power base . |
| 11 | On paper , the Woodville empire is impressive , but it is doubtful whether it can be considered an independent power base . |
| 12 | Baptism was considered an important initiation ceremony , and continued to involve godparents and a number of ‘ popish ’ rituals , such as the signing of the cross on the infant 's forehead . |
| 13 | Yet in planning for the new financial year , which starts in April , the Japanese government has forecast an economic growth rate of 3.3 per cent . |
| 14 | Index has installed an American photocomposition rig called the Bedford System . |
| 15 | The business , which has seen a remarkable change in its fortunes since Henk van Eck , a Dutch executive , rescued the ailing operation in 1985 and subsequently installed an ambitious management team , now has an impressive 20 per cent share of the Scottish market . |
| 16 | He 's designed an airborne moth trap , bolted to the side of his microlight plane . |
| 17 | He 's designed an airborne moth trap , bolted to the side of his microlight plane . |
| 18 | The Environment secretary , Mr Christopher Patten , has presented an Environmental Protection Bill making sweeping changes in the way industrial pollution is controlled . |
| 19 | She 'd noticed an attractive country hotel on her way through Issigeac , and thought she might as well return there . |
| 20 | MIDDLESBROUGH have clinched an improved £2,500 sponsorship deal with Bass Breweries . |
| 21 | Cardiff have certainly adopted an efficient recruitment policy . |
| 22 | Rather than wait for the release of the third cinema outing , Ocean have written an excellent multilevel extravaganza , incorporating and improving on existing styles from the other two RoboCop games . |
| 23 | Probably unintentionally , Ron Bowers has written an excellent recruiting bookk for the RAF Engineering Branch , but it will interest all ex-brats … and many more besides . |
| 24 | Intel Corp has written an experimental DOS emulator to act as a server on IBM 's Mach 3.0 for PS/2s . |
| 25 | When the goods arrived at the port of discharge , SeaDocs was to have transmitted an identifying code number to the ship 's master . |
| 26 | One coronory care unti in five operated an age-related admissions policy . |
| 27 | Into this would be built an early warning system to keep the business on the right financial track . |
| 28 | The story of a children 's Christmas , climaxing in a party , comes towards the lower end of these two extremes , and we are going to take it as the plot on which can be built an interesting home movie . |
| 29 | What is usually said about the invention of printing is that it greatly expanded an earlier minority culture , and at last made it into a majority culture . |
| 30 | you have lodged an unfair dismissal claim . |