Example sentences of "[det] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Has that formed a satisfactory basis for planning ?
2 One surprising factor is that given a new case is only around £50 there is nothing stopping you from moving everything into a new box if the old one is n't big enough to take a standard size motherboard .
3 If I was to tell you that given a perfect world that has the highest earning potential of all our companies
4 This presupposes that given a low level of development of the productive forces , and a correspondingly low level of consumption by producers , a significant rate of growth not only depends upon the rate of investment but also upon an increase in the consumption of the direct producers .
5 But our experience has shown that given a modest toolkit and a few carving gouges , persistence and enthusiasm for the project , almost anyone can achieve a highly satisfactory result .
6 It would seem sensible , therefore , that given the current limitations of s.62 the courts ought to adopt a liberal interpretation of ‘ adversely affected ’ .
7 ( 3 ) The purchaser may consider that given the financial standing of the vendor there would be little prospect of recovery from the vendor for undisclosed liabilities of the company even if the purchaser were to succeed with a warranty claim against the vendor .
8 We therefore argued that given the radical nature of women acting as independent agents , action which still flies in the face of dominant ideologies and which challenges the nature of the family , it is astonishing how much progress women have made in this period .
9 He said that given the expressed interest of all political parties in attracting more women candidates , the research might also inform party policy and practice in this area .
10 If it is argued on the basis of this reply that even a maniac is not beyond redemption and that given the right kind of treatment he might be able to take his place again within society , the argument only serves to show the different moral considerations that can be brought to bear on situations of moral dilemma .
11 He postulated that given the right conditions and sufficient length of time , all ( or nearly all — Carroll left out the lowest live per cent ) pupils can achieve mastery .
12 The reason for the complaint was that given the even numbers in the class ( now that ‘ Daz ’ was in the corridor ! ) , someone now had to work with Brian Smart .
13 Ordinarily there are two marker beacons , the OM and MM , each situated a certain distance from the runway threshold .
14 For the first time since the Civil War , Industry and Commerce were not lumped together , but each given a separate ministry .
15 Was that considered a hard thing at the time ?
16 In an attempt to deal with this issue , Goss ( 1953 ) introduced a control procedure in which subjects were simply allowed to observe the stimuli ( in one case being instructed to attend to them , in another given no special instructions ) during the first phase of training .
17 However , although theoretically this assigned a primary role to the struggles of colonial peoples ( a position which seemed to be at least partially vindicated by events in Turkey , Persia , India and China ) , Soviet foreign-policy considerations determined that discussion of colonial problems be suppressed at the 1921 Third Congress .
18 I think some people they used to put a , I think some used a little sponge and put something on but I did n't .
19 Well when you 're a waitress and you mix you know with all sorts and you hear different people talking and what they did and what they did n't do you now and some had Doctor pills at that time in the nineteen thirties and some used the Indian bark .
20 we just half talked the other day about holidays , er , a , I do n't suppose you 're going are ya ?
21 For Brailsford , who had a tendency to overstate his case , this marked a decisive turning point in world history .
22 All this marked a significant break with the earlier history of medico-moral politics .
23 And behind all the ethnic and sociological and other religious elements , there is something very deep , and this struck a deep chord with me .
24 And er i , it , this caused a great deal of hurt , if I may say so ?
25 B , smoking status , alright , now this caused a little bit of upset , and I think we just like to clarify that .
26 I know this caused an immense amount of debate at Personnel sub-committee , and I thought that Personnel sub-committee had come to a reasonable solution .
27 Later on , for example at the Party Congress of 1907 , the right-wing faction , of which Bernstein was one of the leading members , proposed to approve German colonial expansion on the grounds that this promoted a progressive capitalism and harmonized relationships between classes in Germany .
28 How often had this meant an edgy evening , when she had been unable to concentrate on what people were saying because of an ill-placed fabric rose or an over-embroidered antique shawl ?
29 They chose ‘ In the Sweet Bye and Bye ’ which is a Methodist hymn and this upset a High Church person in the audience .
30 Behind the scenes 1962 saw the reorganisation of university applications through a central clearinghouse — UCCA — and this required a confidential report of each candidate .
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