Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither wants to accept responsibility for the repairs needed since the previous contractor went into liquidation . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Leicester boss Brian Little has squashed rumours of a move to Sunderland . |
| 3 | Each has achieved opacity by progressive restriction of their modes of communication . |
| 4 | It is this persistent surplus , more than anything , that has provoked anger in Washington — and Mr Clinton 's remark that ‘ the possibility of obtaining real , even access to the Japanese market is somewhat remote ’ . |
| 5 | That has involved consultation with the Dorset Naturalist Trust , the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , and ‘ other bodies ’ . |
| 6 | That has inspired fears over potential damage to the occupants ' ears due to the sudden pressure change within European saloons which tend to be smaller than those in the US , and also to worries about the ability to control the car in the unlikely event that the bag deploys accidentally . |
| 7 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 8 | That has given momentum to the rumour that Merson and Graham clashed verbally over the player 's weight on Monday . |
| 9 | That has set Crosby into conflict with Murray and left Armstrong kicking his heels instead of a football . |
| 10 | That has taken place throughout the country and has led to substantial additional resources being provided . |
| 11 | This discourages mounting adhesive from oozing on to the lower surface of the preparation , where it would affect attachment on the lapping machine 's vacuum chucks . |
| 12 | This involves helping staff through the possible stages of individual crises identified some time ago in the USA , eg the phases of ‘ shock ’ , ‘ defensive retreat ’ , ‘ acknowledgement ’ , ‘ adaption and change ’ Fink , Beak and Taddeo , 1971 ) . |
| 13 | This involves dividing territory into sections to be covered day by day and deciding the best route to follow between calls . |
| 14 | This involves setting targets for money supply into the future , and then using monetary policy to ensure that these targets are met . |
| 15 | This involves setting targets for the growth of the money supply : the approach adopted in the Thatcher government 's medium-term financial strategy of the early 1980s that we looked at in Chapter 17 . |
| 16 | In one form this involves scattering radiation from the ergosphere ; some energy from the rotation of the black hole is then transferred to the scattered radiation . |
| 17 | This involves analysing patterns of illness and mortality , as well as conducting market research to discover what local people perceive to be their needs . |
| 18 | This involves presenting subjects with sentences which are accompanied by bursts of noise — ‘ clicks ’ — and asking the subjects to report the apparent location of the noise . |
| 19 | This involves giving talks to farmers and gamekeepers about how they can carry out their work in a bird-friendly way . |
| 20 | Commanding This involves giving instructions to subordinates to carry out tasks over which the manager has authority for decisions and responsibility for performance . |
| 21 | A critical account of such shifts ( Baldwin , 1985 ) suggests that this has made evaluation of the concept particularly difficult to achieve . |
| 22 | This has created problems of accountability . |
| 23 | In some cases , the handicap may be so severe that the fullest possible efforts may not be taken to prolong the life of the afflicted child , and this has given rise to much public concern about medical ethics . |
| 24 | The question therefore arises as to whose rules should govern the conduct of the branch 's business and this has given rise to much debate . |
| 25 | This has given rise to speculation about the origins of such territorial units and the rationale behind the siting of cemeteries . |
| 26 | This has given rise to a series of , occasionally bizarre , arguments to account for the pattern . |
| 27 | In 1972 , 41% of women over 16 were daily cigarette smokers ( a figure that had been fairly constant since the 1950s ) whilst in 1986 that figure was 31% , compared with 52% and 35% for men [ 1 ] : this has given rise to the assumption that women find it more difficult to give up smoking than men . |
| 28 | This has given rise to fears that the electoral process in the US has become corrupted , as money increasingly ‘ buys ’ political influence through elaborate election campaigns that concentrate power in hands of a ‘ small monied minority ’ [ Alexander ] . |
| 29 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 30 | This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin . |