Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [verb] [noun sg] [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 | Each has achieved opacity by progressive restriction of their modes of communication . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | That has involved consultation with the Dorset Naturalist Trust , the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , and ‘ other bodies ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That has given momentum to the rumour that Merson and Graham clashed verbally over the player 's weight on Monday . |
| 7 | That has taken place throughout the country and has led to substantial additional resources being provided . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This involves dividing territory into sections to be covered day by day and deciding the best route to follow between calls . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A critical account of such shifts ( Baldwin , 1985 ) suggests that this has made evaluation of the concept particularly difficult to achieve . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This has given rise to speculation about the origins of such territorial units and the rationale behind the siting of cemeteries . |
| 15 | This has given rise to a series of , occasionally bizarre , arguments to account for the pattern . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ] . |
| 18 | The problems this has given rise to are compounded when one examines our import record . |
| 19 | This has given time for the ‘ marked ’ isotope to work its way through the environment much more thoroughly than in Turin . |
| 20 | It will be used following a routine AFP test if this has given cause for concern , and will be preceded by an ultrasound scan in order to determine the position of the baby in the womb . |
| 21 | Turning now to the influence of phenomenology , this has affected sociology in ways which are not initially seen as compatible with Freudian theory . |
| 22 | It has proved impossible to grow the treponeme in the laboratory on normal growth media , and this has hampered research into the organism . |
| 23 | Although Myxine shows a single paired branchial opening , another Recent hagfish ( Eptatretus ) has a series of separate openings and this has cast doubt on reasons for associating hagfishes and heterostracans . |
| 24 | All this has caused alarm in the third world , particularly among its autocrats . |
| 25 | This has caused dilapidation on the Sheffield estate , constructed on the same system as a consortium of other Northern cities . |
| 26 | This has involved cooperation between the CAB , health visitors , the Department of Social Security and the local authority Education Department . |
| 27 | In many cases this has involved rewording of Learning Outcomes but little change to the basic philosophy of the module . |
| 28 | This has gained popularity with the QMF ( Ouery Management Facility ) which is an option to DB2 ( SQL is the standard interface ) . |
| 29 | This has become part of the rhetoric of reform . |
| 30 | None of this has taken account of the overall part played by women in the cloth-making households headed by male weavers or knitters . |