Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For while it is the case that the academic community is distinguished by its ‘ elaborated ’ discourse ( Gouldner 1976 ) , it is more to the point that each disciplinary community has developed its own elaborated discourse . |
| 2 | It is noticeable the way current academia has developed its own critical strategies to suggest it , too , wishes to participate in a social elite . |
| 3 | The company , which has developed its own original style of popular mask theatre over the past decade , can be seen at Darlington Arts Centre on Thursday , followed by Stockton 's Dovecot Arts Centre on Thursday and Friday . |
| 4 | Birmingham 's Paul Howe has broken his own British record at the European Open Swimming Championships in Rome , he finished second in the 200 metres freestyle and still has another two races to come . |
| 5 | The Severn Trent Water company , which supplies water to much of central England , has justified its recent unannounced addition of large amounts of chlorine to its water on the grounds that it was intended to counteract any possible terrorist action related to the Gulf conflict . |
| 6 | Britain 's largest company , British Telecommunications Plc , has posted its second annual consecutive drop in profits for the year ending March 31 due to hefty redundancy charges , but is cautiously optimistic that the worst may now be over . |
| 7 | I agree with Kev — I reckon 3–1 is a good bet for tomorrow.But one word of warning … years of painful experience has taught me one golden rule in football betting — NEVER back your own team — there 's nothing more guaranteed to jinx them . |
| 8 | Only because the experience of tens of thousands of recovered alcoholics has taught us some basic truths about the symptoms of problem drinking — and about ourselves . |
| 9 | Until now , however , there has been no prize which has honoured our major creative writers not just for a single work but for the achievement of a lifetime . ’ |
| 10 | Sharp Corp aims to become the first Japanese company to make colour liquid crystal displays overseas when it starts manufacturing its super-twisted nematic displays — the lower-cost , lower performance colour displays — at its Sharp Microelectronics Technology Inc in Camas , Washington . |
| 11 | Twice this century the US has joined our European tribal wars to ensure that our continent should not be dominated by any single power . |
| 12 | Yeah well Robert said why have we stopped so I said I think we 're looking because it 's a typical new house and daddy wants to see what typical new houses now offer . |
| 13 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 14 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |
| 15 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 16 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 17 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 18 | ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract . |
| 19 | Harvey Pitcher , doing research on nineteenth century Arran writers and painters and especially on the wealthy Muir family who rented houses for many years on Arran , has given me this delightful little gem . |
| 20 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 21 | My godmother — Helen — has given us such good premises and so many other advantages that it would be foolish to give in just because we have a bit of opposition . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Without Roland Garros , French tennis could never have developed in the way it has over recent years and we would never have won the Davis Cup , which has given us all such a tremendous boost . ’ |
| 23 | Now a young man in the prime of his life is dead , and no-one has given us any official advice or information . |
| 24 | The growth of AIDS has given us some early warnings of the dangers . |
| 25 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The assistant has given us some vital information even though it must have been embarrassing for her . ’ |
| 26 | Islington was unable to comment on Thiman 's inquiry but it has completed its own internal inquiry . |
| 27 | Plaatjes , who has given up his South African citizenship but can not compete for the United States until he has completed his five-year residential period next year , is the second-fastest man in the race behind Yakov Tolstikov , but his recent form is better than that of the Siberian runner . |
| 28 | So Sinead O'Connor — probably our last remaining real rock star , a maverick , a 1000 per cent attack merchant constantly taking convention by the neck and shaking it the way a terrier shakes a rat , the woman who stormed into the Irish PM 's office over the abortion issue , who refused to sing the US national anthem , who correctly pointed out that George Bush leaves Saddam Hussein standing in the mass-murder stakes , who has exposed her own sad past in vivid , gory detail , whose every record has fully stretched and excited the expectations of her audience — has released a version of Loretta Lynn 's maudlin Country classic . |
| 29 | I am sure that the Minister has consulted his right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport about that . |
| 30 | CONRAD Black 's Telegraph group has lifted its 1992 pre-tax profits by 9.4 per cent , from £40.5 million the year before to £44.3 million , it revealed yesterday . |