Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language that has developed to express these ideas is becoming increasingly more difficult for those outside the immediate discussion to understand . |
| 2 | As a result the company has stopped accepting fresh landings of scallops |
| 3 | Perhaps the one piece of good news is that ‘ Kent R Allen , chief financial officer of the company , has resigned to pursue other interests ’ : put most diplomatically . |
| 4 | In Johannesburg , in South Africa , the white-run council has voted to allow all races to live together in the city . |
| 5 | A meeting of the Chinese State Council has voted to impose severe measures on those who destroy wildlife . |
| 6 | And the team Allan Border is leading there are missionaries again of a sort : cricket on the island lives hand-to-mouth , and political upheaval has repelled touring international sides for five years . |
| 7 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a viscious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 8 | Yes , the chicken and egg syndrome is interesting because and I agree it is a vicious circle , but in fact you do n't make new omelettes unless you do break some eggs , and I think the time has come to break some eggs and I think that 's what I 'm advocating is that it will come from the teacher because the teacher is the guiding light of what happens in the classroom , and if the teacher has it in the back of their mind there will be no science , then there will be no science . |
| 9 | When the doctor confirms that it is important to provide care , or when too much anxiety is felt in leaving an elderly person alone , the time has come to consider alternative options . |
| 10 | Art Deco has come to mean brilliant colours , curved upholstery and angular , geometric designs . |
| 11 | It was not even ‘ love of life ’ — that is more like it , but the phrase has come to mean many things that could ( happily ) not be predicated of her . |
| 12 | The problem is that just like the ‘ moral treatments ’ of the nineteenth century , normalization has come to mean different things to different people , and professionals who have espoused the concept of ‘ normalization ’ often proselytize their views with a religious fervour which , though often motivating to fellow staff , can be alienating to those who are unfamiliar with the concept . |
| 13 | Thereafter confusion set in and , from scenes of events , groups of figures , etc. , presented on a very small scale , the term has come to mean elaborate pictures , much more ambitious than the historiations and sometimes extending to the whole of a large page . |
| 14 | ‘ There was a time when I planned to live for ever , but the time has come to change those plans . ’ |
| 15 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 16 | A woman will say something like , ‘ Oh look , he 's got a cute butt ’ and some geek standing next to her , sensing that his chance has come to make serious waves in the world of sexual politics , will whine , ‘ You would n't like that if I said that about a girl . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ While in times past a royal wife would be expected simply to put up with a situation no matter how desperate , the Princess of Wales belongs to a generation that has come to expect greater things from life and certainly from relationships , ’ she wrote . |
| 18 | ‘ Boots has considered withdrawing these products for some time , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 19 | ‘ In ten years TAFOS has grown to comprise eight workshops in small communities across Peru , ’ said Mr Müller . |
| 20 | The Vitara has grown to accommodate extra doors |
| 21 | In five generations the Clark family has grown to have 1,000 shareholders speaking for 80 per cent of the company . |
| 22 | Samwell was a gentleman architect of considerable accomplishment , whose achievement has been undervalued , although John Aubrey [ q.v. ] considered him ‘ an excellent architect , that has built severall delicate howses ’ . |
| 23 | THE Wine and Spirit Association has threatened to take formal complaints of environmental health officers ( EHOs ) ‘ deemed to have abused their authority ’ to Government level . |
| 24 | China has fiercely opposed the introduction of democracy to Hong Kong , and has threatened to reverse any moves in that direction made by Britain before 1997 . |
| 25 | The EC has threatened to impose economic sanctions on any Yugoslav republic that rejects its proposal , which calls for the break-up of Yugoslavia in its current form . |
| 26 | Ursprung told a joint meeting of the Royal Society and the Foundation for Science and Technology in London that the Swiss federal government has decided to reverse 17 years of neglect and give basic science a hefty financial boost . |
| 27 | The group has decided to shelve several projects , and to scrap a HK$3.8bn share issue . |
| 28 | The company has decided to remove editorial responsibilities from the deputy editor , Mr Richard Lambert , so that he can tackle the RSI outbreak . |
| 29 | It 's been forced to shut because the Ministry of Defence has decided to buy cheaper uniforms made in Morocco … but an MP says he 's disgusted by the Ministry 's action . |
| 30 | During the Jubilee Year the University has decided to inject some resources into the association to develop it into a larger and more effective body , to enable graduates to keep in touch with the University and each other . |