Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to find work after leaving the army , which he joined at 16 , he has travelled as far as Holland in search of a job — but to no avail . |
| 2 | Although Britain 's output of services is almost three times its manufacturing output , recorded exports of services are only half those of manufactures — and in the past 30 years , Britain 's share of world trade in services has fallen slightly faster than its share in manufacturing . |
| 3 | President Bush has enjoyed rising approval ratings , and communism 's appeal has collapsed as fast as communism . |
| 4 | In most countries , the governmental and political concern with the environment has come somewhat later than that of scientists or concerned lay people : the early development of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany is something of an exception . |
| 5 | Traffic has grown steadily rather than spectacularly during the twenty-nine years the preservation company has been operating . |
| 6 | Despite a pile of unread reprints now measuring 16 inches tall , I read this book because of the nagging suspicion that in a field that has grown as rapidly as vascular biology and medicine I might be missing more than my 16 inch stack suggested . |
| 7 | My right hon. and learned Friend has said as clearly as possible that he regards the second London terminal at King 's Cross as an intrinsic part of the scheme . |
| 8 | Twice fought over , she has suffered as badly as any country in the world . |
| 9 | The evolution of the philosophy behind family planning during the last twenty years has moved rather quicker than that of soil conservation so that the present thinking and problems may indicate that in general terms , this critique of conservation policy is not new , but the transfer of ideas merely overdue . |
| 10 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 11 | Whatever one 's opinion , he has missed remarkably little considering he has had to cope with such an endless barrage of fast bowling . |
| 12 | Says his admiring boss Peter Reid : ‘ Mike has done really well since he came in . |
| 13 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 14 | Thank you Mr Mayor I just wanted t to come in with two fairly quick points er as to why I will not be able to support this amendment , but the first is that the leader of the council has indicated that the efficiency savings erm has got as far as it can go and that , you know , we have been trimming at the margins and there is no more margin left and that leads you to believe that perhaps one should be looking at somewhat more er root and branch type of pruning in the spending that that the labour group want to actually erm deal with , er and the second point I would like to make , and er I thank councillor for giving us a a a a new word tonight obfuscation because that describes exactly what I think the labour group are trying to do by bringing this figure down it removes the embarrassment they would have from having to add on a substantial sum of money f due to the failure to collect the cou er the community charge in previous years and I think that they are trying by by this amendment with some very quick foot work to try and delude the people of this city . |
| 15 | Yet , even here , there is a puzzle , a strange , unplaceable something which does n't quite fit with that account of the gradual driving out of the reader and the suggestion of a steady shift towards the rare and the difficult , for I would guess that anyone not put off in advance by suspicion or hearsay , anyone that is who has got as far as dipping into Ulysses , say , will have come hard up against things that are startlingly , even discomfortingly , recognisable . |
| 16 | Then she thought perhaps Pat is dead now , perhaps he has died even now while we have been watching this dreadful absurdity . |
| 17 | The build-up of ozone-destroying chemicals has slowed more rapidly than expected , even before international agreements to phase them out took full effect . |
| 18 | Dalglish then handed over Livingstone and £400,000 to Chelsea in return for England Under-21 midfielder Le Saux , 24 , who has played only once since Dave Webb took charge at Stamford Bridge . |
| 19 | I return to Summerchild , who has retreated as far as laughter will stretch and found nothing . |
| 20 | The text of warranties has become much longer because solicitors have included very many specific warranties as well as general warranties . |
| 21 | Yet they , too , complain of aches and pains , of being squeezed by a ‘ credit crunch ’ under which borrowing has become harder even while interest rates have been falling . |
| 22 | ‘ OUP has spent considerably more than £100,000 adapting its computer system to cope with the new requirements . |
| 23 | The government has spent more heavily than its predecessors on promoting its policies . |
| 24 | Of that number , none has spoken more strongly than Earth Dances , the largescale orchestral work which Birtwistle composed in 1986 . |
| 25 | Education after 1902 immediately became the largest and most important service provided by local government and has remained so ever since ( Regan 1979 ) . |
| 26 | Our business investment has increased more rapidly than in any other major economy except Japan . |
| 27 | I have been lucky that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case . |
| 28 | The United States of America has progressed much further than the United Kingdom has in determining this question but the basic legal principles are the same : copyright protects expression but not idea . |
| 29 | You think everything has gone wrong just because I wo n't wo n't wo n't fuck you . |
| 30 | ‘ Social imperialism ’ suggests that the main beneficiaries of this policy were British consumers , and indeed one writer has gone so far as to argue a direct link to the Attlee government 's social reforms : ‘ The nationalisations , medical provision and expansion of education so magnanimously legislated by the Labour Ministry were largely achieved because the Bank of England kept the Sterling Area show on the road . ' |