Example sentences of "and [vb pp] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The findings again call into question the Government 's attempt to privatise nuclear power despite constant warnings over the costs The shadow Energy Secretary , Mr Frank Dobson , claimed yesterday that the CEGB 's accounts had been ‘ massaged and adjusted to suit the Government 's privatisation policies ’ . |
| 2 | This prevents any stitches becoming snagged and broken causing the filling to shift from its proper place . |
| 3 | ‘ So long as the things being moved and shaken show no ripples … |
| 4 | More importantly , what might have initially looked like a lightweight novelty campaign group has grown and developed to become a full-time pressure group recognised as a leading authority on UK water pollution . |
| 5 | If Senna becomes champion , and to do it he must win in Japan and Australia , then Prost 's recent criticism of his treatment at the hands of Honda will immediately spring to mind regardless of a subsequent and rather naive document , signed by all sides and designed to give the impression that all is sweetness and light . |
| 6 | This gives the basis for a very specific and flexible information retrieval system which , within the constraints of the hardware and software available , can be structured and designed to suit the kind of information in the database and the needs of users . |
| 7 | Last week the Appeal Court was unable to uphold a residence order , granted by the High Court to Nottinghamshire SSD and designed to stop the father having contact with his three teenage daughters . |
| 8 | Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself . |
| 9 | Both had their origin in a Working Document presented by the United Kingdom delegation and designed to apply the Convention only to evidence ‘ for use in proceedings pending in the State of origin ’ . |
| 10 | It 's part of the school 's Chinese cookery awareness course — craft-based and designed to meet the City & Guilds ' new ethnic element . |
| 11 | Federico Joni 's output also included a large amount of far less brilliant work , done in the normal course of his activity as restorer and expert creator of artefacts in the Renaissance style , and designed to satisfy the demands of a wide market . |
| 12 | If , as we believe to be the case , powers are being so exercised , then the issue of constitutional legitimacy which arises is quite simple : what is the value or use of a constitution based on and designed to ensure the maintenance of a system of limited government if it can , quite lawfully and even constitutionally , be set on one side ? |
| 13 | As the dust spun slowly down through the sunlight on to Miss Harker 's silent form , he waited patiently at her elbow like a wizened monkey whose master , the organ-grinder , has fallen asleep and forgotten to start the music . |
| 14 | I remember researching the notes for the Bach Brandenburg Concerto you played when you brought the Berlin Philharmonic to play in the Sheldonian in Oxford and coming across a passage in the writing of that great American philosopher Susanne Langer , where she defines the competent artist as someone whose mind is trained and predisposed to see every option in relation to others and the whole . |
| 15 | She had hoped and expected to find the Garden Tower all but deserted at such a late hour , with the two guards half asleep in the guardchamber on the ground floor . |
| 16 | Garvey toppled him backwards into the lock-up and bolted shut the door again . |
| 17 | Although they feel ‘ cut off ’ from the mainstream of the knitting world , the knitters are very imaginative and prepared to spend a lot of time on one garment — and it shows ! |
| 18 | Julie checked the rear-view mirror and prepared to swing the car across the road into a parking space . |
| 19 | Donna sighed wearily and prepared to continue the search . |
| 20 | Yesterday , there was a subdued mood of anti-climax on the shores of the Urnersee as the locals began clearing the debris and prepared to welcome the holidaymakers who would face nothing more dangerous now than the perils of the twisting lakeside road . |
| 21 | Folding her lips closely together , Theda dropped a curtsy and prepared to leave the room . |
| 22 | He laughed bitterly and prepared to leave the office . |
| 23 | This was best fulfilled by a voluntary association independent of all authority so free to criticise it , and prepared to conduct a mission against apathy and escapism aware that there would be small returns for great effort . |
| 24 | He could see Todd 's smile , could feel the gesture forming as the other man leaned forward very slightly and prepared to put the phone down . |
| 25 | Once inside she wriggled into the corner of the seat to make room for him , and prepared to enjoy the novelty . |
| 26 | They are organised and prepared to resist the destruction of the forests . |
| 27 | Blushing , guiltily , I chastised her and prepared to re-attach the lead . |
| 28 | I bet the max , and prepared to count the spoils . |
| 29 | Having done so , Sykes took down his rod and prepared to make a dash for it , when through the storm he noticed two small boys . |
| 30 | When Richard Branson took over negotiations from Fields in March , Wilson and a team of Boeing executives and lawyers flew to Britain , installed themselves in the Carlton Towers hotel in Knightsbridge and prepared to make a killing . |