Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Looks as if the message that an army of outsiders is needed to turn IBM Corp 's disparate businesses around is beginning to get through : yesterday the Personal Software Products division announced that it had recalled William Rich to be general manager , worldwide sales and marketing — he had left the company but had been acting as a consultant to it ; it has also tapped David Proctor as vice-president of products — Proctor is formerly president of Xerox Computer Services and had been president and chief executive of Ashton-Tate Corp ; before he took that position , he had served 23 years with IBM . |
| 32 | Given Hobbes 's view of egocentric human nature , according to which people always act in such a way as to produce pleasure and avoid pain , it is plain how they will behave in an ungoverned state of nature . |
| 33 | The Western banks regarded Romania as a good risk : cynically , they judged that Ceauşescu would keep the lid on the pot in Romania in a way that Gierek had manifestly failed to do in Poland . |
| 34 | In 1861 he was appointed manager of the Cowlairs works of the Edinburgh and Glasgow ( later North British ) Railway and in 1865 locomotive superintendent of the newly formed Highland Railway at Inverness , where he rebuilt existing locomotives to make them more suitable for use over its heavily graded lines . |
| 35 | By policing the mental and the physical borders of the newly formed Germany the Völkisch ideologists wanted to create a new and pure German identity . |
| 36 | In the aftermath of the violent suppression of anti-communist demonstrators in June 1990 , the European Communities ( EC ) suspended plans for an economic co-operation agreement which would have given Romania trade benefits and access to EC markets . |
| 37 | Like have you heard Blashie |
| 38 | The first stage of the purge was to seek out and kill those who had assassinated Kirov . |
| 39 | He must have hated Ben , she thought . |
| 40 | Given Adenauer 's earlier views , it was to be expected that an EDC would be supported by West Germany , though there was considerable opposition within the country , especially by the opposition Social Democrat Party , to the whole notion of rearmament . |
| 41 | Then Taylor looked to have given Swindon a winning lead , heading in a Hoddle free-kick after 77 minutes . |
| 42 | Then Taylor looked to have given Swindon a winning lead , headed in a Hoddle free-kick after 77 minutes . |
| 43 | I 've never , I 've never ever heard Jim 's voice before . |
| 44 | ‘ Your food stamps will be stopped March 1992 because we received notice that you had passed away . |
| 45 | ‘ After Nicholl was sacked Ian Branfoot took over and told me I had no future under him . ’ |
| 46 | Wisely , perhaps , given Taylor 's cautions . |
| 47 | Burkina was alleged to have given Taylor 's forces military and logistical assistance . |
| 48 | The Sikorsky which had flown Hauser from Helsinki to the isolated rendezvous in the Finnish woods stood inside the clearing , its rotors motionless . |
| 49 | Adding 20,000 square metres , the recently completed Atrium complex is linked to the main Piazza by ‘ Skywalk ’ , the longest moving pavement in the UK . |
| 50 | Not the least remarkable aspect of that day was that the county should record their highest total in the limited-overs arena , no fewer than 15 years after M. J. Smith and Graham Barlow had given Sarfraz and Bedi a spring clean to register the only previous Seaxe score in excess of 300 . |
| 51 | On admission to the trial those given 5-ASA had less severe symptoms than the bismuth group although the differences in symptoms and in both sigmoidoscopic and histological grades did not achieve statistical significance ( table IV ) . |
| 52 | Gail Rebuck commented : ‘ In the past two years I have witnessed Frances ’ excellent editorial judgement coupled with marketing flair and her consensus seeking management style that has helped secure so many important books … ’ |
| 53 | Sophie had given Pascoe the bare details as they ran back from the restaurant ; now she told the rest . |
| 54 | Liberal supplies of Iraqi weapons are said to have given General Michel Aoun , who heads the Maronite administration in Lebanon , the confidence to challenge Syrian authority in his country . |
| 55 | But the Lancashire side had the added ingredient of grit and some decisive tackling limited Swindon 's chances to two in an hour . |
| 56 | Not out of Steve , anyway , who was saying nothing much , only affirming that he had bashed Charley to save his mother ; he had ‘ guessed ’ where she was . |
| 57 | France , under-rated by many , has outgrown Germany throughout the postwar period . |
| 58 | This had annoyed Jonquil and set her steel earring swinging with temper . |
| 59 | Mr Beaton had been dumped by a road-side and picked up by police who had been alerted to the hijack and had eventually stopped MacIver in the lorry at Doune . |
| 60 | Had she not heard Sarah 's cry of outrage the moment before she opened the carriage door and caught John in that position ? |