Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Age-old enemies have accepted that compromise is the only peaceful way forward . |
| 2 | A number of studies with normal subjects have shown that ear ( McFarland , McFarland , Bain and Ashton , 1978 ; Kelly and Orton , 1979 — but see Lambert and Beaumont , 1982 ) or visual hemifield asymmetry is negligible or reduced for concrete highly imageable words as compared with abstract , non-imageable , words ( Ellis and Shepherd , 1974 ; Hines , 1976 , 1977 ; Hatta , 1977 ; Day , 1977 , 1979 ; Marcel and Patterson , 1978 ; . |
| 3 | At present 342 schools have taken this course , but the Department of Education has reported a sevenfold increase in parental ballots since the equivalent period last year . |
| 4 | Working from samples taken from the ice cap , French researchers have calculated that snowfall in Greenland in 1967 contained seven times more lead than in 1989 . |
| 5 | In Russia English merchants had gone some way south of Moscow , and trade was also being carried on in the Eastern Mediterranean or Levant . |
| 6 | Whilst Underwood 's somewhat arbitrary classification is now little used , the patterns which he detected , multi-strand lines and spirals , continue to be found by those who in some cases have had little contact with his original work . |
| 7 | Some cultures have made little distinction between heterosexual and homosexual forms , concentrating rather on the age or class of the partner ; our culture has made the distinction of prime social significance . |
| 8 | Delayed maturation Some researchers have indicated that persistence of bedwetting after the age of 5 years is due to delayed maturation of the necessary mechanisms ( Bakwin and Bakwin 1972 ) . |
| 9 | The history of the Empire is full of strife , and on occasion one Count has marched his armies against another , and knights from different provinces have fought each other despite being part of the same Order . |
| 10 | Different readers have purchased this book for different reasons , whether it be to pass a professional examination , to commence undergraduate studies in marketing , or to train for a new job in the company 's sales or marketing department . |
| 11 | Horses with names meaningful to English ears have passed this way : Lance Corporal , Red Indian , King Midas and now the stallion I had delivered , Pink Tank . |
| 12 | Objective assessment of pain is obviously necessary to ensure adequate provision of analgesia for babies , and some authors have addressed this subject , notably Sparsholt ( 1989 ) and Franck ( 1987 ) who provide guidelines for pain assessment . |
| 13 | But Scottish Homes have given this job to Scottish land on a yearly basis . |
| 14 | Earlier some engineers had derided this side of the business as mere ‘ ironmongery ’ , and there had also been political constraints on development . |
| 15 | I had no idea of doing anything else but study there for the first three years after school , for which my hardworking and frugal parents had saved enough money . |
| 16 | Kite , one of the few golfers to have had any success with switch-hitting on the greens , came out this year with a compact whip-and-zip to his swing that made him look like one of those little mechanical Arnold Palmer golf games that were so popular in the 1960s ( and have recently surfaced again ) . |
| 17 | These wily chaps have realised that goodwill means having to show it . |
| 18 | Some areas have made some provision for sheltered housing , that is , specially built flats with some services provided by a warden . |
| 19 | For this reason some workers have denied any homology . |
| 20 | Some workers have found this state of affairs to be as disturbing to development as divorce ; and in research some years ago into family aspects of drug dependence . |
| 21 | Indeed , some participants have seen this interference as legitimate and necessary . |
| 22 | The last few years have seen many manufacturing companies suffer from recession . |
| 23 | British banks have had less time than their American counterparts to develop clear strategies towards property . |
| 24 | Very few studies have shown any evidence that extraterrestrials have ever visited the Earth , As always , however , there is an exception . |
| 25 | Some geographers have considered this aspect and we will look at their work in a moment , but our basic concern , when considering settlement sites , is more likely to be the relationship to local land uses and access to resources . |
| 26 | Few officers had had any training in management , politics or diplomacy . |
| 27 | On Madison Avenue in New York , the home of the great advertising agencies , company directors and top executives have found such relief from tension by practising the tai chi form , that a permanent school has been established in the area . |
| 28 | Their value is enhanced by the fact that at the time there were no cabinet records ( apart from the prime minister 's low-key letter to the king ) and few diaries have survived this period . |
| 29 | A few government and multilateral agencies have given most aid . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , Piper , if those German bastards had overrun this position , you would be a dead bloody duck by now ! ’ |