Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 2 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 3 | The introduction of detailed measurement and the systematic logging of failures has raised everyone 's awareness of our OTIF performance and this had led to increased cooperation and feedback between all departments . |
| 4 | Using data supplied by local police forces and government ministries , the report stated that ( i ) 4,611 children and adolescents had died from violence over the previous three years , more than 50 per cent of them shot and the rest killed by stabbing , beating , poisoning or strangling ; ( ii ) young girls were raped and many had died from clandestine abortions after becoming prostitutes ; ( iii ) children were exploited from the age of three by professional beggars , from the age of six by drug traffickers and , if they survived , ended up in armed groups used by criminal gangs and even the police ; ( iv ) the abuse of drugs and solvents was common among street children ; ( v ) an estimated 3,000 children were illegally adopted annually by foreigners , 50 per cent going to Italy and 30 per cent to France , who paid up to US$20,000 for a white child ; and ( vi ) 25,000,000 out of 45,000,000 children were chronically underfed , 30 per cent lived in poverty and 10,000 were child workers . |
| 5 | Some were girls like Anne , former shop workers or clerks , and many had worked in other factories . |
| 6 | Some of the flats housed families , but most seemed occupied by single men . |
| 7 | Families cherished their forbears , whether these had lived in humble cottages or in manor houses . |