Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [num] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could never have been designed but for a revolution that has shaken up one of the world 's oldest industries |
| 2 | Mr Lloyd Webber has built up one of the country 's finest collections of Pre-Raphaelites , which is split between his 10,000-acre country estate in Berkshire and his home in Eaton Square . |
| 3 | Mike Curb , who has built up one of the most successful privately-owned record companies and recently moved his head office to Nashville from Los Angeles , thinks country is well on its way to being a big part of mainstream pop — making a nonsense of the current radio-station categories that still set country apart . |
| 4 | WWF also hopes to control the amount of waste water flowing into the Danube ; pollution has wiped out 70 of the river 's 110 species of fish in the past 10 years and is threatening the ecosystem of the Black Sea . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend , in his inimitable style , has smoked out one of the hidden parts of the Opposition 's agenda . |
| 6 | Ahsan claims that since coming to power the PPP has knocked out 12 of the 24 known heroin laboratories in Pakistan . |
| 7 | An industrial giant which has taken over one of the region 's biggest employers today assured workers there would be no major job losses . |
| 8 | We find similar striking juxtapositions in the finale of the ‘ Jupiter Symphony , where the contrast between the signs helps set off two of the five main motives of the movement : the angular four-note motive with its downward leaps of a 5th and a 7th is marked throughout the movement by strokes , and the linear , stepwise ascending six-note motive is marked throughout by dots . |
| 9 | Despite frequent calls for the profligate spending on agriculture to be reined in , the CAP continues to absorb around two-thirds of the EEC budget . |