Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although stateside gossip recently had it that Hitachi Ltd would soon be ready with Unix on its mainframes ( UX No 384 ) , latest rumours suggest that BASF 's Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH — a European OEM for Hitachi Data Systems ' IBM-compatible mainframes — is tired of waiting , and may be close to signing a deal with IBM for its already proven AIX/ESA 2.1 mainframe version of Unix , which is an implementation of OSF/1 .
2 The disposal of the group 's interest in Tanaka Matthey KK does not constitute the discontinuation of a business under FRS3 since the group is continuing operations in Japan through its wholly owned subsidiary , Johnson Matthey Japan Limited .
3 Stevenson College also intends to provide APL within its recently validated HNC in Management .
4 One can well understand , of course , her lack of desire for another child when they already had eight to feed and clothe , and naturally she can have had no idea of the effect on Eileen of her casually spoken words .
5 In the Seventies and early Eighties the general opinion was that for women to ‘ make it ’ they had to act like men but now the rules are different , says author Sally Helgerson in her recently published bestseller The Female Advantage : Women 's Ways of Leadership .
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