Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rushdie had announced on Dec. 24 that he had embraced Islam and withdrawn permission to allow his book The Satanic Verses to be published in paperback . |
| 2 | It is also of great importance that children should be given opportunity to develop their skills . |
| 3 | Many of the most highly regarded chefs choose their menus after seeing for themselves which the freshest foods are at the market ! |
| 4 | If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them . |
| 5 | In one concession by the government on Dec. 28 , it was given permission to publish its own newspaper , Rilindja Demokratika . |
| 6 | It was not until Lady Diana Spencer was formally engaged to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that she was given permission to call him ‘ Charles ’ . |
| 7 | Then some lads from the Cameron Highlanders were given permission to bury him . |
| 8 | The group left , reportedly after being told by Papua New Guinea officials that the Indonesians would be given permission to remove them by force . |
| 9 | The England international was given permission to make his late dash to London for tonight 's Coca-Cola Cup replay as his family is suffering from a virus . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Another contender may be the emerging empire of Thaksin Shinawatra , who began by distributing IBM computers in Thailand , set up the country 's first cable-television operation and has now received permission to establish his own cellular-telephone network . |
| 12 | She had heard Ben tell her it was about time , too , but almost too late ; that was when she had stopped pushing the hand-cart and bought Laddie and the flat-cart . |
| 13 | The Mediterranean non aligned states held their first regional conference in Malta in 1984 ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 14 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 15 | International and Irish , however , has now stopped MacDonald using their offices as his London base . |
| 16 | Occasionally a garishly painted truck passed us , raising a cloud of dust , and away to the west , hanging over us and clearly visible now that the clouds had lifted , the coastal range of the cordilleras towered pale and trembling in the heat . |
| 17 | Pupils will appreciate the distinctive elements of period music , if they are given opportunities to create their own music using elements/themes , rhythms from earlier music . |
| 18 | Unless they are given opportunities to express their grief in appropriate ways which can include weeping for loss , they will never be able to acquire the creative energy necessary to find a new job . |
| 19 | It has provoked freemasonry to examine itself and nurtured a desire for a new image . |
| 20 | The general picture , however , is that girls , especially outside the main towns , have limited opportunities to pursue their education . |
| 21 | The Newcastle boss also revealed why he sold goal machine Mick Quinn to Coventry for a cut-price £250,000 and that he had received mail questioning his decision to sell . |
| 22 | Yet , despite the financially less favoured position granted to those areas of the curriculum which are not perceived as ‘ national priorities ’ , every LEA surveyed in the writer 's research had established the arts as a local priority , and assigned funds to support it . |
| 23 | That Bernard had broken noses defending her to his chauvinistic schoolmates . |
| 24 | Once a week , use a specially formulated shampoo to deep-cleanse your hair , like Marks & Spencer Professional Formula Anti-Build-Up Shampoo , £1.75 for 250ml . |
| 25 | During the early months of 1990 Avril 's response to the growing opposition had included attempts to suppress it through the imposition in January of a " state of siege " , followed by efforts to defuse it through the promise of free elections [ see p. 37182 ] . |
| 26 | Actually it would be fairer just to say that , in comparison with the time it would take either a monkey or a randomly programmed computer to type our target phrase , the total age of the universe so far is a negligibly small quantity , so small as to be well within the margin of error for this sort of back-of-an-envelope calculation . |
| 27 | I 've always enjoyed teaching _ it 's something which I feel is very important for someone who 's an historian . |
| 28 | If you find deep gravel paths in your local park , write to your local parks department and ask that the paths instead be covered with firmly rolled gravel to make them suitable for use by wheelchair users . |
| 29 | Ronald Harwood 's Reflected Glory , at the Vaudeville Theatre , is the tale of two brothers from Manchester who have come south to seek their fortune . |
| 30 | Somewhat overwhelmed Eva straightened her uniform and moved forward . |