Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 A more satisfactory theory of what determines a country 's ability to carry foreign debt should be developed allowing for interactions between economic growth , political stability and debt-servicing capacity , and distinguishing between permanent and transitory states of the relevant variables .
2 When and how consolidated accounts should be adjusted to cope with distortions when incorporating operations in economies affected by hyperinflation was clarified in an abstract issued by the Accounting Standards Board .
3 So if you have a cold starter and dessert and a main course that is either a one-pot meal , like a casserole , or a roast , where the oven temperature can be adjusted to cope with delays in starting , then you should avoid disasters .
4 The FRISC was apparently intended to go into systems eventually .
5 In the silence the sound of the sledge could be heard thudding on stones from one of the near fields .
6 Indeed , often when it is adopted the final accounts are adjusted to appear as accruals accounts .
7 In the following year the public were lectured from the courts on the duties of parenthood when , expressing himself ‘ perfectly satisfied that these crimes can be traced to neglect of parents ’ , the Recorder of Bradford struck the familiar harmonies of discontent : ‘ Parents of this time , unfortunately , do not take sufficient care in bringing up their children .
8 But little of the earnings trickle downwards : most of the foreign currency earned goes on imports of food and goods demanded by the predominantly white and affluent visitors .
9 In modern times churches and theatres were the only buildings which were designed to cope with crowds , and they offered no real clues to the scale of the problem now facing station architects .
10 To allow pupils to start at an earlier age , teaching will start in P6 , though our system is designed to cope with entrants at P7 and S1 as well .
11 Special paints are designed to cope with conditions that ordinary paints will not withstand , or to provide a surface that satisfies a certain need , eg fire retarding or damp-proofing .
12 Because most submersible pumps are not designed to cope with solids .
13 But with all this wildly extravagant lifestyle , you were also expected to sit in pubs after rugby matches and sing bawdy songs …
14 By s14(3) a person 's knowledge includes knowledge which he might reasonably have been expected to acquire from facts observable and ascertainable by him or from facts ascertainable by him with the help of medical or other appropriate expert advice which it is reasonable for him to seek .
15 In addition , they will be expected to go on visits to their local Department of Social Security office , courts , industrial tribunal and other institutions that are relevant locally to the CAB clients .
16 Naturalists of any repute were soon expected to go on expeditions , and those who did not were criticised for their lack of field experience .
17 Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community .
18 He poured it from a Victorian coffee pot waiting on a hotplate and launched into a description of a case he 'd just won punctuated by blasts of laughter and big gestures .
19 Under government plans for a new Environment Agency , the Inspectorate is expected to amalgamate with sections of the National Rivers Authority .
20 Entropy measures the expected surprise of a situation , and all these algorithms are designed to search for explanations which make the world appear more coherent and less surprising .
21 Only after receiving assurances that the Emperor would neither be embarrassed nor be expected to apologize for atrocities committed by Japanese forces did Miyazawa consent to the visit .
22 So the main cuts were expected to fall on services such as housing , education , health and personal social services .
23 Oxford English primary materials generate high levels of motivation and involvement by inviting children to participate in activities designed to appeal to youngsters and to stimulate their ever-inquisitive minds .
24 The Manuel d'artillerie was a technical work of more than average competence , a 500-page closely-reasoned and well-documented study designed to appeal to professionals .
25 Shops like Top Shop , which were once designed to appeal to teenagers , are being forced to look to older markets in order to retain profits , due to the drop in the birth rate .
26 The Movement would contest the parliamentary elections due later in the year on a platform designed to appeal to workers , employees and farmers .
27 A lively programme of events designed to appeal to Festival-goers of all ages
28 Students reaching the required standard may be permitted to proceed to honours in the final year in any one of the subjects offered by the faculty , or joint honours in two of the subjects .
29 Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better .
30 Between 1948 and 1961 des Forges and Harber gave eight records involving about nine birds , and there were 15 more records involving 17 birds up to 1976 , besides a number of reports which have been considered to relate to escapes from collections ; in fact , some of the records included here must be open to this suspicion .
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