Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently offers for unlisted public companies and even for private companies may be of interest to the Panel if the shareholder base is sufficiently wide for minority protection to be relevant . |
| 2 | We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions . |
| 3 | The wood used goes through eight different stages , before it 's hand-finished and sealed . |
| 4 | Good system development goes through two distinct phases . |
| 5 | Walking home , he goes through one large garden gate , only to see the other one fall down . |
| 6 | We must first consider one of Marx 's and Engels 's fundamental notions , the idea that human history goes through certain ordered stages . |
| 7 | It goes through various pressing processes to mould it into shape . |
| 8 | It goes through some wonderful scenery and St-Jean itself is quite picturesque , plenty of things to paint … not exactly designed by Nature I know , but … ’ |
| 9 | Data yielded by the World Fertility Survey for a wide range of developing countries ( though , unfortunately , unavailable by each single birth order ) support the hypothesis that , during the demographic transition , the relationship between infant mortality and birth order goes through characteristic transitory changes . |
| 10 | Together with capital grants for such temporary woodland fencing ( which could also benefit from some publicity ) there is no significant financial disincentive for a farmer in fencing and regenerating on-farm broadleaved woodland . |
| 11 | Among his main achievements as resident commissioner were the passing of the Intermediate Education Act ( 1878 ) which established a system of ‘ payment by results ’ for secondary schools , based on success in public examinations ; the recognition of the Irish language as an ‘ extra ’ subject ( for result fees ) in national schools from 1879 ; the provision of state grants for denominational teacher-training colleges ; and the introduction of compulsory free education by the 1892 Irish Education Act . |
| 12 | Alongside that editorial , there is a small paragraph which says : ’ Government grants for Scottish local authorities have slumped from 67 per cent . |
| 13 | Same goes for that meaningless word ‘ soonest ’ . |
| 14 | Raising injection pressures brings particulates down but puts NOx up ; the same goes for many other design changes . |
| 15 | The same goes for certain other immigrants , such as newspaper proprietors . |
| 16 | Decorative wooden decoy ducks are also touch enough to be handled by toddlers , although you must make sure the children do n't put them in their mouths — the same goes for all painted ornaments . |
| 17 | Of course , that goes for any large dog . |
| 18 | Never clash with the Queen : the same goes for any aspiring young member of Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet . |
| 19 | Now that looks a very simple sort of thing , it 's quite large , a man stands about that high . |
| 20 | Erm I would hesitate before offering the chairman or the committee the contract , er the contract for Eurofighter actually runs to thirty four books and it stands about that high and er . |
| 21 | There 's a wall stands about this high and he 's do he does his duty on top of the wall . |
| 22 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 23 | Another important criticism , associated especially with Bernard Williams , is that utilitarianism ignores the real significance which life has for mature human beings . |
| 24 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |
| 25 | Although he promotes himself as a friend of John Major , the Conservative Party has for some inexplicable reason been unable to find him a job in the Government where his extensive talents could be stretched . |
| 26 | But in Britain ‘ tax ’ has for some obscure reason become synonymous with income tax . |
| 27 | Our offer of riches beyond dreams still stands for those deft with pen and sharp of wit . |
| 28 | AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome . |
| 29 | Connecting the A4 is simplicity itself , as is selecting both the user and factory presets for that initial run-through of the patches before consulting the handbook … |
| 30 | He composed a short preliminary scheme for the entire poem , as well as prose drafts for certain difficult passages . |