Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb pp] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed .
2 The qualities required of interviewers will vary greatly according to the complexities of interview schedules used and also the degree of informality permitted in the interviews .
3 If more was wanted , the Defence of the Realm Act should be invoked to impose penalties for failures to join after signing on and drinking facilities at dock gates removed or greatly restricted .
4 The ambulance men arrived and immediately poured ice cold water over the burns .
5 We now know that Mls determinants are proteins encoded by genes of mouse mammary tumour viruses integrated and vertically transmitted in the mouse genome — in effect they are self-antigens , and as with any self-antigen encountered by T cells during their maturation in the thymus , T cells that react with Mls determinants are clonally eliminated in their early development with consequent ‘ skewing ’ of the animal 's V T-cell repertoire .
6 In the 1980s the Chancellor reduced the rate of corporation tax companies paid but also reduced the allowances on new investment .
7 We 've seen new and harsher disciplinary procedures introduced , safety measures ignored and regrettably increases in the number of cases of racial and sexual harassment .
8 Early attempts to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans failed because so many of the workers died of malaria .
9 By examining who they owed money to , and vice versa , it will be possible to identify the nature of the credit arrangements merchants used as well as the geographical direction in which debt/credit flowed in or out of Yorkshire .
10 So , while the OAS plots raised or rather revived concerns about what would happen to the Fifth Republic after its founder 's disappearance , the re-emergence of parliamentary opposition revived concerns about a restoration of the régime des partis .
11 Clearly the range of the Act is very limited , applying only to lucid adult patients connected or about to be connected to a ventilator who are suffering from a terminal condition ( as defined ) and who execute the appropriate directive.33 A first step , however , has been taken in clarifying the law .
12 Dialysis bags constructed as above , and filled with each of the two test solutions , were suspended for an hour at 37°C without stirring in 10 ml of a solution of the following composition ( mmol/l ) : Na 135 , K 15 , Cl 100 , HCP 3 40 , acetate 10 .
13 The map of the region is indicated below the digests ( Figure 4D ) and shows the DNA probes used as well as the position of the DH sites .
14 The new Bill covers introduced as well as native species and will allow ministers to decide which animals may be commercially bred .
15 After some initial hesitation , the Church Commissioners agreed and now the remaining repairs , principally to the stonework , can be carried out on a rolling programme over several years .
16 In theory , during this period their potential to adapt technology to source inputs locally ( as had occurred in Biafra during the civil war ) , rather than to import them might have given them a competitive edge over the large manufacturing companies managed and partly owned from overseas .
17 There was no evidence that the nature of previous surgery had any effect upon the pattern of adduct spots seen although occasionally highly distinctive adduct patterns were seen , which were clearly specific for a given patient .
18 Weather and subsidence claims were lower , motor and marine insurance results improved and only industrial disease claims required higher provisions .
19 Similarly , the door mirrors worked but not with any great precision .
20 Four pre-teen girls were abducted , molested and mutilated in a serial killing spree the New York Times described as very ‘ un-Japanese ’ .
21 VALIDATE can delete modules names reserved but not used .
22 This grew while the city docks declined and finally were closed a few years ago .
23 Finally , a message for airfield operators licensed or otherwise .
24 The number of under 10 year olds killed or seriously injured each year has fallen by 37 per cent from 1976–86 in Britain , compared to a 7.5 per cent reduction for all age groups .
25 2.35:STAUNCH FRIEND had his Champion Hurdle hopes dented when comfortably beaten by Mighty Mogul at Newbury .
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