Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I experienced my hands being numb and slightly swollen , then being pressed or clasped by an unseen force . |
| 2 | You should think of time as a resource and , like any resource , it can be squandered or utilised in an effective and efficient manner . |
| 3 | Any unobliterated postage or revenue stamp valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 4 | Any postage or revenue stamp that is not defaced valid for current use in the British postal area or elsewhere ( except a revenue stamp embossed or impressed on an instrument which has been executed ) . |
| 5 | This development is framed in the context of discursive initiation : Julia 's education in natural languages is paralleled and supplemented by an éducation sentimentale in ‘ languages ’ of a higher order . |
| 6 | Crack a cooled bean and check that it is evenly coloured throughout ; if so , the beans are ready for immediate use of may be cooled and stored in an airtight jar . |
| 7 | By 1930 , when Sir Richard Hopkins gave evidence on behalf of the Treasury to the Macmillan Committee , the ‘ crowding out ’ theory had been quietly dropped and replaced by an insistence on the administrative difficulties involved . |
| 8 | When you 're presenting plans , stick to the point — two good reasons for doing something are better than ten because your last reason is probably the weakest , so can be attacked and used as an excuse for a refusal . |
| 9 | The Shelmerdine Committee concluded that international civil aviation should be internationalized and placed under an international authority . |
| 10 | On the verge of being destroyed , they had been rescued and stored in an alcove at Pinewood Studios . |
| 11 | In conjunction with other bodies in the Stirling area , STEP is currently seeking to develop a plan which will ensure that the provision of business support services locally is targeted and coordinated in an effective manner . |
| 12 | The first paper in Abidjan , Ivory Coast , to be owned and edited by an African appeared in 1935 . |
| 13 | This protein was then purified and tested for an ability to be phosphorylated in a crude HeLa cell nuclear extract ( Figure 1C ) . |
| 14 | The lamella crystal itself , sometimes considered as embedded in an amorphous matrix , would not seem to be an acceptable RVE because its modulus is dependent upon the surface tractions . |
| 15 | Among the eight examples drawn from the gallery 's stock are ‘ Life Death/Knows Does n't Know ’ , the great wheel of contradiction formerly owned by Charles Saatchi , and ‘ Seven Virtues Seven Vices ’ , in which corresponding pairs such as Hope and Envy or Lust and Faith are illuminated or dimmed in an apparently random sequence . |
| 16 | Anyone who has seen or lived near an opencast coal mining site will understand and agree with a statement which appeared in the First Report of the House of Commons Energy Committee ( 1986–87 ) : ‘ We agree with the CPRE that ‘ opencast mining is one of the most environmentally destructive processes being carried out in the UK ’ . |
| 17 | I would n't describe Rattle 's treatment as in any way unfeeling , merely that the various strands are shaped and honed with an unusual sensitivity to detail but at a relatively low emotional temperature . |
| 18 | Ten more receive similar help in Colombia and three in Pakistan , while a member of the Rome office successfully applied and studied for an MBA in industrial management . |
| 19 | The letter — seen and authenticated by an expert for the Daily Mirror — is one of hundreds just unearthed as Presley fans around the world mark the anniversary of the death of ‘ The King ’ 15 years ago . |
| 20 | 30ml of your own perfume are prepared and bottled in an elegant glass bottle with its own cream silk and maroon case . |
| 21 | These are : that they remain as at present , organized and administered on an ad hoc basis ; that responsibility for them be given to the CNAA ; that they become the responsibility of TEC ; that they become the responsibility of a joint CNAA/TEC body to be set up ; and that a new and independent validating body be established specifically for foundation courses . |
| 22 | Comparatively few consultants had directly approached search firms for a job , but this is becoming more the case , especially in the USA , and will become more common as executive search becomes more generally accepted and regarded as an attractive career in its own right . |
| 23 | During carbachol infusion and bile stimulation ( Experiment 1 ) , the venous effluents were collected and reinfused into an isolated segment from a second rabbit at 0.3 ml/min , at a rate of one tenth the total perfusion rate to prevent hypoxia . |
| 24 | This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity . |
| 25 | Romeo Celiz , 64 , Director of the Philippine Lutheran Hour , was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman on 6 November . |
| 26 | Romeo Celiz , 64 , Director of the Philippine Lutheran Hour , was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman on 6 November . |
| 27 | Soon after taking office Reagan won much popular sympathy when he was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt . |
| 28 | Secondary legislation in the United Kingdom is routinely published with an introductory paragraph indicating the statutory provisions on the basis of which the instrument is adopted and accompanied by an explanatory note setting out the purport of the instrument in plain language . |
| 29 | Captain Robert Nairac was kidnapped and tortured by an IRA gang in 1977 during an undercover operation in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | This measure may be of use to health care planners , but , even if it is eventually validated and accepted as an equitable way of allocating resources , it will be of little help to general practitioners , whose decisions are mostly concerned with managing self limiting minor illnesses . |