Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Highly sensitive species such as some of the smaller angelfish , butterflyfish and the Achilles Tang ( Acanthurus achilles ) may easily become stressed if confronted with quarrelsome tank mates and will show dissatisfaction with aquarium life by refusing to feed . |
| 2 | Lord Fraser of Carmyllie , Scotland 's Lord Advocate , said he would have resigned if exposed to political pressure , and Assistant Attorney-General Bob Mueller insisted that no one had even tried to influence the investigation . |
| 3 | SDF participation in peacekeeping operations which might require military action was frozen until authorized by separate legislation . |
| 4 | We went to the concert by bus , and Bob was left in New York ( he had collapsed while jogging in Central Park ) and came along later in the day . |
| 5 | Complimentary studies are now necessary to examine the effect of exogenously administered TGF α on the growth of the cell lines studied by the group of Kork et al when these cells are inoculated as xenografts into nude mice . |
| 6 | The initiating NTPs ( GTP and UTP ) , the dinucleotide GpU , or GpU plus ATP , were also added when indicated at final concentrations of 40 µM . |
| 7 | These gains in producer and consumer surpluses can be considered as increases in real incomes to consumers and producers . |
| 8 | But by definition , science itself was not considered as penetrated by social context ; if it was it would no longer be science , at least not ‘ pure science ’ : |
| 9 | Sheffield looked like being overwhelmed as tries by new boys Gary Divorty and John Bentley powered Halifax 10-0 ahead in 11 minutes . |
| 10 | That is easier said than done for cash-strapped City , who are said to be losing £10,000 a week . |
| 11 | I was warmly welcomed in all cases and an enthusiastic and positive attitude prevailed although mixed with understandable anxiety concerning the radical changes proposed . |
| 12 | Wigan are still haunted by the memory of Ellery Hanley 's pelvic injury suffered while playing for Western Suburbs for which they have n't received any compensation . |
| 13 | Although he momentarily speaks of " " eelde " " , " old age " , in general terms ( 3885 ) he is quite clearly presented as speaking of old age as he knows it , on the basis of his personal experience : he starts his speech with a reference to himself , " " I " " , which by line 3874 is expanded to " " we olde men " " . |
| 14 | Finally , such an all-embracing solution could be presented as based on national , rather than personal , interests , for it appeared to represent everyone , not just certain social or economic sectors . |
| 15 | In addition , some clients feel threatened when approached for personal information . |
| 16 | If , as seems likely , this line swings southwestwards at its western end towards the Farmborough Compression Zone , it may account for the otherwise puzzling discrepancy between the E.N.E.-W.S.W. strike of the basement thrust as seen on seismic ( Chadwick et a/. 1983 ) and the E.-W. trend of the Vale of Pewsey . |
| 17 | But uncontrollable impulse , caused by mental defect , is not at present accepted as exempting from criminal liability , except that it may serve to reduce murder to manslaughter ( see pp. 167–8 ) . |
| 18 | A slightly different argument is made by Paust ( 1983 ) who argues that general principles must be accepted as applying to new weapons , but they must be coupled with effective enforcement measures . |
| 19 | These assurances , however , were accepted as relating to constitutional theory . |
| 20 | By analogy , Riley 's paintings could be seen as operating within similar parameters : the coincidence of colour with a certain geometrical ordering re-enacts the function of myth . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it insists that legal practice as a whole can be seen as organized around important legal conventions and this claim requires showing that the behaviour of judges generally , even those who are not conventionalists , converges sufficiently to allow us to find convention in that convergence . |
| 22 | Mourning and depression are not seen as overlapping through different processes ; rather , early loss or bereavement actually produces the vulnerability to psychiatric disorder ( which may not necessarily be depression ) . |
| 23 | Even if my assessment of its implications concerning the relative order of emergence of the intentional ingredient and of syntactic structure were held to be incorrect , the mechanism of that evolution might be of independent interest , and be seen as bearing on other problems besides ( especially in developmental psychology and theoretical linguistics ) . |
| 24 | The gourd-breasts and the leather-thonged sorcerer 's switch can be seen as referring to indigenous culture , as can the snakes ' heads with which the yokes of her skirt appear to terminate . |
| 25 | The convention laid down provisions for Third World states to benefit from technology transfer and financial aid to help them preserve key areas , and , most controversially , it provided for compensation payments to Third World states in return for extraction of genetic resources ( seen as referring in particular to the exploitation of the gene bank of tropical forests by biotechnology companies ) . |
| 26 | It laid down provisions for third world states to benefit from technology transfer and financial aid to help them preserve key areas , and for compensation payments in return for extraction of their genetic resources ( seen as referring in particular to the exploitation of the gene bank of tropical forests by biotechnology companies ) . |
| 27 | Given the price inelasticity argument , changes in duties in the annual budget are probably best seen as motivated by revenue-raising considerations . |
| 28 | It is this tension that can then sometimes be seen as leading to central efforts to curb the independence of agencies whose initial freedom was provided by government . |
| 29 | That is , they are seen as falling into specific biological or psychological ( for example , ‘ personality ’ ) categories which include features other than the criminal disposition . |
| 30 | Alternatively , they may be seen as relating to foreign investments which should be translated at the year-end ( the closing rate method ) . |