Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [art] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criminal fraud is notoriously difficult to establish and the evidence required to do so needs careful and skilled assessment . |
| 2 | The conduct of persons who daub walls with racist graffiti is also nominally caught , although for practical reasons it may be simpler for the police to arrest and a prosecution brought for criminal damage , which carries a higher penalty if the damage done is sufficiently great , always supposing that the culprit can be apprehended . |
| 3 | Here , the railway developed its headquarters when there was little money to spare and the buildings inherited in 1960 have been adapted and added to in piecemeal fashion . |
| 4 | The handle was difficult to turn and the rope strained under the weight . |
| 5 | During that time the passengers had been made to dismount and the car subjected to an exhaustive search . |
| 6 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 7 | The snag is that it 's very difficult to get started , impossibly hard to master and the demands made on your system are astronomical — running Painter on a 50MHz 486 can still be painfully slow . |
| 8 | And even while that was happening , the chaotic nature of the theatre contrived to show up the differences between those who seek to entertain and the people charged with protecting our welfare . |
| 9 | My eyes started to blink and a lump stuck in my throat … if you have ever seen a dog barking in French , wagging not only its rudder but its complete hind quarters , and trying to punch you in your chest at the same time — there you have Emily 's welcome in a nut-shell . |
| 10 | I do n't think anyone is sure what happened to cause it , but it is certain that one aircraft loaded with incendiaries started to burn and the fire spread to the two aircraft on either side . |