Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | About half of both sectors operated a whole school no smoking policy . |
| 32 | And we asked them to tie it up , the lads made a bloody job I think they tied it up for coming round . |
| 33 | While the art department operated a separate course in the lower school , drama , music and dance are organized on an integrated programme . |
| 34 | Following a preliminary examination of these new inward investors by means of a postal questionnaire survey , the authors selected a matched sample ( controlling for employment size , sector and production process ) of old and new manufacturing firms . |
| 35 | For if not , how otherwise had the Ark avoided a precipitous descent as the waters had retreated ? |
| 36 | We er are fortunate enough in having a training scheme , in fact we were able to elect our first pensioner representative trustee two years ago and he is with us today , we 've just had another election and er two this time were elected , they will be trained , they had er Mr Hill had a two-day training by our actuaries er Watsons which are a big company , er but in talking to him about it he felt there was a lot to be said for having continued training , not just at the beginning of a two or three-year stint , but successively later . |
| 37 | Why is the card called a Grizzled Skipper ? |
| 38 | It was in this major area of economic policy that early on the civil administration exercised a high degree of autonomy even from the totalitarian party . |
| 39 | Bourjois ' Cil 18 Heures Mascara , £3.79 , for instance contains an ingredient called a hydrophobic polymer which improves the mascara 's resistance to water , whilst Lancôme 's Definicil Mascara , £12 , has a brush made of a substance called Rislan designed to be extra gentle on your lashes . |
| 40 | Although the abbot of a monastery exercised a certain administrative authority over his flock , he was ultimately no ‘ higher ’ spiritually than they . |
| 41 | Things have not gone right this year for the colt dubbed a new ‘ Champion the Wonder Horse ’ after his last-to-first victory in the Breeders ' Cup Juve-nile 10 months ago . |
| 42 | It is also possible to measure the energy of electrons using a more tried and tested type of instrument called a magnetic spectrometer . |
| 43 | The discovery in 1958 that sodium uptake and glucose uptake are coupled at the luminal surface of the intestine marked a turning point in the oral administration of electrolyte solutions . |
| 44 | Saddam 's latest concessions marked a significant improvement over those offered in letters to Rafsanjani dated July 31 and Aug. 3 , in which he reportedly " stepp[ed] back " from Iraqi claims over the Shatt al-Arab waterway and proposed Iraqi troop withdrawals within two months . |
| 45 | The new styles marked a major change of direction at the time of the Civil Wars ; although they often impinged only indirectly on local farming life , the upheavals of the 1640s were enough to halt the great rebuilding almost entirely . |
| 46 | Whether Diana 's interest in Birthright was planted by her obstetrician George Pinker , who was then its president , or by several of her friends who have had problems and become involved , her decision to add Birthright to her list of patronages marked a turning point in its history . |
| 47 | An emphasis on the racial component in health maintenance marked a significant development within contemporary medical knowledge . |
| 48 | Had Therese spent a large part of her salary on a dress she would never wear again ? |
| 49 | While Ramsey was a canon the chapter appointed a new vicar ; and while Ramsey 's predecessor was bishop , a minority of the parishioners started to protest against the vicar 's innovations and were in a strong position because the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so . |
| 50 | The Countess cast a scathing eye at the dancers who were beginning yet another waltz , then looked back to the Duke . |
| 51 | Mahathir appointed a new Cabinet in late October 1990 following the general election [ see p. 37861 ] . |
| 52 | Inevitably achieving general agreement on market completion involved a delicate balancing of national interests . |
| 53 | The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend . |
| 54 | As with the Kabbaras in Rome , Jafaar 's involvement in Polar Cap for the DEA masked a deeper CIA interest in hiding its role as an arms supplier to Iraq . |
| 55 | Alton Cycling Club promoted a two-man 20-mile team time trial on the local bypass course on behalf of the Border Cycling Association last Sunday . |
| 56 | You 're the only person there wearing the ball gown , you 're the only person there getting their photograph taken a hundred times over |
| 57 | On a day that much expensive talent short-changed a dull derby scarred by offside , Strachan made the first two for Leeds and earned an ‘ assist ’ for the third . |
| 58 | Drivers faced a tricky journey to work . |
| 59 | Recently , nine members of Windscale Judo Club achieved a higher level in the sport after successfully completing an upgrading contest . |
| 60 | There are great dangers in the royal family speaking out because I have a memory of the nineteen seventy nine , just prior to the devolution bill in the referendum in Scotland , when the Queen spoke out against devolution , now she in , in effect denied a large number of Scots the opportunity to have some sort of Scottish Parliament based here , and we probably would n't , I think , be debating this subject today , if in fact we 'd got that eleven years ago . |