Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The individual cow-pats are often still very hot and plastic when they hit the ground , so that as they pile up one on top of each other , they spread out further , and weld together , forming a solid mass known as spatter . |
| 2 | " It was a political decision made by the government and not by the Federation , " Bland said . |
| 3 | Summing up his goodwill mission , Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level . |
| 4 | One example might be the political decision taken in January 1991 that no one must wait longer than two years for an operation by April 1992 , irrespective of clinical need . |
| 5 | Functionally the political decision shown in the drawing may seem very similar to the refusal to make a decision . |
| 6 | Almost certainly this was a political decision aimed at maintaining good relations with the farming industry and unions rather than the result of a careful agricultural assessment . |
| 7 | He defied suspension under a gagging contract imposed by the counties on their cricketers — but which , I feel , the players should have refused to sign . |
| 8 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 9 | Referrals to private clinics decreased among the fundholders , also contrary to expectations . |
| 10 | An interpretation of a child 's language will be derived from some comparison between the child 's actual language and a descriptive framework incorporated within the assessment procedure . |
| 11 | He was taken across the yard , down a narrow passageway lined with stuffed brown paper sacks of confidential waste , and through the door at its end into the Vine Street Charge Room . |
| 12 | With these nine titles , Usborne Publishing has successfully demystified the World of Electronics ( another title ) by providing accurate but colourful technical illustrations combined with equally zany cartoon characters which bring to life the usual metaphorical explanations of how computers and other machinery from the age of IT works . |
| 13 | During the Second World War considerable damage was done to the docks by enemy action , and they have now been restored as part of the World Trade Centre , with the dock as a yachting harbour and the surviving warehouses used as trading floors with shops beneath , an imaginative example of redevelopment combined with conservation . |
| 14 | Made with 1.4 , 1.6 and 1.8 litre petrol engines , the Tempras are agile performers aimed at the business users ' market . |
| 15 | Most commercially exploited minerals in Britain tend to be in the older geological strata located in the more remote western and upland regions , while sand and gravel occur in coastal or valley sites or in glacial deposits , particularly in the south and east of England . |
| 16 | At a time when galleries are retrenching or closing , it is nice to be able to report this exciting European link forged by the energetic Hue-Williams , and to note the arrival of Marianne Holtermann , private dealer in modern and contemporary art , who has opened an office above Bolger Carpets at 31 New Bond Street . |
| 17 | The academy had become little more than a rubber stamp for huge prestigious projects drawn up by the industrial ministries . |
| 18 | But visiting his garden , you 'd search in vain for the finest blooms destined for showing . |
| 19 | Far-reaching proposals published by the NRA call on the government to set legally-binding quality standards for not only rivers , estuaries and canals but lakes , groundwaters and coastal stretches . |
| 20 | The economic advantage gained would be significant . |
| 21 | The relationship between a response and its consequences , or the association between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response learned by watching others is described as vicarious conditioning . |
| 22 | Any deviations from the normal hours worked are clearly highlighted in automatic exception reports . |
| 23 | But I , I liked the the first outfit she came on with that sash wrapped round her |
| 24 | Do n't press seams with a seam roller , especially on the non-vinyls , which have hollow backings filled with glue . |
| 25 | He lifted his hand with graceful ease to imprison her chin , strong fingers splayed against her throat , their touch light but masterful . |
| 26 | GST-pou[c] was bound to 32 P-end labelled 143 bp fragments containing either the ICP4 motif ( lanes 1–7 ) or the Ad2 motif ( lanes 8–13 ) at different positions from the ends of the fragments and the complexes formed were analysed by gel electrophoresis . |
| 27 | An unused kitchen located on the first floor of this block , provided the necessary space for a new Staff Room , Kitchenette and Toilets , with supplementary Staff Toilets , Lockers and Resources Area being located in the link to the three storey block . |
| 28 | Why could n't he have a Ford ? ) was outside No. 16 and there was a builder 's flat-backed truck parked in front of it . |
| 29 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 30 | Within the coterminous Borough and Parliamentary Constituency of Blyth Valley , the old Labour hegemony based on the coal field has been seriously threatened by the emergence of an Alliance challenge . |