Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The Cotton Twist Company rarely sacked anyone if they could wear them out first .
2 Some were so badly treated they had to be humanly destroyed .
3 If it had been properly heated it would slip on without any trouble .
4 Gavin Nebbeling was a tall , upright , South African central defender who played for the Palace throughout the 1980s , but his career was continually dogged by injury and this rather limited his value , although his League appearances exceeded 150 by the time he moved on to Fulham in the summer of 1989 .
5 However , people have since realised they have been lured into a debt trap aimed at bringing the working class to heel , with unemployment the main weapon .
6 However , Mr. Collins ( if I have understood him correctly ) has expressly limited his challenge to Lautro 's failure to allow the making of representations before the service of the intervention notice .
7 She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime .
8 The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue .
9 It has successfully completed its task and is returning home .
10 Mr Les Baker , director of industrial liaison , said more than 500 people had successfully completed its syllabus .
11 Alresford 's recently formed rugby club , who have successfully completed their inaugural season using facilities at Perin 's School , have asked the parish council to consider creating a rugby pitch at Arlebury Park .
12 Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have successfully completed their project to bring the Macintosh system to mainstream computing , but no decision has yet been made on a commercial follow-up : Novell chief financial officer James Tolonen says the companies wanted to see whether Macintosh System could run atop a different operating system and on a different chip , yet still maintain the user-friendly features of the Apple system .
13 Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have successfully completed their project to bring the Macintosh system to mainstream computing , but no decision has yet been made on a commercial follow-up , Novell chief financial officer James Tolonen told the Hambrecht & Quist conference .
14 Entry qualifications are generally the same , that is five O level GCE passes or their equivalent , as those required to continue on to degree and other higher level courses , which is indeed what the great majority of students do when they have successfully completed their foundation courses .
15 But within 20 minutes of Annandale 's arrival , at a cost of nearly £500 to Hendry 's manager , Ian Doyle , he had successfully completed his task .
16 I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way , because I listened to what he said earlier and have since checked my speech .
17 Mainly middle-aged women with their daughters , they all wore hats and gloves ; everyone seemed to know everyone else and the chattering and laughter only subsided into an expectant hush after the chief vendeuse had discreetly clapped her hands twice .
18 I was eventually given my clothes back , but they were all muddy and damp because I 'd been on gardens .
19 Seeing just how comprehensive a work this is , with factory serial number , date of registration , date of next C of A expiry , owner's/operator 's name and probable base all listed , I can only surmise that the note-scribblers/pocket memo mumblers — many of whom seem not to have the slightest knowledge or interest in the type of aeroplane on which the letters are painted — are performing the latter-day equivalent of the sacred ritual which I and many others who have long since outgrown it once enacted in John W.R. Taylor 's ABC of Civil Aircraft Makings .
20 I have rarely heard him sound more relaxed .
21 She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry .
22 One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny .
23 Again , I have only rarely heard anything which has interested me .
24 They are so widely prescribed you may have taken them yourself .
25 Then , at the beginning of September , Prime Minister Giral was forced to resign by intense pressure from the Socialist and Communist Parties , whose leaders bitterly criticized what they saw as the Left Republicans ' incompetent handling of the Republican war effort , accusing them of having lost control of the situation .
26 If this intercommunication is not properly arranged there will be the familiar symptoms of frustrating reiteration , decisions being misunderstood or being constantly revised , political manoeuvring and even concealment of progress within one or more of the teams .
27 Katz and Kahn have since developed their ideas and have suggested that the reason why the most effective managers show consideration and understanding towards their subordinates is because they supple formal position in the organisation and appreciate that their employees :
28 They only feed the cuckoo because it has successfully manipulated their behaviour .
29 I have very successfully manipulated you here and I am keeping you here .
30 Parliament has expressly given him power to intervene when the local authority is acting unreasonably .
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