Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tie of the white gown she had been given to wear caught in her hair and pulled it . |
| 2 | Some Members have claimed that the coverage the committees have received has enhanced their standing and authority . |
| 3 | Compared with 1990 our bank interest received has reduced from £450,000 a year to approximately £150,000 . ’ |
| 4 | Retributivism thus fits in well with our commonsense intuitions which insist that it is indeed morally relevant whether the person punished has behaved well , badly or very badly in the past . |
| 5 | The particular problem to which my hon. Friends have referred has arisen because we will have to pay back about £6 million , which was awarded by the rates valuation courts because of previous overpayment of rates . |
| 6 | The contracting system to which my hon. Friend referred has made it possible for the health authority to provide extra capacity for the specialty at Exeter hospital which will ensure that the waiting list can be worked off much more quickly than would otherwise be possible . |
| 7 | Dwyer outlined the bare bones of his playing philosophy : ‘ We are no sure that the manner in which the laws developed has reflected the way the game was meant to be played ’ , he said . |
| 8 | Trained by Nicky Henderson and the mount of Richard Dunwoody , Flown has come through a satisfactory preparation for the step-up to the ultimate test today . |
| 9 | ‘ Virtually every anti-anxiety drug and sleeping pill ever prescribed has proved to be a drug of dependence . ’ |
| 10 | The number of women registered has increased from 18 per cent . |
| 11 | Difficult though it is to evaluate , the evidence of the receptivity to the portrayal of Hitler 's image which we have examined has pointed to seven significant bases of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ . |
| 12 | The very fact that the process about which expectations are being formed has altered should , under the rational expectations model , alter the response of consumption to . |
| 13 | A NURSE who had to learn to walk again after his neck was broken has hit out at the prison sentence given to his attacker . |
| 14 | ( 1 ) No reconstruction or extension of or alteration in any premises in respect of which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is in force , being a reconstruction , extension or alteration which will affect a public or common part of such remises or any communication with such part , shall be made unless the licensing board within whose area such premises are situated has consented to such reconstruction , extension or alteration at a quarterly meeting of the board or at such other time as may be appointed by the board , or unless such reconstruction , extension or alteration is required by order of some lawful authority . |
| 15 | This was a sardonic reference to the distance which has sometimes separated Levein from selection by the national coach , though the idea of McQueen , last capped against Wales in 1981 , being recalled has turned out not to be so fanciful after all in the midst of the worst injury crisis of Roxburgh 's association with Scotland . |
| 16 | Every professional body that had been consulted has rejected the programme and the proposals attaching to it . |
| 17 | The number of patients being treated has risen enormously , and 3,000 heart patients are now receiving surgery . |
| 18 | The number of in-patients treated has increased by one point two million . |
| 19 | The number of in- patients treated has increased by one point two million . |
| 20 | This she knew , was where the man she had come to interview lived . |
| 21 | In the traditional all-yellow civilian Cub scheme , both were being re-assembled during August and were expected to remain based in East Anglia although probably retaining US marks . |
| 22 | July 1749 , Hogarth acquired the Copyhold of a red brick villa , of the Queen Anne style , with a garden of about a quarter of an acre containing an old mulberry tree , not far from Chiswick House , and it became known as Hogarth House , and the lane by which it was approached became known as Hogarth Lane — now part of the Great West Road Extension ( A4 ) into central London . |
| 23 | Magwitch reveals himself as Pip 's benefactor and says every penny he has earned has gone to Pip . |
| 24 | The attention these centres have attracted has made the illegal trade in baby orangs hard , if not impossible . |
| 25 | Clearly this is a wide ranging motion designed to provoke thought and debate with no easy answers . |
| 26 | Adding two hours to the period within which night visits may be claimed has caused a clear rise in claims , and this accounts for most , but not all , of the increase observed since the 1990 contract . |
| 27 | Some of the things a good caddie was expected to know included a good knowledge of the game , to be able to advise the player on which club to use at any given moment ; a knowledge of the course , the length of its holes , its geography from tee to green and the subtleties and borrows of those greens , as well as the way it played in all weather conditions . |
| 28 | In a report , Water pollution incidents in England and Wales — 1990 , the NRA says that although a lack of previous data makes an assessment of overall trends difficult , there is no question that the number of incidents reported has risen . |
| 29 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |
| 30 | Everyone we 've approached has become convinced that the proposed development can only enhance the town . |