Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just after the agreement was announced , Sarajevo Radio reported that Yugoslav fighter jets had launched new attacks on Croat-populated villages in western Bosnia and that army units had surrounded a strategic Muslim-populated town east of the Neretva river . |
| 2 | The area has been sealed off and police marksmen have surrounded a local shop . |
| 3 | She 's delighted a local team has won . |
| 4 | She is wished a long , healthy and happy retirement by everyone . |
| 5 | He cleared away the grass and disclosed a narrow opening descending into the darkness . |
| 6 | A search of the National Biomedical Research Foundation protein database disclosed a strong homology to human ICAM-1 and -2 and the intervals between cysteine residues are conserved between the presented sequence and ICAM-1 . |
| 7 | He said a survey had disclosed a gloomy picture of growing waiting lists , homelessness , and repair problems . |
| 8 | Judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC , sitting at Southwark Crown Court , said the case had disclosed a disturbing picture of the use of ‘ a wide range of dangerous drugs ’ by customers at Darby 's parties . |
| 9 | Dand had disclosed a non-beneficial interest at 31 December 1991 , were disposed of before 31 December 1992 . |
| 10 | This survey disclosed a considerable disparity in levels of unmet need in subjects whose sole regular contact was with health professionals ( subgroups A to D ) compared with those reassessed on a multidisciplinary basis by health and social services personnel . |
| 11 | When the Kruskall-Wallis test disclosed a significant p value , the Mann-Whitney U test was carried out in order to detect where the differences occur . |
| 12 | I 've designed a new yacht which we believe stands an excellent chance of winning the next round-the-world race . |
| 13 | To celebrate the launch of the new AES we have designed a new logo and a new style for the AES publications . |
| 14 | ‘ Now there is no need for wasting time with plastic surgery as Elizabeth Arden has designed a new cream for conquering those misshapen noses . ’ |
| 15 | At the end of the gallery Mr Molloy has designed a tall wooden column inspired by the vertical nature of hangul , the Korean script , which has been inscribed with part of a Korean poem cycle . |
| 16 | This was an ingenious wheelchair attached to the front of a bicycle ; and lastly as I left , I had a word with Stefan Sielaff from Germany , who had designed a fantastic three-wheeled single seater vehicle in fibreglass , that was catching everyone 's eye ! |
| 17 | Nothing daunted , the BBC 's engineers have designed a clever re-recording technique for receiving the sound and this could help them to win a prestigious international prize next month . |
| 18 | Hairdresser to the stars and current hairdresser of the year , Trevor Sorbie has designed a superb hair care system . |
| 19 | Having designed a modern airframe , airfoil section and chosen the best of modern and traditional materials , they now produce a range of aircraft based on the basic airframe . |
| 20 | The British , with experience gained in the Boer War , had designed a standard rifle , light and holding the maximum number of rounds for fast , aimed fire at a specific target . |
| 21 | Can only assume this was designed a long time ago , say roughly 1983 ; surely even Peter Snow must now realise that a Labour landslide is rather more likely than a Tory one . |
| 22 | Whilst at Penn 's he designed a high-speed steam engine which had all its working parts totally enclosed and splash-lubricated , a radical departure from contemporary practice . |
| 23 | In addition , the centre completely designed a parallel operating system , Paros , for the European Community SuperNode II project . |
| 24 | I have designed a special celebration menu for you today . |
| 25 | To give more effective stripping , 3M has designed a special Stripping Tool which , unlike wire wool , will not stain wood with rust spots , while also speeding up stripping on flat surfaces . |
| 26 | The Royal Bank of Scotland has designed a special account that allows you to provide for your children 's future and enable these savings to grow steadily over the years . |
| 27 | Originally they were cumbersome , but Marconi have now designed a lightweight model . |
| 28 | Caterers from Lexington were providing a banquet , and the local bakery had designed a huge oval birthday cake . |
| 29 | But the natural theologians ' assumption that God had designed a harmonious order of Nature was hardly a suitable basis upon which to build a modern science . |
| 30 | He had specially designed a lovely brooch incorporating the Prince of Wales feathers , two polo sticks and a crown ; it was made in Welsh gold from the Gwynfynydd mine , with diamonds , emeralds , and rubies , and was to be auctioned after luncheon . |