Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would 've picked a good one . ’ |
| 2 | I hear you 've come a long way . " |
| 3 | Erm got fined a hundred and ninety six pounds and has got to pay me fifty pound compensation . |
| 4 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 5 | Manager Lennie Lawrence has delayed a final decision but he can not take a risk for a game that could clinch Boro automatic promotion . |
| 6 | Manager Ray Hankin has no injury worries but has delayed a final choice . |
| 7 | For example , is it not true that the Roosecote project has received a substantial amount of capital from NORWEB but that the deal has been kept secret ? |
| 8 | The study of Magritte 's art , long dependent upon Suzi Gablik 's short monograph completed in 1970 , has received a sharp boost with the publication of three new books , each of which serves a slightly different purpose but only together provide a comprehensive evaluation of the artist as he has been researched by David Sylvester and Sarah Whitfield . |
| 9 | The sad story of the decline of the African elephant mainly due to ivory poaching has received a great deal of much-needed publicity . |
| 10 | Communal living has received a great deal of publicity during the last twenty years , partly as the result of the experiments with alternative lifestyles widely advocated by members of the middle classes in the 1960s . |
| 11 | A second view that a scientific theory is a complex structure of some kind is one that has received a great deal of attention in recent years . |
| 12 | Most recently , the controversy surrounding the use of Chlorofluorocarbons ( CFC 's ) and the damage they are doing to the Ozone layer has received a great deal of publicity . |
| 13 | The latter class has received a great deal of attention recently because homologous sequences have been found as domains contained within larger DNA binding proteins such as the nucleolar transcription factor hUBF ( 3 ) , mitochondrial transcription factor 1 ( 4 ) , sex-determining region Y ( SRY ) ( 5 , 6 ) , lymphoid enhancer binding factor I ( LEF-1 ) ( 7 ) , a T-cell specific transcription factor TCF-1α ( 8 ) , and the yeast autonomously replicating sequence factor ABF2 ( 9 ) . |
| 14 | In haulage contracts there will be little doubt as to whether each party has received a worthwhile benefit ! |
| 15 | Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women . |
| 16 | It has changed hands again recently and has received a new facade . |
| 17 | , a senior operator at Courtaulds Chemicals in Stretford , UK , has received a new national qualification for demonstrating a detailed understanding of the sulphur recovery process . |
| 18 | ( b ) has received a terminal prognosis |
| 19 | There are now two further exclusions which apply — if the insured at the time of effecting insurance is receiving inpatient treatment or is on a waiting list for inpatient treatment and if he has received a terminal prognosis then no payments will be made . |
| 20 | Some critics have labelled such shows a huge con but , according to Arts Centre spokeswoman Alison Lister , the display has received a warm welcome in Darlington . |
| 21 | Public access to an environmentally attractive waterfront has received a favourable response in the city and has undoubtedly muted political debate . |
| 22 | As well as the effects on trade union activity , a further implication of cross-national bargaining structures which has received a good deal of attention concerns their economic consequences . |
| 23 | Liberal Democrat Candidate Suzanne Fletcher has received a good luck card from Essex , from a direct descendant of the area 's Liberal MP between 1918 and 1920 . |
| 24 | Neil Kinnock has received a rousing reception to his keynote speech to delegates at Blackpool . |
| 25 | The October bank holiday proposal has received a muted response from Employment Minister Michael Howard , who said he was open to persuasion but had no plans to make changes . |
| 26 | US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . |
| 27 | Car-sharing has received a recent boost since the petrol price increases ; owners are able to share petrol costs without endangering their insurance policies as long as sharing is on a non-profit basis . |
| 28 | Once a water has received a regular supply of HNV baits , and the carp have been hooked on special rigs , they are rarely caught on any other bait or method . |
| 29 | It is no use telling a man who has received a thousand pounds a year in giro cheques that he has the means to better himself . |
| 30 | The agreement has received a cautious welcome from environmentalists , some of whom , however , are sceptical as to whether a purely voluntary approach can be effective . |