Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moderate and lenient , her superior aptitude in verbal reasoning skills has earned her respect and a classy reputation . |
| 2 | The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability . |
| 3 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has asked me how the discount system , as distinct from the rebate system , will work . |
| 4 | The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts has published its report on NHS outpatient services . |
| 5 | Picketing in various forms has shown itself to be one of the most effective forms of industrial action . |
| 6 | Sunnyvale-based MIPS Computer Systems Inc says that Control Data Corp and Tandem Computers Inc will be adding its new ARCSystems to their product lines , and that AT&T Co 's AT&T Federal Systems Advanced Technologies has announced it will offer ARCSystems with System V/Multi-Level Secure Unix in its role as a large-scale integrator for the US Federal government . |
| 7 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 8 | Still , it gives me time to see if any of my contacts has heard anything . ’ |
| 9 | Meanwhile , no one can buy the paper for hard currency , not even the mighty Ministry of Defence , because the only bank for foreign trade operations has declared itself almost bankrupt , and refuses to return hard currency to its owners . |
| 10 | The integration of the refining and the chemicals operations has allowed us to improve the quality of service to customers who require both fabrication and refining and the benefits are already being seen . |
| 11 | ONE of Merseyside 's former top cabaret clubs has lost its 11pm entertainments licence following police objections . |
| 12 | The Union has completely exhausted its competence in the area of so-called concurrent legislation , where the Lander also have a role to play , and indeed in some cases has exceeded its responsibilities . |
| 13 | The lack of SQL Access Group documentation has caused customer and database vendors a significant amount of frustration and in a number of cases has forced them to turn to alternatives , such as IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Data Architecture . |
| 14 | No I I should say her solicitors has told her you , you know , you 've got to tread carefully |
| 15 | Being deliberately deceitful about the Government 's policies has become something of a habit for the Labour party . |
| 16 | Fidelity Investments has cut its initial charges on five bond funds from 5.25% to 3.5% . |
| 17 | Radio Investments has taken its stake in Kent-based radio station Invicta Sound to 10.47 per cent through the purchase of another 1.39 per cent . |
| 18 | Although I demonstrated the advantages of the ‘ hot mike ’ system to ICAO and to the US National Transportation Safety Board in 1979 , the resistance to retrospective modifications ( because of the cost involved ) which the US airlines are able to organise through their congressional lobbying activities has prevented its introduction in the USA . |
| 19 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 20 | His passion for , and expertise with oddballs has made his features very popular , and he is known as a thorough and punctual answerer of readers ’ queries . |
| 21 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 22 | None of these religions has satisfied its real purpose , which is to provide fully acceptable and uncontentious guidance in human discrimination between right and wrong , and in the behaviour that should stem from that discrimination . |
| 23 | The call of the birds has made it seem good |
| 24 | The new status system for racing under SARA rules has claimed its first victim . |
| 25 | Simple pressure of calls has taken us from one to five lines over the years and the only reason we have stuck at five is because the office is simply too small to take any more . |
| 26 | In addition , the precipitous decline in the real price of many products has made them accessible to many more people in the developing world . |
| 27 | From the Schallenberg the road descends in the course of 1 5km ( 9 miles ) via Oberei and Schwarzenegg to Steffisburg , which in modern times has become something of a dormitory suburb to 4km- ( 2½ miles- ) distant Thun . |
| 28 | The miller down the ages has made his own peculiar contribution to the low esteem in which he was held . |
| 29 | Mankind throughout the ages has produced what we call the Holy Ones . |
| 30 | Her rise through the ranks has surprised her . |