Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Has he explained about last night ? ’ |
| 2 | Campaign financing is encouraged and yet limited through structural features of the American political system . |
| 3 | This chapter examines a study , where , at the outset , the analysts were not entirely clear what could be achieved by using soft systems analysis , but felt it would provide an overview of the situation , enabling ideas to be formulated about new relationships that would arise from a fundamental change in role . |
| 4 | On the other side of the street , beyond a row of lime trees , the broad green slope of Fernhill Park falls away in an amphitheatric curve to the river hidden between steep banks . |
| 5 | Trade incentives , one case free for every ten purchased in the in introductory period which we 've foreseen as four weeks . |
| 6 | Within this frame of mind exhortations from well-intentioned others to ‘ tell me what 's wrong ’ or ‘ to seek some help ’ may be heard as another confirmation of one 's own inadequacy . |
| 7 | You have heard about complex variables , and I believe you have come across the Cauchy-Riemann relationships . |
| 8 | Vi had heard about such things . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've heard about such people , of course … ’ |
| 10 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 11 | Thinking of young lives , his mind jumped back to yesterday , when he had heard about young Harrington . |
| 12 | The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King 's past only after it had given its verdict . |
| 13 | Furthermore , even before Posidonius , the Druids may well have heard about Greek doctrines of immortality either from oral tradition in Massalia or by honest purchase of Greek books . |
| 14 | We 've heard about object-oriented technology for 20 years , but it 's only just now beginning to take hold . |
| 15 | The council had heard about impending publication late on Saturday night , too , he said , and had tried to stop it by taking out an interdict against the newspaper concerned . |
| 16 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 17 | That 's when — you know , you 've heard about supply-side economics . |
| 18 | This was the first she 'd heard about any programme notes . |
| 19 | He and Richard must have heard about these things but in general they had failed to register . |
| 20 | But Hermens said he was confident Krabbe would be cleared after he had talked to leading athletics officials and heard about another report from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) which also classifies the drug as a stimulant . |
| 21 | It was her first visit to a city and she was taken aback by the volume of traffic — ‘ I had heard about this kind of thing , but it 's quite frightening close to like this , ’ she said , as she stood on the pavement in City Square and watched four lanes of vehicles jousting strenuously for position . |
| 22 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 23 | Fiona ; Yeh I 've heard about this Council Tax , so then it 's true if you 're all students living together then you do n't have to pay ? great ! ! |
| 24 | Driving through Kilmartin , south of Oban , I saw two notices calling public meetings to discuss pollution — the first I and many others had heard about this problem . |
| 25 | I had already heard about this plan because the doctor had discussed it with my father ; but it was apparent that Eric himself was not at all enthusiastic about it . |
| 26 | I 've never I 've never heard about this thing called cos squared X , you explain it to me what do what 's it all about ? |
| 27 | Then one day , I was in this car with some blokes , and one of them said , ‘ Have you heard about this band , with a really good one-legged woman bass player ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've heard about this sort of thing before , ’ he said , as if realizing what he 'd stumbled on , or at least what he thought he 'd stumbled on . |
| 29 | You have heard about electric charge , current , magnetic field , etc . |
| 30 | But instead of discussing such low-cost , appropriate approaches , the International Workshop on Earthen Buildings in Seismic Areas , sponsored by the US National Science Foundation and held in Albuquerque in May 1981 , heard about high technology solutions like ‘ prestressed adobe ’ and ‘ reinforced poured adobe ’ . |