Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 They thus occupy a rather special place in the spectrum of infectious human disease , since , without being able to find the germ responsible , it is not only rather difficult to be sure that the disease is present in the first place , but , having given a treatment for which there can be no de finite evidence of efficacy , since no organism has been eliminated , it can be very difficult to tell whether the infection has resolved or even whether the patient is better .
2 More than a hundred kids were wounded and more than 30 died last year . ’
3 Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention .
4 I was very happy there , not just because I 'd won but also because the crown was very nice to me and I saw lots of Portuguese people .
5 She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’
6 Shae turned and all but ran from the coffee-bar , ignoring Gavin when he called after her .
7 This was done and almost immediately we noticed increased engine noise .
8 A computerised irrigation system with 750 sprinkler heads keeps the course watered and more than £750,000 was spent on landscaping .
9 The whole burden of these cuts fell on the colleges of education partly because , as we have seen , their numbers could be swiftly regulated and partly because they were still for the most part institutions predominantly concerned with teacher education .
10 Ian Murdoch of the receivers , KPMG Peat Marwick , said : ‘ It is always satisfying when a quality company is saved and particularly when it is sold to the management who built it up . ’
11 Monday had been excusable , the roadworks unexpected ; by Tuesday the roadworks had grown and even though she had set off earlier she was still late .
12 He spoke of it a lot that evening : not to bring home to her all he 'd done but rather because it 'd been perhaps the biggest single event in his ( now rather dull ) life .
13 Saatchi 's extremely active deaccessioning has caused a stir partly because so many major artists and dealers have a personal stake in his collection - and have , in some cases , risen to prominence as his collection has expanded -but also because his collection is almost unanimously regarded as the greatest of its kind in existence .
14 I would have thought they 've simply , it had to be agreed that that was stopped and then as the professor has said , I mean we give all the aid we can to turn their erm military er industry into erm , what was it , instead of guns .
15 When it comes to really assist those who er of the so I I would be grateful if members would remember that this item is on the agenda because first of all petition received and secondly because there is no explanation in that not the time to discuss whether this application should be .
16 This was especially so at Birmingham , where at 6.00 a.m. on Friday an ‘ End of Stage 2 ’ banner was erected and more than twenty insomniacs gave us a great breakfast and a marvellous reception that we will not forget , thanks to everyone who turned up , you certainly made us feel very welcome .
17 We have therefore sought only one in-depth interview with each family so far , about six months after the positive screening test ; any other direct contact with the families has been limited and only when sought by them .
18 If the plaintiff is under a disability settlement of the action has to be approved by the court under RSC Ord 80 , r13 or CCR Ord 10 , r10 ; so too if the claim is under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 as amended and more than one person is entitled to the damages even though no one is under a disability .
19 In part it is because training is in-service and little emphasized and also because so much of government is secret , information being deliberately kept from Parliament and the public .
20 In 1989 , the Soviet authorities finally admitted that 15,000 square kilometres of land had been contaminated and more than 10,000 people evacuated .
21 procedurally , does it apply whenever Article 1600A is used or only if a qualified majority vote is taken ?
22 What was even more worrying was that she had never cried and even when he remonstrated with her and told her bluntly that their two children were dead and buried she just smiled and turned away .
23 In the latest outbreak of fighting in the capital , Kabul , which began on May 12th and was continuing this week , at least 600 people have died and more than 3,000 have been injured .
24 By Sept. 21 eight people had died and more than 200 had been injured in this fighting .
25 More than thirty people have died and more than a thousand injured in the Los Angeles riots .
26 Accordingly , a stimulus will be relatively ineffective both when it has itself recently occurred and also when it is presented along with cues that have previously signalled its occurrence .
27 girls they go shopping like but they always got another carrier did n't they until they got sold and then when er they 're on the next road from their house like take the carrier and it 's all for her .
28 It is not unfair to say that some turn out not to mean quite what everyone thought but nevertheless because they represent government policy — seldom of a direct party kind — they are useful .
29 Four columns can be used but later when the ground-rules are better understood .
30 Efficient cell room management during chlor-alkali production is vital to the success of this business , not only because of the large amounts of energy used but also because of the number of downstream businesses which rely on it .
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