Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his plans became known in cricketing circles and Gooch told senior England tour party officials about the break-up at a Sussex hotel before his team flew to India on Monday from Gatwick Airport . |
| 2 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 3 | There were significant age effects in both tasks on these items , and many of the children in the two younger age groups failed to distinguish between deductive and empirical items and treated them all as if they were empirical items . |
| 4 | He wanted Zweig to return to Germany to continue working on other projects . |
| 5 | When William left school at about the age of twelve , he hoped to become a gardener but his skin became inflamed with constant outdoor work . |
| 6 | A few days later , the storm became so violent that sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow , and the camera recorded farmers scrabbling down with their hands to release buried sheep , pin-pointed by amazingly perceptive border collies . |
| 7 | A good illustration of this point is provided by a case in which the London Borough of Greenwich sought to challenge by judicial review the distribution by the Government of a leaflet explaining the poll tax : the Borough argued that the leaflet was inaccurate and , therefore , that its distribution was illegal . |
| 8 | The framework developed distinguishes between different ways in which prevention may be understood . |
| 9 | Dolphin groups tend to travel in specific formations , exhibiting refined and developed skills in working and cc-operating as a group . |
| 10 | Some anorexics combine fasting with occasional binges , followed by self-induced purging or vomiting . |
| 11 | For the eleventh and twelfth centuries new estates developed centred on new caputs the castles and monasteries of Norman England , with their lands spread across the landscape in manors and vills . |
| 12 | The gradings recommended for coarse aggregates arranged according to specified nominal diameters in BS 882:1973 are indicated in Fig. 3.14 and those for the four zones of fine aggregates of BS 812 : 1975 in Fig. 3.15 . |
| 13 | In Counterpurchase , the buyer agrees to purchase on normal commercial terms , including making foreign exchange available . |
| 14 | So in March 1866 he offered eight to the town and the Local Government Board agreed to lay on free water . |
| 15 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |
| 16 | Pressure of numbers impinges on every facet of the prison system , and in some institutions has resulted in overcrowded conditions that would not have been tolerated a century earlier . |
| 17 | Historically , Johnson Matthey has operated in continental Europe through a network of selling companies in each of the major markets . |
| 18 | As a result of the general squeeze over the past year ITN has turned to additional revenue raisers . |
| 19 | More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas . |
| 20 | Shifting agriculture is not in itself environmentally harmful , as is evidenced by the long and generally successful history that this type of agriculture has enjoyed in tropical regions . |
| 21 | He was a typical projector of the period , and he also had gifts as a writer , though some of his projects appear wrapped in airy rhetoric : only his colonizing plans are of enduring interest . |
| 22 | The search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp has moved into top gear and could be complete by the end of next month , the Wall Street Journal reports . |
| 23 | Santa Clara , California-based Software Publishing Corp has responded to widespread complaints that US software companies rip off their European customers by adjusting the prices of its products in Europe to conform with the prices in the US . |
| 24 | And this type of stereotypical link has led to various experiments . |
| 25 | In addition , Tecnologia has participated in various European Community projects such as the Gaudi Project . |
| 26 | THE BOARD of Irish Rail has decided to rebuilt the Carriage Shop at Inchicore Works , Dublin , which was completely destroyed by fire last September . |
| 27 | Communism has collapsed in Eastern Europe , and the Soviet Union has fallen apart . |
| 28 | A lot of support has come from local firms and from individuals like electricians and plumbers , said Mrs Coates . |
| 29 | Similarly , so-called ‘ pattern ’ bargaining has occurred in certain industries . |
| 30 | Player-manager Mark McGhee said : ‘ The results Allan has achieved with other sportsmen and women are very impressive and if he can get an extra yard of pace out of our players , then it will be very worthwhile . ’ |