Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | One of its subsidiaries has developed a machine capable of extracting the harmful gas from refrigeration plant with a environmentally sound technique . |
| 3 | Alternatively the table values can be found experimentally and , as an aid to this potentially laborious process , Lafreniere ( 1979 ) has developed a microprocessor.based interactive system , which calculates the complete look-up table from a limited number of velocity profile parameters , such as maximum stepping rate , acceleration/deceleration rate . |
| 4 | The British Standards Institution ( BSI ) has developed a UK National Standard ( BS 5750 ) for manufacturing quality carpets . |
| 5 | Article 18 imposes an obligation on a State which has signed but not yet ratified a treaty , or which has ratified a convention prior to its entry into force , not to act so as to defeat the objects and purposes of the convention . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , NCR has formed a $3 million alliance with Software Clearing House Inc to sell Frame Technology Corp 's FrameMaker desktop publishing software into the NCR customer base . |
| 7 | Harris Corp , Melbourne , Florida has formed a telecommunications joint venture with Shenzhen Telecom Equipment Co : Shenzhen Harris Telecom Co Ltd to manufacture and sell Harris 's low- and medium-capacity digital microwave radios and will integrate them with other systems . |
| 8 | She has amassed a £94 million fortune through her family 's food , hotel and banking chain , making her the nation 's 13th richest woman . |
| 9 | The leisure group , which has a significant holding in Rank Xerox , has included a summary unaudited balance sheet in its interim report for the first time ( the report covers the 28 weeks ended 16 May 1992 ) . |
| 10 | Besides , Sharpe 's caution is justified since Graham Taylor has picked a team full of players itching to be the one whose finger pulls the trigger that will release the World Cup tension of the past few months — and in the process bring much-needed relief to manager Graham Taylor and his backroom team . |
| 11 | P-E International Plc has reported a £48,000 net loss for the year to December 31 , struck after £524,000 extraordinary costs associated with the sale of its Applied Skills for Management Ltd subsidiary , on turnover up 3.4% to £71.1m . |
| 12 | Dr Gary Coles has designed a sensor accurate enough to monitor tiny changes in exhaust gases given off while the vehicle is being driven . |
| 13 | Terry has designed a PVC-covered three foot foam mat with an eight inch deep cut-out for fish to be laid in while the fishing hook is removed . |
| 14 | LONDON & SOUTH EAST has won a £3.9 million contract to build student accommodation for the University of Hertfordshire . |
| 15 | The region has won a £3 million contract awarded by Birmingham City Council to repair and redecorate 7078 council homes . |
| 16 | The company has won a £24 million contract awarded by the United Overseas Bank for an extension and extensive alterations to its 38-storey Plaza 2 offices in Singapore . |
| 17 | A STUDENT has won a £500 human resources prize from Courtaulds for his work on recruitment techniques and reviewing performance . |
| 18 | For the first time in 14 years , the country 's top sprinter , currently sunning himself in Australia , has decided to skip the event at which he has won a record nine men 's titles . |
| 19 | SCOTLAND has won a £1.1 million contract for Strathclyde Regional Council to build the St John The Baptist Primary School for 495 pupils in Uddingston . |
| 20 | MIDLANDS , WEST & WALES has won a £1 million contract to refurbish 324 houses and flats on the Pool Farm Estate in Birmingham for Birmingham City Council . |
| 21 | The region has won a £4.1 million contract from News International for refurbishment work at the existing printworks in Virginia Street , London EC1 . |
| 22 | JOHN Brown Engineering , the Clydebank-based Trafalgar House subsidiary , has won a £65 million contract to build a gas-fired power station in Malaysia , it was announced yesterday . |
| 23 | NORTHERN region has won a £3.2 million contract for the North Western Regional Health Authority to build a three storey building linking to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Lancashire . |
| 24 | BRITISH Aerospace has won a £300 million contract to build 13 RAF Harriers , it was announced yesterday . |
| 25 | GUY Edwards , the former Formula One racing driver , tells me from California that he has clinched a £50 million sponsorship deal for the Lotus Formula One team . |
| 26 | A BRITISH company has clinched a £1 million deal to supply Donald Ducks for Walt Disney . |
| 27 | Police have issued a photofit of man they say stabbed a teenager several times in an unprovoked attack . |
| 28 | To do this , Digiboard has written a NetWare Loadable Module compatible with the Novell 's NetWare Access Server and Application Server application programming interface . |
| 29 | The Afrikaans weekly newspaper , Vrye Weekblad , has named a South African conscript who , it says , was required to do his military service as a spy . |
| 30 | The Afrikaans weekly newspaper , Vrye Weekblad , has named a South African conscript who , it says , was required to do his military service as a spy . |