Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | R.A. Hamilton asked that more mature trees be obtained and the chairman agreed to attend to this matter . |
| 2 | But the court did not accept the legal conclusion which the defence sought to draw from that fact , since Megaw L.J . |
| 3 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 4 | Shortly after graduating in 1987 , the opportunity arose to work with former Napier student , Tom Kidd . |
| 5 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Nobody really minded — Mum exchanged 2 recipes and my silly wee sister got invited to 3 parties . |
| 8 | EXTENSIVE damage expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds was caused by floodwater to properties in the West Wales market town of Cardigan following Thursday night 's heavy rain . |
| 9 | If there is to be a completion audit and the consideration is to be assessedor adjusted based upon this audit — which is often the case with an asset sale — what is the point of this warranty ? |
| 10 | The framework developed distinguishes between different ways in which prevention may be understood . |
| 11 | As Windmüller ( 1984 ) has shown , employers ' associations were then further consolidated and entrenched during the interwar period ( although there were some marked exceptions ) since collective bargaining became institutionalised in this period in many countries . |
| 12 | In Counterpurchase , the buyer agrees to purchase on normal commercial terms , including making foreign exchange available . |
| 13 | So in March 1866 he offered eight to the town and the Local Government Board agreed to lay on free water . |
| 14 | equipment , and in ‘ first-world ’ country sees no excuse to continue fishing in this manner : ‘ The counter-arguments of a handful of fishermen ... not representative of the industry ... should not be given any particular weight . |
| 15 | For example , at Risley the National Centre for Tribology became established in 1968 . |
| 16 | All amphibians shed their skin from time to time , but because the burrowing frog remains immobile once it is inside its burrow and cocoon formation has begun , the successive layers of shed skin remain attached to each other . |
| 17 | In fact , this technique has led to some of my most successful parties where the parents join in and participate in the proceedings . |
| 18 | Puma has introduced for 1992 a new concept in shoe comfort , the Puma Disc system . |
| 19 | More intensive agriculture has led to increased concentrations of nitrate in groundwater in many areas . |
| 20 | * The British Agrochemicals Association claims that the use of chemicals in agriculture has declined from 33,000 tons per weight of active ingredient in 1983 to 24,000 tons in 1990 . |
| 21 | This is despite the fact that organic agriculture has expanded by 150 per cent over the last three years , to its present total of 125,000 acres — equivalent to 0.2 per cent of total agricultural land . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I am sure that West Yorkshire will welcome any assistance that the schemes can give , and will also appreciate that its rate support grant has increased by 16 per cent. , but that does not mean that it can bring its force up to the required standard . |
| 24 | Spinnaker Software Corp has turned in second quarter net profits down 8.1% at $614,603 , on turnover that fell 9.5% to $8.2m ; mid-term net fell 96% to $314,422 , on turnover that fell 3.6% at $14.7m . |
| 25 | Read-Rite Corp has turned in second quarter net profits up 67.5% at $18.8m , on turnover that rose 59.5% to $150.2m ; mid-term net rose 79.5% to $36m , on turnover up 78.7% to $289.7m . |
| 26 | V Band Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $442,000 up from losses of $281,000 last time , on turnover that dropped by 13.5% to $5.3m . |
| 27 | AllTel Corp has turned in first quarter net profit up 27.3% at $63.2m , on turnover up 8.1% to $546.7m . |
| 28 | Exabyte Corp has turned in first quarter net profit down 48.9% at $6m , on turnover up 0.1% to $76.2m . |
| 29 | Mentor Graphics Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $4.3m against profits of $1.2m last time , on turnover that fell by 17.5% to $82.6m . |
| 30 | Easel Corp has turned in first quarter net losses of $489,606 against profits of $769,975 last time , on turnover that fell by 26.4% to $6.7m . |