Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In January 1992 the USA had claimed that questions still remained about Iraq 's short- and long-range missile capabilities — see pp. 38742-43 . ) |
| 2 | Social security appeal tribunals are categorized as the least formal of the tribunals investigated , but it is reported that appellants nevertheless found attendance before them a nerve-wracking ordeal . |
| 3 | Opportunities are to be maximised and threats either avoided or turned into opportunities ( see Sharplin , 1985 , pp. 54 6 , 190–4. where it is referred to as WOTS-UP analysis ) . |
| 4 | It is said that tunnels once used by escapers from the castle still exist beneath the grounds . |
| 5 | Jacques Donzelot has argued that women actively colluded with doctors because of the new-found status that accrued to them within the family as educators of their children and as medical auxiliaries . |
| 6 | Here again there is a question of balance : if society has democratically determined that taxes shall be collected and revenues so received spent in certain ways , non-payment of taxes is punishable even if the defaulter is objecting on conscientious grounds to aspects of staff spending — on arms , for example . |
| 7 | Since the event was well publicised and sponsorships clearly identified , there was nothing secret to be brought out in the open , he told the committee . |
| 8 | He had always thought that poets grossly overstated things when they talked of eyes like stars . |
| 9 | The Act of Settlement 1700 , as originally enacted , actually provided that matters therefore discussed in the Privy Council must be dealt with there and not elsewhere and all resolutions of the Privy Council must be signed by all members present . |
| 10 | During early system evaluation it was found that experts much preferred a simple direct dialogue style that presented basic diagnostic information such as test point values and component values , whereas the inexperienced required more directed problem analysis and advice . |
| 11 | In each , list votes would be separately counted and seats separately allotted to parties . |
| 12 | No-one was hurt and engineers immediately set to work making temporary repairs to the hull . |
| 13 | It seemed to suggest that the GLC and the LTE must try to break even , a course which was certainly feasible if fares were sufficiently increased and services sufficiently reduced , but which was politically as unacceptable to the government as it was anathema to the GLC . |
| 14 | The referendum or plebiscite is a device viewed with suspicion in some quarters , largely because they have often been used to ratify or endorse decisions already taken or policies already embarked on , as was the case with Britain 's entry into the EEC , or because they have been staged , and the issue presented , in such a way as to produce the outcome wanted by the government which initiates them . |
| 15 | ‘ ( a ) in satisfaction of all costs charges and expenses properly incurred and payments properly made by the bank or the receiver and of the remuneration of the receiver ; ( b ) in or towards satisfaction of the moneys outstanding and secured by this deed . |
| 16 | ‘ Costs charges and expenses properly incurred and payments properly made … ’ is similar to comparable expressions construed in a number of reported cases . |
| 17 | But that construction would be inconsistent with the reference in clause 9 to ‘ costs … properly incurred and payments properly made , ’ and would be inconsistent with the general duty of a mortgagee in the exercise of his various powers to pay proper regard to the interests of the mortgagor . |
| 18 | Differences in technique were identified and paintings previously attributed to Rembrandt himself could be discounted . |
| 19 | COUNCIL officials have warned that cars illegally parked outside Darlington market on East Row will get parking tickets . |
| 20 | Consent should not be unreasonably withheld and sub-contractors so employed are referred to as domestic sub-contractors . |
| 21 | Each year one or two farmers are killed and others seriously injured when their tractors roll over . |
| 22 | At least 34 Rohingya Muslims were killed and scores more injured when Burmese troops opened fire on a congregation in Arakan province , according to refugees arriving in neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two days . |
| 23 | AT LEAST 34 Rohingya Muslims were killed and scores more injured when Burmese troops opened fire on a Muslim religious congregation in Arakan province , according to Burmese refugees arriving in neighbouring Bangladesh in the last two days . |
| 24 | Things were n't going well for the American studios , either at home or in the UK , and they became increasingly desperate , hunting around for the winning formula some had lost and others never found . |
| 25 | A curfew was maintained and soldiers allegedly smashed down doors and destroyed furniture whilst conducting searches . |
| 26 | In Spain , for instance , no railway station had a hotel attached and passengers often had a long distance to travel from stations to reach their ultimate destination . |