Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For centuries , the Clan Campbell had been the enemies of Clan Macdonald and to ensure that no mercy was shown to the Macdonalds of Glencoe , the Campbells of Glen Lyon were instructed by Dalrymple to enforce the orders . |
| 2 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 3 | AN ATTEMPT by management at Devonport to poach the refitting of a destroyer from Rosyth Royal Dockyard has failed , but the unsolicited bid has caused two weeks ' delay to work on HMS Gloucester . |
| 4 | One Friday , I drove out to Cardiff to attend a luncheon , and the Royal Welsh Polo Classic , at Pontcanna Fields in the grounds of Cardiff Castle , for many years the home of the Marquesses of Bute . |
| 5 | And we then took the Housing Committee down to Lambeth to see the benefits of what they had done . |
| 6 | The Electrophone did not diminish box office receipts — on the contrary it tempted subscribers to flock to the West End to see the ‘ real thing ’ . |
| 7 | Hence the landing of the Imperial Guards to dilute the acid of resistance , and allow over seven hundred Space Marines led by Lord Vladimir Pugh to spearhead a fierce organised drive against the capital and the praetorian troopers , with whom they would cope . |
| 8 | After the successful tour of Japan and the trip on the Trans Siberian Express across Russia , stopping off in Moscow to see the May Day Parade , Bowie travelled overland to Paris and met up with Angie . |
| 9 | Not long afterwards came another request , this time in a slightly more orthodox fashion , for John Ward to paint the Princess . |
| 10 | She has recently returned from a journey in Romania to see the conditions of at least 1,000 children under the age of one , who had contracted AIDS through injections with dirty needles or contaminated blood . |
| 11 | Such criticisms forced President Jaime Paz Zamora to cancel the sale of two state-owned hotels in La Paz , the capital , when irregularities were discovered on the opening of sealed tenders . |
| 12 | And then he used to have the bus on from here to Holyhead to see the other people in Holyhead . |
| 13 | Then come to the POTENTIAL TEACHERS DAY on Saturday 8th March to enjoy an informative Day of Movement with the Medau Society 's Trainers . |
| 14 | The upper storeys of the dwellings leaned out over the street , giving them a drunken appearance , and the dim caverns beyond the light of the high street seemed to Isabel to mirror the dark side of this city of churches . |
| 15 | So far fears that West Germany will be too distracted by the rebuilding of East Germany to continue the building of the European Community have been exaggerated . |
| 16 | The murder in Medellín on May 21 of a leading PL senator , Frederico Estrada Veléz , persuaded Barco to cancel a two-day visit to Peru for an Andean Pact summit meeting [ see p. 37451 ] . |
| 17 | A few , those who had been last in the line , turned their horses in time and rode for Ruthyn to carry the news , and were not hindered in their going . |
| 18 | The track record of the CAP raises serious questions over the ability of the organs of the EEC to wield the powers which they have gained . |
| 19 | When John Hawarde , a lawyer , was summoned from his rooms in the Temple to attend the Privy Council at Greenwich he had to pay Mr Ward , the Clerk of the Council , a royal for recording his appearance , 6s. 8d. for his entering into a bond , and 6s. 8d. for the bond itself . |
| 20 | The playhouse in the Harlow is about the people in Harlow and about the people that come in from outside of Harlow I 'm very conscious that we do serve a very wide community and I am pleased that people with other sounds come and support the theatre has been rightly said if they did n't come in to Harlow to support the theatre we would have major problems . |
| 21 | Tonight 's winner has until mid-December to agree a purse offer with Lewis , who won the right to fight for the title with his second-round knockout of Razor Ruddock . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't need to be Plato to see the obvious , ’ he said coldly . |
| 23 | The Prince was in Swindon to see the work of local youngsters taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Scheme . |
| 24 | I congratulate the Government on appointing Mr. Norman Warner to conduct the national inquiry . |
| 25 | I enjoyed the February issue of Canoeist , especially the account and photographs of Lakefield Canoe Club 's recent visit to Costa Rica to enjoy the challenge of some magnificent rivers . |
| 26 | For this , Abbot J. Svitavský commissioned Rubens in 1673 in Antwerp to paint the Death of St Thomas and St Augustus . |
| 27 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
| 28 | Criticism that the new cars could not operate the town routes , provoked Luff to arrange a demonstration for the Transport Committee on the Marton route . |
| 29 | Some , including Field Marshal Lord Roberts , at one time Commander-in-Chief of the British Army , were for landing at Antwerp to sustain the Belgian Army and pose an inhibiting threat to the German right wing . |
| 30 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |