Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is claiming that Imperial Tobacco failed to issue warnings about the health hazards when he started smoking 30 years ago . |
| 2 | Staff working in centres in which facilities for attempted suicide patients are developed should endeavour to monitor trends in the behaviour in their area . |
| 3 | This view has also received support from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and from the environmental directorate of the European Commission , although in the UK government itself the Department of the Environment failed to acknowledge receipt of the FoE reports . |
| 4 | Demonstrators on a march in Hong Kong on April 5 , organized by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of the Democracy Movement in China , were urged by leading liberal Yeung Sum to cherish freedom of speech while they could , and to continue drawing attention to the denial of such freedom in China . |
| 5 | The local case studies were developed using data from the Register of Sasines and other documentary sources , together with semi-structured interviews with consumers and producers of private sector housing . |
| 6 | He did n't want to lose people by the wayside you know and I think that was the feeling of most of us . |
| 7 | And I did n't want to go work for the Bank . |
| 8 | I did n't ever want to see Phantom of the Opera , no of course I have n't have n't |
| 9 | Evaluation tests and quick quizzes can be given using acetates on the projector , written in permanent ink and the answers added later . |
| 10 | This form of contract ensures that the model can not suddenly start demanding repeat fees on a photograph which is widely used . |
| 11 | New figures for accumulated temperature have been calculated using 0°C as the growth threshold and covering the months January to June inclusive . |
| 12 | Now their pension money has been frozen while trustees investigate certain deals made using money from the fund . |
| 13 | Chairman I will endeavour to arrange discussions as a matter of extreme urgency and report back to January ninety three meeting of this Committee hopefully with problems resolved . |
| 14 | Excitement fades to disillusionment , and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf . |
| 15 | They therefore rarely see ‘ the complete picture ’ and tend to lose track of an issue once discussion of it has been concluded . |
| 16 | As taxpayers we are entitled to know why intelligence services failed to spot signs of an end to the Cold War . |
| 17 | Most of the journalists expected to see children near the line . |
| 18 | In an attempt to curb speeding motorists on a stretch of highway in Pennsylvania , the local police erected a sign that read ‘ Caution — Nudists Crossing ’ . |
| 19 | At present , the bulk of an LEA adviser 's work involves helping teachers in a variety of ways , and , although this requires them to observe teaching , the act of inspection creates some tensions . |
| 20 | Darlington council yesterday agreed to demolish sheds at the motive diesel works east of Melland Street and landscape the site as part of the Railside Revival scheme . |
| 21 | IBM Corp is planning to introduce new technology that is intended to increase the input-output transfer rate of the RS/6000 , helping eliminate bottlenecks between the microprocessor and disk drive . |
| 22 | For Ashcroft Noble had never forbidden his study to children , and Helen later recalled seeing Edward at the end of a visit still standing by a bookcase and reluctant to leave . |
| 23 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 24 | Substantial analysis of published statistics will be undertaken utilising data from the Census of Production ( 1924 , 1930 , 1935 ) the Board of Trade , and the Customs and Excise Department . |
| 25 | It is our intention to continue to provide cover for the making good of nipple joints on sectional boilers , although unlike many companies , the following clause which normally appears in brackets after defective joints has been omitted ( ‘ other than joints between the sections of the sectional heating or hot water supply boilers ’ ) . |
| 26 | The deputy judge had before him a probate action in which the first defendant , Mr. Clive Smith , sought to obtain probate of a manuscript document bearing the date 18 April 1986 , and said to be a testamentary disposition made by the deceased , Mr. Percy Winterbone . |
| 27 | Pierburg then sought to obtain photographs of a car which was situated in California , and it was held ( plainly correctly ) that this was not a case of evidence being obtained ‘ abroad ’ and so the Convention was inapplicable . |
| 28 | These revenue investment proposals failed to attract support in the context of the proposed accounting standard , and the ASB therefore concluded that they should not be pursued by that means . |
| 29 | Substitutes have been developed in the past but failed to absorb water to the extent that ivory does . |
| 30 | As the discussion of power in Chapter 2 showed , pluralist approaches have explicitly rejected the notion that one can derive a causal explanation of policy outcomes based upon the congruence of the policy outcome with the interests of a particular group or class — that the congruence between the policy outcome and the interests of a group offers strong evidence to support ascribing power to the group . |