Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement signed on June 24 between the Georgian and Russian Presidents in Dagomys ( Russia ) [ see p. 38973 ] was implemented in July with the deployment of peacekeeping forces intended to halt the conflict between Georgian irregulars and the separatist forces in South Ossetia ( an autonomous republic within Georgia ) . |
| 2 | Print workers refused to publish the paper and called for its banning , along with Dreptatea and 22 , the journal of the independent intellectuals ' association , the Group for Social Dialogue . |
| 3 | After trials with Sequent and ICL kit , Nuclear Electric said ICL 's DRS6000 Unix based systems failed to meet the requirements it had set , including an open-ended , upgradable system , high application performance and a complete integration plan . |
| 4 | He admits , however , to being torn over the interest rate argument ; part of him wants to see rates held to stabilise the economy , but he also wants to see quick cuts to boost business . |
| 5 | Freshly scrubbed necks turned to follow the pounding locomotive as it fought to lift a heavy freight up the bank some 500 yards over to our left . |
| 6 | Moreover , succeeding governments tried to operate the economy at lower levels of demand and therefore at higher levels of unemployment in order to reduce inflationary pressures . |
| 7 | Fierce competition meant officials had to re-write the record books after the final event yesterday afternoon . |
| 8 | Fierce competition meant officials had to re-write the record books after the final event yesterday afternoon . |
| 9 | Local dentists called the meeting after learning ministers wanted to reduce the 25pc subsidies paid to them for NHS patients . |
| 10 | Yuri Gagarin orbited the earth in the first manned satellite , Stalin 's body was unceremoniously removed from the Moscow Mausoleum , counter revolutionaries attempted to overthrow the Castro regime in Cuba and Scotland were drubbed 9–3 at Wembley . |
| 11 | Most PC software did n't have a Macintosh counterpart and even if it did users had to work the magic of the asynchronous communications link to get data back and forth . |
| 12 | I think others decided to avoid the canal altogether . ’ |
| 13 | Station officer Brian MacLean , said firemen tried to resuscitate the bird but all attempts failed . |
| 14 | PLANNING chiefs voted to visit the site of a proposed major housing estate after hearing the development could become ‘ a ghetto of the future . ’ |
| 15 | The truth began to be known only when returned veterans started to piece the story together from hearsay at home and to voice their fears to Congressmen . |
| 16 | ECOMOG forces intervened to stop the fighting , and arrested members of both factions . |