Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She advanced the opinion that the bird would n't last much longer , and recommended Miss Vine to think about the purchase of a new one . |
| 2 | The DUP leader wants Mr Major to insist at the conference that the Republic 's Government drops its territorial claim to Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | This reflects the almost total concern with American abolitionism of some reformers as well as a liberalism about religious matters which regretted even the refusal to allow the unbeliever Joseph Barker to speak at the earlier Manchester conference . |
| 4 | Instead they invited Bob Paisley to move from the boot room to the manager 's office . |
| 5 | Enabling Mac applications to run on the Intel architecture would be a major task , and it is suggested that the pair may look primarily to the base of Windows applications because while software emulation is feasible , the only efficient way to run Mac applications would be to include a 68000 co-processor . |
| 6 | Enabling Mac applications to run on the Intel architecture would be a major task , and it is suggested that the pair may look primarily to the base of Windows applications because while software emulation is feasible , the only efficient way to run Mac applications would be to include a 68000 co-processor . |
| 7 | I challenge Dr Dunstaple to deny in the face of this evidence that cholera is not spread by drinking water ! " |
| 8 | Physic News told Mr Hayden to talk to the ghost as if to help him , but no response was ever forthcoming . |
| 9 | It was probably the success of these steps which , in 1337 , caused Philip VI to decide upon the building of a naval base at La Rochelle , a base which was to be ceded to the English by the terms of the treaty of Brétigny , thereby underlining the significance of ports as pawns in international diplomacy . |
| 10 | Concluding with a nod intended to provoke disapproving confirmation , wanting Mrs Sutherland to draw on the fund of resentment that must surely be there . |
| 11 | The Southampton branch refused to send delegates to the Annual General Meeting at which its complaints were to be discussed and addressed a letter to the meeting in which the branch committee advised Southampton members to secede from the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union in order to establish a local and independent society . |
| 12 | The company relocated its premises to Huntingdon and asked Mr Rose to move to the new premises . |
| 13 | Among Tories , more than three times as many would want Mr Major to negotiate with the Liberal Democrats as with the Unionists . |
| 14 | This last recipient had obviously not used London Transport to get to the Palace or he 'd have missed the ceremony ‘ due to mechanical failure on the Circle Line ’ . |
| 15 | Alberto Tomba , after a fall in the Valloire super giant slalom , ducked Val d'Isere to prepare for the home snow of Sestriere , one of the toughest slalom slopes in the world . |
| 16 | Last night , Mr Krenz told a Communist Party rally that the new travel regulations , allowing East Germans to go to the West whenever they wish , should be taken as proof that the government was ‘ serious about the policy of renewal ’ . |
| 17 | Tommy Johnson dribbled past the Oxford keeper , shot towards an empty net , but up popped Matt Elliott to clear off the line . |
| 18 | Earlier that year , at around the time of the drafting of the play , Eliot had invited Jane Harrison to contribute to the Criterion . |
| 19 | And 14 minutes later , the cool Marwood foxed Wigan by switching the ball to the blindside where winger Paul Penrice evaded Martin Offiah to score in the corner . |
| 20 | Even then , 26 Tory Eurosceptics still defied Mr Major to vote against the Government while at least another six abstained . |
| 21 | The Blackpool meeting was the first between Mr Savimbi and a British minister , underlining the importance Britain attaches to persuading Mr Savimbi to return to the conference table . |
| 22 | At the same time the USA pressed Saudi Arabia to cut off the vital Iraqi oil pipeline to the Red Sea outlet at Yanbu , which the Saudis did on Aug. 7 . |
| 23 | ‘ We have tried , but without success , to persuade Lady Thatcher to come to the microphone , ’ he said . |
| 24 | This tradition of fostering decentralised decisions and a degree of buccaneering , safeguarded by a highly conservative balance sheet , has enabled Hongkong Bank to prosper in the fast-wheeling markets of Asia . |
| 25 | Something urged Miss Logan to kneel before the pastor of Noah 's church ; but the presence and certain disapproval of Miss Fergusson , who dismissed as ‘ Romish ’ a large category of religious behaviour , prevented her . |
| 26 | Three ministers have also been forced out over the past two weeks , an unprecedented exodus which prompted Mr Amato to call for the vote . |
| 27 | Erm well could I deal with the management agency question first an an then perhaps I 'll invite Mr Perry to speak on the difficulties in trying to equalise work share of one project with trying to counterbalance on another . |
| 28 | Hayling was pressuring Gerry Taylor to appear in the prospectus . |
| 29 | Would he assure the people of Northern Ireland and the House that as soon as possible he will remedy that appalling error , and allow Northern Ireland to benefit from the new cohesion fund as a category 1 area ? |
| 30 | Travkin had been involved in the talks on founding the DRM , but had withdrawn his support when it was decided not to form a separate party , thus allowing DRM supporters to remain in the CPSU . |