Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 BTEC had to call on FE colleges to create closer working relationships with schools than most existing links provided — and the Council would only authorize a school to run a First Diploma course if it was satisfied that it could provide not only teachers with experience in working in business or in industry but also specialized accommodation and equipment .
2 As there is a danger that people will be confused and might buy from the second retailer thinking that they are buying from the other , he should be able to obtain an injunction preventing the second retailer from continuing to use the name he has chosen .
3 In March 1770 Mozart received a commission to write the first opera for the following carnival season in Milan .
4 Secondly , the Congress adopted a resolution initiating the First Five Year Plan ( FFYP ) of industrialisation and collectivisation of agriculture , both of which had long been advocated by the opposition .
5 Berri announced his decision while addressing a rally to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the disappearance in Libya of Amal 's founder , Imam Moussa Sadr .
6 On 19 June the Internal Market Council formally adopted a directive amending the Second Company Law Directive ( Directive 77/91 ) .
7 The Northern Echo reported last week that Darlington Council had not made a contribution to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the North Road railway station .
8 In fact I 'm surprised they never made a bid to stage the next Olympics .
9 The prince unveiled a plaque to mark the 600th anniversary of the swannery , which was founded by Benedictine monks .
10 He , too , will have had a chance to study the fourth report of the Committee for Monitoring Agreements on Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship , several paragraphs of which deal with the targeting of tobacco advertising at young people .
11 In the initial stages of working on this new grammar , three of the ‘ gang of four ’ ( , , and ) worked secretly on producing a Festschrift honouring the sixtieth birthday of the leading member , .
12 Princess Alice , Duchess of Gloucester , Air Chief Commandant , WRAF , today attends a Service to mark the 50th Anniversary of the WAAF and the 40th Anniversary of the reforming of the WRAF , at St Clement Danes Church , Strand , London WC2 .
13 HUNDREDS of supporters of the Free Radio Association are holding a party to celebrate the 29th birthday of the pop pirate ship Radio Caroline .
14 On July 2 Alia signed a decree pardoning the last political prisoners in Albania [ for earlier releases of political prisoners see pp. 37972 ; 38017 ] .
15 In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive .
16 The examples listed here were all from hoards , and included a dish depicting the First Labour : the hero strangling the Nemean Lion .
17 DELEGATES at this year 's CIU Annual Conference at Blackpool will have a chance to visit the first Beer and Trades Exhibition being staged at the Sandcastle Exhibition Centre on the South Promenade .
18 The Alliance called a general strike the next day , but cancelled further demonstrations , fearing fresh violence .
19 The central event of the former 's pontificate can hardly fail to be seen as Humanae Vitae in 1968 , central because its publication marked a watershed separating the first years of enthusiasm , of an optimistic post-conciliar implementation in which Rome and leading Catholic theologians were still working more or less hand in hand ( as they had done in the latter years of the Council ) from the far more contestatory and unsure later period .
20 Members of the Finnish parliament voted by 107 to 90 to reject a proposal to build a fifth nuclear power station .
21 I had arrived at Ullapool by bus in mid-afternoon , determined to satisfy an ambition to make a first visit to Lochinver .
22 England needed an hour to remove the last two wickets .
23 The party has been placed in the impossible position of choosing a leader to fight the next election when it has not yet had the opportunity to discuss why it lost the last one .
24 It took a while to identify the first two but we 've finally managed to do that .
25 They took an hour to reach the first town , and another hour to find the tourist office and fend off boys with motor bikes who rapped on the windows .
26 On Dec. 18 the Georgian parliament issued a statement suspending the second round of Russian-Georgian talks on bilateral relations currently under way in Moscow and recalling Georgia 's delegation .
27 In the autumn of 1984 I introduced a bill to bring the first pension reforms into effect .
28 He 's been getting acting lessons and , on the phone from Tel Aviv , where he 's shooting a film called The Eleventh Station , he agrees that simple muscled heave is beginning to look a little dated .
29 This power may be used , for example , to prevent a parent seeking a second or third opinion when this would be contrary to the child 's best interests .
30 On Thursday 27the May representatives of the PCC and the PC together with Mrs D Bellinger from WBC and Ms K Scivyer of the Rural Housing Trust held a meeting to discuss the next steps .
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