Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] in [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Finance ( No 2 ) Act 1992 included substantial changes to the VAT Act 1983 and the Finance Act 1985 in order to implement the single market VAT regime from 1 January 1993 . |
| 2 | Kanemaru had accepted the vice-presidency of the party in January 1992 in order to revitalize the unpopular and politically moribund administration of Miyazawa , who had been elected party leader and Prime Minister three months earlier . |
| 3 | A constitutional conference , chaired by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , opened on Aug. 18 in order to consider the draft agreement — popularly dubbed the Pearson accord — which had been negotiated by the nine English-speaking provinces in July [ see pp. 38999-39000 ] . |
| 4 | The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments . |
| 5 | The landlord requires security of income for a long period , and this is specially desirable where the landlord is an investing institution which pays out pensions or insurance policies , because a period of twenty-five years ' secure income facilitates the actuarial calculations necessary in order to determine the level of payments which the landlord can make . |
| 6 | A special 30-day session of the Diet was convened on Oct. 12 in order to debate the bill which would have allowed the corps to be dispatched to the Gulf . |
| 7 | The only US Senate seat at issue , in Pennsylvania , was won by the Democrat Harris Wofford , who overcame an early 44-point opinion poll deficit to take 55 per cent of the vote against Dick Thornburgh , a former two-term governor who had in June announced his resignation as Attorney General in order to enter the contest [ see p. 38279 ] . |
| 8 | This request was important in that it forced the staff involved in Guidance to review the programme and look at the students ' experiences in totality . |
| 9 | This had been established in August 1949 in part to promote the arguments for unification under the direction of Pyongyang . |
| 10 | This strains to make severance available in order to enforce the restraint . |
| 11 | 5.12.2 Not without the consent in writing of the Landlord ( such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which consent shall not be required in relation to applications in respect of the fascia or signage at the Premises ) to apply for planning permission The landlord will probably insist on the retention of clause 5.12.4 in order to avoid the problem of a limited planning permission being issued containing a reinstatement provision becoming effective after the lease term has expired . |
| 12 | Goh had formally resigned as a member of parliament ( while remaining Prime Minister ) on Dec. 1 in order to contest the by-election . |
| 13 | In another passage he argued that ‘ God when he makes the prophet does not unmake the man ’ — in other words God leaves the prophet with his faculties intact in order to judge the prophecy . |
| 14 | Are you eating enough foods rich in fibre to get the roughage you need to smooth the passage of the motions through your system ? |
| 15 | Already next season 's Ulster Senior Challenge Cup final has been brought forward a week to April 23 in order to accommodate the Lions party who will take in the game as part of their celebrations . |