Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when the opportunity arose to participate in the Programme as a SCOTVEC National Development Officer , the changes began again to figure fairly prominently . |
| 2 | Tragically , Jim failed to recover from the stroke he had suffered on the Saturday morning ( 28th May ) and died the following morning . |
| 3 | Not prone to understatement , our Michael , as witness the opening paragraph of his colourful piece on the day Tendulkar took the field for the first time : The ghost of Lord Hawke failed to rise from the grave . |
| 4 | several Journalism students formed part of the reporting team of Summit Radio , a week-long project of topical , cultural and current affairs radio programmes timed to coincide with the Edinburgh Summit in November 1992 ; |
| 5 | It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve . |
| 6 | Taylor promised to abide by the Yamoussoukro settlement , although on Nov. 6 he stressed that he would defend the country against outside threats . |
| 7 | ‘ What happened , ’ says an attendant parent , ‘ is that our defence stopped to look at the train . |
| 8 | Virtually what it did it came out of the last parish council 's conference which I attended on your behalf and er the Director of Planning and Development , Colin promised to lay on a seminar for parish councillors because it seems to be the one service which always gets criticism at the parish council 's conference . |
| 9 | The authorities promised to look into the complaints in order to defuse the situation . |
| 10 | Cut off from her , with his father and stepmother both dying while he was still a young man , John several times tried to live with a man he loved , but it always ended in disappointment . |
| 11 | Whereas Moscow tried to pose as the champion of German unity therefore , the West posed as the defender of German liberty , arguing that reunification must only come after free nation-wide elections , and that Germany should be able to choose its own Allies . |
| 12 | Determinedly Isabel tried to shut off the thoughts of Dameta , of home and family . |
| 13 | ‘ A couple of blokes tried to go over the wall about a year ago . |
| 14 | It all began in the early hours when it 's alleged the car failed to stop at a police check and sped off through the city centre and out along the Botley Road . |
| 15 | TSL Holdings reached pre-negotiated agreement in principle with some of its major creditors to restructure its debt in a deal expected to result in an exchange of existing debt for a combination of new equity and long-term debt , and the agreement was reached in recognition that it would make the Chapter 11 filing ; Europe accounts for some 80% of sales . |
| 16 | The Superintendent got to work on the telephone . |
| 17 | Militia presence was increased in Tashkent on July 2 in expectation of opposition rallies planned to coincide with the opening of the Supreme Soviet session . |
| 18 | It was unclear last night how many East Berliners planned to stay in the West , where facilities are increasingly being overstretched . |
| 19 | When a Palestinian delegation asked to participate in the armistice negotiations , its request was rejected and the armistice was signed only by East Bankers . |
| 20 | Keegan led Newcastle to promotion in 1984 but the club failed to build on the success . |
| 21 | Bernice agreed to lie on the ground and moan . |
| 22 | As it became apparent that considerable variations in training were to be found , the ( now ) British Library Research and Development Group for Research into Public Libraries felt that more information was needed about current practice , and in September 1982 , British Library Research and Development and The Library Association agreed to liaise on the development of an exploratory survey . |
| 23 | The office of president ceased to exist upon the death in 1980 of Marshal Josip Broz Tito [ for which see pp. 30472-73 ] , being replaced by a Collective State Presidency whose eight members ( one from each republic and province ) are elected for five years ( most recently in May 1989 — see pp. 36662-63 ) by the bicameral Federal Assembly ( Parliament ) . |
| 24 | Frankie Dettori , Forest Tiger 's rider , told the stewards that the colt failed to quicken with the field at the three-furlong marker and then ‘ died on him . ’ |
| 25 | Given the basic similarity of human sexuality at birth , and the bisexual nature of human beings , Freud sought to account for the way in which men and women are produced in a particular society — namely , middle-class Europe and America in the early twentieth century . |
| 26 | The work was actually carried out in 1971–72 , although the lease did not take effect until February 1974 just two months before the old county borough ceased to exist at the time of local government reorganisation . |
| 27 | And the issue spilled into the tabloid press and the TV Times with readers asked to judge between the rights and wrongs of Sue keeping quiet and Terry 's hurt pride . |
| 28 | Mr Paddy Ashdown issued his starkest warning yet that he would be prepared to force a second election if either of the two main parties sought to govern on a minority basis . |
| 29 | On behalf of the Inter-Regional Group of some 400 radical deputies , Mr Yevtushenko moved to include on the agenda discussion of Article 6 of the constitution , which enshrines the ‘ leading and guiding role ’ of the party . |
| 30 | The music industry tried to interfere with the sale of twin cassette music centres in CBS Songs Ltd. v Amstrad Consumer Electronics plc [ 1988 ] , on the basis that , by the sale and advertising of these machines , Amstrad were inciting the public to infringe copyright . |