Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INDEPENDENT Television News yesterday announced the appointment of American investment bank Lehman Brothers to guide it through ownership changes envisaged in the 1990 Broadcasting Act . |
| 2 | ABC will be conducting a review of employee benefits to bring them into line with those of ABC ( i.e. pensions ) ; |
| 3 | With increasing demands on caterers to provide top quality food quickly and efficiently , chefs are turning to well-established equipment manufacturers to provide them with state of the art equipment which will make their job easier . |
| 4 | A lengthy menu is characterised by sweet and sour combinations , variable amounts of chilli , expensive soups , coconut milk and crates of spices with seven items vegetarian and salad sections to complement lots of meat and shellfish . |
| 5 | In return for the aid , the Bulgarian authorities have agreed to close down the plant 's four 440-megawatt pressurized water reactors , which lack containment facilities to enclose them in case of an accident , as soon as financially possible , perhaps by 1998 . |
| 6 | The recordings of the stories use an interesting variety of voices and sound effects to bring them to life . |
| 7 | This attitude may have the effect of blunting the critical edge of press coverage , by encouraging court reporters to perceive themselves as part and parcel of the court process , rather than as objective critics of its workings . |
| 8 | In extensional flow , however , provided the strain rate exceeds the relaxation rate , that is , the rate at which a chain attempts to re-coil itself in order to increase its entropy , full extension of a chain can occur and it is even possible to cause chain scission , as evidenced by molecular weight studies made on solutions which have been subjected to high extensional flows . |
| 9 | Each collection features ten patterns for all the family in a clear lay-flat format with transparent plastic covers to protect them from machine oil and coffee stains . |
| 10 | The government 's commitment to the application of market economics in this area , however , came under question when , at the beginning of the year , it bought out one of the country 's largest steel companies to save it from collapse . |
| 11 | The former Swansea City player unleashed a spectacular strike in front of the television cameras to put himself in contention for goal of the month . |
| 12 | Elections , strikes , riots , pressure group lobbying , and decisions by law courts continuously serve to adjust state policies to keep them in touch with movements and realignments of multiple class fractions and strata . |
| 13 | The ambitious Hall , famed cup specialists , are still involved in both the Rothmans and the Welsh Knockout Cups and need the talents of County choice Peers to keep them on track for the double . |
| 14 | No doubt some will defend the right to march on grounds of civil liberties for they will swiftly perceive that if I were to get my way , all kinds of trade union demonstrations to say nothing of peace marches would fall under the ban . |
| 15 | The logistics of his complicated destiny involved not only Skunk Kilo , anchored by its FBI crew in international waters , but the USS Butte , a Navy ammunitions ship that had been shadowing the yacht by radar , the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga , standing by with a Navy S-3 jet and an escort of two F-14 Phantoms to fly him to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington , D.C. , two KC-10 tanker aircraft to refuel the S-3 on the way , and 15 carloads of FBI agents to meet him on arrival . |
| 16 | He has little difficulty in pulling summer sheets and other light rugs straight over his head , even if there are straps under his tummy , so at night he has a rug with leg straps to keep it in place . |
| 17 | He claimed that his Socialist opponents had used corruption allegations to hound him from office , and that fellow right-wing politicians in Paris had abandoned him ( many of Médecin 's close political friends had been alienated by his decision in 1989 to leave the Gaullist Rally for the Republic and join the far right National Centre of Independents and Peasants ) . |
| 18 | 50mm x 25mm ( 2in x 1in ) to the finished width , plus angle brackets to fix it in position , and three large screw-eyes . |
| 19 | Police are appealing for anyone who was near the service station at 9.15pm on Saturday or anyone who saw the gold-coloured car being abandoned in the school grounds to contact them at North Ormesby CID on Middlesbrough 301835 . |
| 20 | Burning fossil fuel in power stations to split it from water is daft , though water or wind power might be long-term alternatives . |
| 21 | Trade unionists knew that they could only achieve a limited level of their ambitions through industrial means and they realized that they needed working class MPs to support them in parliament . |