Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GERMANY furiously refused to accept the blame yesterday for Britain 's sterling crisis — and was backed by the International Monetary Fund . |
| 2 | So far under this heading ‘ trade union and legislative development ’ , as under the earlier headings , the case effectively stated remains the case for extension , within the existing dispensation , of the role of trade unions . |
| 3 | And as midfielder Ian Crook , who gave a fine passing display against his old team says , the clubs most fancied to topple the Canaries — Villa , Manchester United , and Blackburn — have yet to visit Carrow Road . |
| 4 | In this case the user only needs to specify the bucket size required from the alternatives provided , as the formatting and addressing have already been carried out by the manufacturer . |
| 5 | If the user only wishes to check the consistency of a predetermined set of contigs then a program contigorder may be used instead . |
| 6 | The decision to legalize Northern and Southern opposition groupings and to allow them representation in the transitional parliament only served to increase the sense of optimism surrounding unification . |
| 7 | Nigel Lawson rightly wanted to join the exchange rate mechanism two years ago — as did Sir Geoffrey Howe . |
| 8 | In the case of Primo Nebiolo , the mere fact of being in Gateshead suddenly seemed to give the president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation a fluency in the English language he had not erstwhile possessed . |
| 9 | Friends kind enough to offer to do the ironing or a bit of hoovering could be alarmed by cries of , ‘ No , no ! |
| 10 | Indeed Saudi Arabia openly opposed Brezhnev 's proposals ; the Saudis apparently wished to retain the option of an American presence in the Gulf The UAE were also critical of the Soviet plan , while a Foreign Ministry spokesman for Oman rejected it outright . |
| 11 | The acquisition of the clubs only served to inflame the disagreements between Branson and Nik Powell . |
| 12 | That £5 million will buy an awful lot of sightscreens , heavy rollers and bags of loam all designed to improve the country . |
| 13 | Trained negotiators and a psychologist eventually managed to talk the man into a rescue boat off Saltburn , Cleveland , after 90 minutes . |
| 14 | Trained negotiators and a psychologist eventually managed to talk the man into a rescue boat off Saltburn , Cleveland , after 90 minutes . |
| 15 | Some Italian once wrote that the critic secretly wants to kill the writer . |
| 16 | In Japan the role that the state takes in developing industry policy with respect to new and declining branches of industry effectively operates to prevent the arteriosclerosis of national capitalism which might otherwise occur . |
| 17 | He noted that the Clinton administration apparently wanted to make the drops in the dark , from high altitudes and without ground support , ‘ so the likelihood is that a lot of the supplies will end up outside the targeted area . ’ |
| 18 | However , in practice , the bow pushed into the main line by the wind only served to pull the float back into line with the wind minimising the work done by the rudder . |
| 19 | This action by the Social Work Department only served to compound the trauma the children were experiencing being removed from their homes and families at all . |
| 20 | Violence suddenly seemed to colour the air between them , a red mist igniting . |
| 21 | An emergency government spending package on Tuesday only seemed to encourage the sell-off . |
| 22 | It was amazing the way David soon managed to charm the girl into co-operating with him . |
| 23 | Whereas many of my Army friends can trace their ancestry back and produce forebears who were generals and colonels , some of them were surprised to learn of my Army background but shocked to learn that Tam somehow managed to join the Gordons as a drummer-boy and , 22 years later , reached the rank of Private soldier . |
| 24 | They usually involve a combination of the following organisational arrangements : ( 1 ) The physical separation of the various departments , often extending to matters of detail such as dining arrangements ; ( 2 ) An educational programme normally recurring to emphasise the importance of not improperly or inadvertently divulging confidential information ; ( 3 ) Strict and carefully defined procedures for dealing with a situation where it is considered that the wall should be crossed and the maintaining of proper records where this occurs : ( 4 ) Monitoring by compliance officers of the effectiveness of the wall , including the monitoring of employee trading ; and ( 5 ) Disciplinary sanctions where there has been an improper breach of the wall . |
| 25 | Unless there is insistence upon recovery through Narcotics Anonymous , the recommended use of Naltrexone thus fails to understand the nature of addictive disease . |
| 26 | There 's nothing nicer than an evening hack after a day in the office , and even if you prefer riding earlier , the extra hour of daylight somehow seems to lift the spirits . |
| 27 | Even Roof magazine — not a magazine normally associated with the Tory party — has acknowledged that the Government 's £96 million three-year initiative to deal with rough sleeping is the most determined and comprehensive programme ever introduced to tackle the problem . |
| 28 | In the largest experiment ever undertaken using the methods of integrated pest management ( IPM ) , scientists with the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) have demonstrated that cutting back on the applications of pesticide can result in increased crop yields . |
| 29 | Where the UK limit is higher than the EC one , for instance in the case of a print valued at below £39,600 and above £11,900 ( respectively the UK and EC limits ) , the exporter still needs to fill the EC licence , but this will be granted quickly , provided that lawful provenance is proven . |
| 30 | The Government has yet to appoint its three Committee members , and this is likely to be a long business , since confusion still reigns following the April elections . |