Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help establish a strong UK base to enable participation in the EEC programmes |
| 2 | We spent the middle of the day at the red fort , returning in the late afternoon to catch sunset at the Taj . |
| 3 | Talks held on July 23 between the deputy chairmen of the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments , Yury Yazov and Vasiliy Dudinets respectively , ended with a decision to set up a joint parliamentary commission based in Sevastopol to supervise observance of the Dagomys agreement . |
| 4 | With China 's international reputation already badly tarnished by its bloody suppression of protesters in Tiananmen Square , the Nobel Committee decision focuses attention on the use of equally brutal , though largely ignored , methods to silence opposition in the Himalayas . |
| 5 | A US-German committee that issued a preparatory report on the need for such a council sees it as a forerunner for an institution to promote cooperation between the United States and all of Europe . |
| 6 | While the award of the Nobel Prize will , if anything , only strengthen Peking 's resolve over Tibet , it challenges Peking to honour what it says is its readiness to open dialogue with the Dalai Lama . |
| 7 | Typical was the case of John Welshman of East Looe , charged in 1686 for ‘ sending his servant with his horse to fetch earth from the Down without licence ’ . |
| 8 | If it was Mrs Foster 's intention to express disapproval of the Major 's predilection for gossip , the animation in her tone and the wild fluttering of her colourless eyelashes seemed rather to show an unhealthy interest in what he had to say and an eagerness to discuss it . |
| 9 | Shareholders , who were asked to fork out £17.5m to fund expansion in the United States , five months ago , were rewarded with a 5pc increase in dividend . |
| 10 | Opposition parties in the Congress had adopted filibustering methods to delay approval for the US instructors ' arrival , arguing that it was unconstitutional . |
| 11 | The participants signed the " Damascus declaration " on March 6 which called , among other things , for the formation of an Arab peacekeeping force to maintain security in the Gulf . |
| 12 | It was also encouraged that Bush had made clear his intention to maintain pressure on the South African regime through other means . |
| 13 | Hairflair Editor , Sue Rouse , took a spin to raise money in the Proton Test Drive Campaign . |
| 14 | In addition , the Governments of Hungary , Czechoslovakia and Poland have announced their intention to seek membership of the EEC : meeting in Višegrad in February 1991 , these three Governments announced that they would apply collectively and as a bloc . |
| 15 | Having recently completed a company first aid course , P&O Distribution Warehouseman , Terry Phillips , decided to run his first marathon to raise money for the St John Ambulance Service . |
| 16 | The invitation by the BDDA to these distinguished brothers to take part at the Glasgow Congress reflected the respect for the achievements of the American deaf-mutes felt by Francis Maginn and the Association 's early leaders . |
| 17 | In a last bid to stop construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam , 22,500 families in India 's Narmada Valley have pledged to drown in the rising waters this monsoon season . |
| 18 | It seemed that it might be possible to relate the variation in the polymorphism to slug density in the Henfaes field . |
| 19 | In April 1914 , Mr. Wray left the S.M.E.T. to become Manager of the Gravesend & Northfleet Tramways . |
| 20 | But they all shared his ambition to become head of the CIA within the next five years . |
| 21 | Accordingly , they made a bid to gain command of the Danzig Harbour Board . |
| 22 | Despite its recent upgrades to include support for the IBM AT , fast colour monitors and the ability to set the default colours of each accessory window Spotlight lags behind SideKick on friendliness and ease of use . |
| 23 | But he was not always a parliamentary loner : in 1586–7 he supported the clamour for Mary 's execution , and he also wanted to urge the queen to accept sovereignty of the Netherlands in the struggle against Spain . |
| 24 | Rule 41 of the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules ( HC 169 ) provides : ‘ A man seeking to enter the UK for marriage to a woman settled here and who intends to settle here thereafter ’ will be refused entry clearance unless the ECO is satisfied that it is not the primary purpose of the marriage to obtain admission to the UK . |
| 25 | The new measures provided for ( i ) the lifting of the 150-mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands and its replacement on March 31 , 1990 , by mutually agreed security arrangements ( backed up by a direct radio " hotline " between the commander of the Falklands garrison and Argentina 's military high command ) giving each country advance warning of the military manoeuvres of the other , and allowing Argentinian warships and aircraft to come within 50 miles and 70 miles respectively of the Falklands without prior permission ; ( ii ) co-operation on air and sea rescue , safety procedures and air and maritime navigation ; ( iii ) an investment promotion and protection pact to encourage investment in the Falklands , and negotiations on possible Anglo-Argentinian investment promotion and protection agreements ; ( iv ) shared information on fishing in the South Atlantic , although a 150-mile conservation zone around the Falklands would be maintained , within which Argentinian vessels were denied the right to fish [ see p. 37001 ] ; ( v ) a working group on South Atlantic affairs and arrangements for further talks to improve contacts between the mainland and the Falklands ; ( vi ) visits by Argentinian relatives to Falkland war graves by arrangement with the International Red Cross ; ( vii ) co-operation on environmental protection ; and ( viii ) co-operation against drug trafficking . |
| 26 | The trust spends £100,000 to buy land in the United Kingdom and receives rent of £1,000 . |
| 27 | The release of a number of Palestinian prisoners from Syrian prisons in March 1991 indicated that a possible thaw in relations was under way , although some commentators claimed that the move was part of a plan by Assad to wrest control of the PLO from Arafat . |
| 28 | ‘ Many farm businesses are under pressure just now , so we would urge planners to heed advice from the DoE and bear in mind the needs of farm enterprises in this period of great upheaval for the farming industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 29 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |
| 30 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |