Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time . |
| 2 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 3 | I hope that all hon. Members representing Northern Ireland will take the opportunity to invest in the economic future of the Province . |
| 4 | For those who find it hard to work with or explain coherently to others a set of numbers which have been raised to a power or logged , Mosteller and Tukey ( 1977 : 194 ) suggest a technique which they call ‘ matched re-expression ’ to rescale the transformed values to fall within the main range of the original number scale . |
| 5 | Skill descriptions are generalisable in that human operators have characteristic abilities and limitations and therefore have tendencies to perform in the same way . |
| 6 | The US decision was the decisive factor in persuading the military-backed interim government and local business groups to agree on the same day to renewed negotiations with the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . |
| 7 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 8 | They have various strategies to cope with the showy behaviour of boys , such as giving more attention , allotting instant verbal or physical punishment , aligning the curriculum to interest them ; the normal deviant girl does not anyway present too many control problems . |
| 9 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 10 | We have got the expertise to cope with the changing face of local government . |
| 11 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 12 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 13 | What a relief for Great Britain that Gregory has agreed to tour and gone back on his original decision to retire from the international scene . |
| 14 | It would undoubtedly cost a lot on money to implement in the short run , as would some of the more conventional changes proposed by that Frenchman who claims to run the sport with an impartial hand . |
| 15 | The Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus [ see p. 39155 ] on Nov. 11 ordered partial mobilization in all of its republics , instructing commanders to go to the Chechen capital , Grozny . |
| 16 | amd next week we 'll be back on the football trail to see in the new season |
| 17 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 18 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 19 | ‘ Climatic geomorphology attempts to cope with the excessive complexity of natural parameters by holding variables such as structure , lithology and man constant . |
| 20 | And the involuntary malice within the desperate attempts to remain on the safe side of the frontier of madness . |
| 21 | There was over an hour to go before the final briefing . |
| 22 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 23 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 24 | The outcome was a decision to continue with the same dosage , because what is the use of physical strength without the brain to direct it ? |
| 25 | Going , I 'm cha erm , cancelled yesterday cos I was n't off anyway erm but I 've managed , I 've used that as a opportunity to go onto the other doctor the other dentist . |
| 26 | Nursing and medical staff may also need psychological support to cope with the intense nature of the treatment and the uncertainties in outcome . |
| 27 | In my judgment , the Peters case [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 and the Arcado case are both consistent with Mr. Tecks ' proposition that there must be either a contractual relationship giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual obligation similar to a contract ( as in the Peters case ) giving rise to a comparable obligation , for the case to fall within the crucial test in article 5(1) . |
| 28 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ The conditions were difficult for everyone and we took a good decision to wait until the last half-hour before doing our 12 laps . |
| 30 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |