Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | There was one , there was one last comment that I missed out there that it was the erm the permission to proceed with the product recommendations , you were wanting to proceed with recommendations but you had n't got the commitment off Steven in the first place so you were suggestion recommendations and what ! |
2 | The second point is that of course as we accept into the role of opposition indeed to give these alternative proposals , give this particulary case to come within the government guidelines . |
3 | The former National Party leader and Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon , also an outspoken opponent of free market economics , was offered several minor posts outside the Cabinet , but turned them all down as " insulting " and expressed his intention to remain on the back benches , from where he would be free to criticize the new government . |
4 | The wind was getting up , rattling against the wooden shutters , and forcing twigs to scratch against the window panes . |
5 | In the glow the lazy blue smoke of a cigarette folds in slow waves to vanish in the sepia shadows of the room Everything about us says come here , you , and our fingertips are first to arc between us and hover on cheeks , lips , chin . |
6 | If you do want curry , it is lowest in calories to stick to the vegetable varieties . |
7 | Uttley , Britain 's over-40 Ergo champion ( the Ergo is a form of torture disguised as a rowing machine and beloved of masochists everywhere ) , was in the States to compete in the World Championships . |
8 | An East German — unwisely , perhaps , in view of the easy access through the front door — made a desperate bid to scramble over the embassy railings . |
9 | Some 400 local people attended a protest meeting at the weekend and will hold a demonstration to coincide with the planning talks . |
10 | Four Cabinet Ministers , on the advice of the Attorney-General , signed declarations in an attempt to keep from the court documents which would have cleared the men . |
11 | The sheer strength of feeling across the nation this afternoon forced the President of Trade and Industry to backtrack on the pit closures . |
12 | This included the most extensive civilian airlift of people in the organization 's history , using 40 MI-8 20-passenger helicopters and nine fixed-wing aircraft to transport to the voting stations the 1,000,000 voters ( of an electorate of 4,800,000 ) living in areas inaccessible by road . |
13 | About 30 people , including two fellow-Hildas — Hilda Lodge and Hilda Hewitt — came to Weston to join in the birthday celebrations . |
14 | By its hijacking and destruction of Western civil airliners , the PFLP forced Husayn to move against the guerrilla groups in September 1970 . |
15 | There were curious villagers waiting for the wedding to begin in the back seats of the church but they did not look to left or right . |
16 | If the concentration of production and distribution units becomes a major force in the transition to the SEM , there will be an inevitable tendency for that concentration to occur in the core regions which will probably not only contain relevant headquarters and production units , but will also guarantee proximity to markets and immediate access to a range of supporting service functions . |
17 | After evidence had been led for the prosecution counsel for the defendant submitted that there was no case to answer on the theft charges because the manager of the shop had authorised the transactions , so that there had been no appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Act . |
18 | Article 15 of the second directive gives cancellation rights to all individual contracts except those of six months or less and is amended to exempt where the policyholder has had , for example , the opportunity to reflect on the policy terms before contacting the insurer . |
19 | The catering personnel were taking the opportunity to depart via the fire exits . |
20 | You can use the word ‘ turtle ’ to prompt a child to go into the turtle reactions to avoid impulsive aggression . |
21 | During this establishing sequence the Grams Operator 's first duty is to fade up a track of Tristram Cary 's incidental mood effects to go with the establishing shots . |
22 | The consumer publishing division 's results were helped by a return to profit in the television listings sector and a good performance by IPC 's core consumer magazines and Reed Regional Newspapers . |
23 | I have been told that on coming to the village to work in the cement factories and receiving his first weeks wages he asked if it was all his as it was more money than he had ever had in one week . |
24 | Why am I using his work to set alongside the interview extracts ? |
25 | Christie was to be married at Easter , but Ann planned to go over in late February to help with the wedding preparations and also , to take Sarah and see her settled in before she started her job . |
26 | And if we were to cut further in any significant way , then we would undermine our capacity to look after the defence interests of our country . |
27 | For example , there was a continuing requirement to comply with the pay scales used by the Authority as a whole , although the Governing Bodies were free to appoint new staff at any level in the scale . |
28 | With the enclosure of the open fields and the redistribution of the land mostly in compact blocks instead of strips scattered all over the parish , one would have expected the old open-field village to disintegrate as the village farmers built new farmsteads on their allotments . |
29 | The aristocratic landowners invited companies to tender for the development rights . |
30 | The Commission subsequently issued an interim measures decision which , amongst other things , required Akzo 's UK subsidiary to return to the profit levels that it had been applying before the alleged threats were made and implemented . |