Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 B'nai B'rith Women , legally incorporated as a separate entity in 1962 , also faces legal action challenging its right to use the B'nai B'rith name .
2 B'nai B'rith Women , legally incorporated as a separate entity in 1962 , also faces legal action challenging its right to use the B'nai B'rith name .
3 ‘ The filmic device of a discarnate Belushi reviewing his life allows the dead performer ( and Hollywood collectively ) a right of reply ; unfortunately it also makes the film ludicrous . ’
4 Helen , the second daughter , had left the Wimbledon school when she was sixteen and was at home helping her mother to run the house and , as his fatal illness developed , to assist in nursing her father , to whom she was particularly close .
5 One of the French Commandos seeing my predicament involved the parents in conversation , while I found no difficulty in communicating with Francoise , their daughter .
6 Shown below is an orderly queue of some of the hundreds of instructors awaiting their turn to take the wheel of Ford 's Fiesta .
7 Early Sunday morning a fisherman walking his dog found the body of Miss Danziger at the foot of the pier where his boat was moored .
8 Again , if you are going to use a research department in your agency , you will want to put in your requests on a formal basis giving them time to fulfil the task .
9 Tomorrow in the final part of the series , a farmer who 's spent the last ten years converting his farm puts the case for organic farming .
10 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he intends to make to the Government of Israel following their decision to continue the closure of Bir Zeit university for a further three months .
11 This is a firm rule , and it means that the courts will not force publishers to withdraw or recall books and magazines from distribution if they are prepared to swear an affidavit verifying their intention to justify the allegation which is the subject matter of the libel .
12 Begun in 1570 and completed by Sir Christopher Hatton , an Elizabethan courtier who built on a scale matching his ambition to entertain the Queen , the ruins of this marvellous country house show the dawning influence of the Renaissance on more traditional Tudor forms .
13 Unfortunately , its plain white mount carrying its title offended the judge , but he still felt compelled to award it a Merit Certificate .
14 THE ISRAELI government said yesterday that it hoped Middle East peace talks could resume after a UN statement welcoming its attempt to resolve the dispute over its mass deportation of Palestinian militants .
15 Every Saturday morning , while I was setting up the barrow , Mr Salmon used to disappear off to the Whitechapel synagogue leaving his wife to run the shop .
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