Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] them [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 2 | Gorbachev , shortly before his resignation , sent a message to the representatives who were gathering in Alma Ata urging them to consider a form of Commonwealth citizenship so that all the former citizens of the USSR would feel their rights were protected in whichever republic they were resident . |
| 3 | I wrote to the editors of all the major newspapers and television channels asking them to cover the anniversary . |
| 4 | A ‘ strong ’ letter will also be sent to the WBO asking them to consider a re-match with Jimenez because of the close nature of a verdict in which German judge Norbert Krosch scored the fight even at 115 points each . |
| 5 | Both sides were now preparing for war , but Norfolk and Rent made another attempt at mediation in mid-December when they wrote to all the prelates asking them to attend an assembly in London to discuss the king 's failure to abide by his coronation oath and Magna Carta . |
| 6 | Booth agreed that there was a mote in the eye of ministerial beholders preventing them reading the timetable properly . |
| 7 | However , it was a shaky start for the Lions today with four sparkling tries from threequarters helping them to salvage a victory . |
| 8 | The premise underlying them expresses an unwillingness to be drawn into any alleged dichotomy between jurisdictional and non jurisdictional fact . |
| 9 | Will he , as a matter of urgency , issue a directive or circular to all local authorities requiring them to appoint an officer as a matter of urgency and not simply to wait until the end of the inquiry before making such an appointment ? |
| 10 | ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are . |
| 11 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 12 | Members are urged to write a polite reply to the National Commission for Human Rights asking them to take every step necessary to bring the perpetrators of Jose Ramon 's ‘ disappearance ’ to justice . |
| 13 | In such cases the affected owner can serve a notice on the local authority requiring them to purchase the property at an ‘ unblighted ’ price . |
| 14 | Colin Liddle , of Wylam Road , Shield Row , Stanley , has contacted every county councillor urging them to reconsider the closure of Hustledown House in Stanley , home to 38 pensioners including his 81-year-old mother Florence . |
| 15 | An immediate appeal to the BBC 's board of governors asking them to ban the programme is also to be made . |
| 16 | About 5,800 of the West Midlands force 's 7,000 drivers have undergone tough advanced driving courses allowing them to drive a car with a siren . |
| 17 | Alfie Hall , 44 , telephoned and wrote to Lloyds Bank asking them to check the mystery money . |
| 18 | The Birmingham-based company is understood to be the first in Europe with its ‘ AutoDeal ’ service which offers investors a telephone dealing system enabling them to place a purchase or sale order in the new BT shares from the start of trading 24 hours a day seven days a week . |
| 19 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 20 | However , in Lego U.K. Ltd. v Lego M. Lemelstrich Ltd. [ 1983 ] , the Lego company , which makes children 's construction kits comprising coloured plastic bricks , was granted an injunction against the manufacturers of coloured plastic irrigation material preventing them using the name " Lego " as part of the description of the material . |