Example sentences of "[verb] the [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The legislation empowered the G.L.C. to take such action as was necessary and appropriate in order to enable the L.T.E. to comply with this obligation ; the G.L.C. also had power to make grants to the L.T.E. for any purpose .
2 In November 1991 the conflict between Laurel , Eduardo Cojuangco and Juan Ponce Enrile caused the NP to disintegrate into competing factions amidst a series of coups and mutual expulsions .
3 The end of the Cold War has enabled the UN to act with new unity and authority .
4 Spencer Chapman , designing for ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , managed to bring back the tricycle idea for getting the Daleks to move on rough terrain .
5 The letter is about the vexed question of ‘ unmet need ’ and whether to record it and employ extra solicitors or whether to ignore it and allow the DoH to remain in blissful ignorance .
6 A spokesman said UN authorities had lodged a strong protest with the Belgrade authorities over the Yugoslav military war games in mid-March when troops crossed the Danube to land on Croatian territory .
7 ‘ What have the CIA to do with this ? ’
8 In 1978 Moscow 's imports from the area outweighed exports by a ratio of four to one , obliging the USSR to pay in hard currency for most of its Latin American purchases .
  Next page