Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the public distancing of Romania from its Warsaw Pact allies , especially Big Brother in Moscow , was done in a quite insulting fashion : Ceauşescu could even implicitly put the Kremlin in the same category as the White House : ‘ The small and medium-sized states refuse to play the role of pawn in the service of the interests of big imperialist powers any longer . ’ |
| 2 | Although South Korea did not make an official response to the preconditions — all of which it had rejected in the past — it did agreed to suspend its pursuit of membership of the UN until the two Korean states had discussed the issue further . |
| 3 | By the time that the new Fono convened in early May , the traditional political manoeuvring had increased the HRPP 's legislative strength to 30 seats , compared with 16 for the SNDP and one independent . |
| 4 | That Germany did join the Schuman Plan had much to do with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer , who had been interested in European unity between the wars . |
| 5 | The poet Marvell can thus be somehow separated from the political Marvell working to maintain the Interregnum 's government . |
| 6 | By mid-century , many scientific and professional groups had grasped the value of the new medium as an aid to empirical verification . |
| 7 | Third , regional policies have eased the process of restructuring old industries by promising new jobs . |
| 8 | With these qualifications in mind , it can be said that regional policies have moderated the relative but not the absolute differences in the unemployment rates of development and non-development areas , as Table 4.5 suggests . |
| 9 | Coggeshall was neither large nor particularly affluent ; John Paycocke , nephew of Thomas and inheritor of the imposing Paycocke house , was assessed at no more than £53 , though the richest man in Coggeshall , his son having £10 as well ; to all appearances Thomas 's munificent bequests had depleted the family fortune . |
| 10 | Cries of anguish were heard from the medical instructor , who was beginning to despair after seeing his practice resuscitation doll murdered by an overenthusiastic driver attempting to learn the principles of expired air resuscitation . |
| 11 | Our dry summers have highlighted the fact that water is a commodity which can run out , and higher bills have focused minds on water economy . |
| 12 | In that context we should therefore be grateful that our own dear CAA has delegated the regulation of homebuilding in the UK to the Popular Flying Association ; but I still ca n't help feeling that the list of types approved by the PFA as reproduced in this book is ultraconservative . |
| 13 | It is not widely realised that Germans of all political complexions have identified the fate of their country with that of Europe . |
| 14 | With economic change has come the emergence of both areas and social groups of disadvantage , which have attracted the attention of analysts and observers with an intensity accorded to the social and environmental problems of deprived London a century ago . |
| 15 | By 1935 Kenneth had discovered the pleasures of composing serious music and had several works published . |
| 16 | One treasury suggestion is to cut senior personnel because one estimate shows that junior ranks have taken the brunt of the cuts so far . |
| 17 | The defence is that the defendant took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence , section 39 . |
| 18 | In addition to the defences above , it is a defence for anyone charged under the Consumer Protection Act to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence , section 39 . |
| 19 | In this respect s39 states : ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , in proceedings against any person for an offence to which this section applies it shall be a defence for that person to show that he took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence . |
| 20 | The only defence is that the estate agent took all reasonable steps and exercised all due diligence to avoid committing the offence . |
| 21 | APROPOSED US ban on the most widely used fungicides has plunged the Ministry of Agriculture into another safety review . |
| 22 | The regional meetings called to set the agenda for the big human-rights conference in Vienna next month have provided forums for this bitterness . |
| 23 | Political change helped to articulate the drive for reform . |
| 24 | Under such conditions the total correction required to counter the combination of the effects of wind and pressure meant subtracting 0.6m to 0.7m from the normal predicted tide level . |
| 25 | erm the normal disciplines that the County Council applied on income headings is that if income varies for reasons of er conditions for example and this is in a way akin to that , then the committee normally has to find these erm er the additional resources to cover tha that income erm I have had long discussions with John on this and th the point that he was putting there was er demonstrating that income had followed the amount of work perhaps has not fallen and the below the line item is a recognition in the part of that argument i in a sense for fifty-fifty between below the line reaching seven thousand erm and we 've identified savings and other heads for example the staff advertising example where reduction in turnover , there 's no effective service saving there , so these such things can go towards meeting this income conditions . |
| 26 | Two controversial storylines continue to dominate the childhood abuse of Lorraine and the budding affair of Kim and Neil . |
| 27 | Despite the relative strength of the economy , apartheid ideology and economic policies have kept the majority of the population living in poverty , at a level more comparable to the countries of Central America than to that of the affluent South African whites . |
| 28 | Chairman Roland Williams announced a competition for the best '40s-style stand to help broaden the interest of the event for a family day out and to attract people from outside the farming community . |
| 29 | It was during this period that with the cooperation of the US Occupation , parts of the bureaucracy , elected conservative politicians and private employers sought to alter the extent of labour rights in order , it was argued , to maintain internal political stability . |
| 30 | The work of COPPES is but a small indication of the determination and resolve of the women prisoners to demand respect for their human rights , Despite their exceptionally disheartening conditions , they have Protested using all the means at their disposal and have carried out educational and political activities designed to support the work of the FDR-FMLN : |