Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banning of one-party committees or sub-committees makes it difficult for political groups to develop policy with the benefit of officer advice . |
| 2 | The Security Council voted on the same day to adopt Resolution 700 issuing guidelines to facilitate implementation of the international arms embargo against Iraq [ see p. 38165 ] . |
| 3 | In the big top , Radio Cleveland entertain in the morning followed at 2pm by Radio 2 's John Sachs who will be inviting listeners to take part in the Bank Holiday Quiz and It 's Your Radio 2 . |
| 4 | Repeated attempts to gain information from the remaining three produced no results . |
| 5 | This was one of the few houses to escape destruction in the Great Fire . |
| 6 | Since the association reaction of actinomycin has been shown to contain several slow steps [ 1,10-12 ] this mixture was left for at least 30 minutes to ensure equilibration of the drug and DNA . |
| 7 | A young chef from Oxford has been chosen as one of 30 top chefs to take part in the final of the Young Chef of the Year competition . |
| 8 | In 1972 Rata Quick formed an ‘ Elite Team ’ of 12 performers to represent Medau at the Women 's League of Health and Beauty Anniversary Festival at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 9 | In contrast , Section 11 grants available since 1966 to some authorities to provide funding for the special needs of ethnic minority pupils , have tended to marginalize spending on black pupils . |
| 10 | Despite this , the Labour Group did persuade some schools to delay implementation of the L M S Initiative and I rather suspect that some of these schools regret this decision today . |
| 11 | Further steps to strengthen security in the region could , in his opinion , be determined by taking into account Soviet proposals on the abolition of weapons of mass destruction . |
| 12 | However , if you have a mixed bouquet , there may be both small and large flowers that can be used , as well as different shapes to add interest to the picture . |
| 13 | The invitation by the BDDA to these distinguished brothers to take part at the Glasgow Congress reflected the respect for the achievements of the American deaf-mutes felt by Francis Maginn and the Association 's early leaders . |
| 14 | According to marketing manager Steve Gandy , BT has been swamped by offers from British companies to take part in the experiment which will test the usefulness of desk top video links for business . |
| 15 | These complementary SERC-funded posts , each with an earmarked SUN Sparc-2 workstation , involve the development of theoretical models to gain insight into the structure and evolution of DNA . |
| 16 | The starting points for the revision of the existing Conventions of 1905 and 1954 were a dissatisfaction with the indirect consular channel , as being inappropriate in current conditions , and a concern that the non-obligatory nature of the channels provided for in the existing text enabled some countries to make use of the system of notification au parquet to which increasing exception was taken . |
| 17 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |
| 18 | Mr Gidaspov , however , who is not a party apparatchik , was one of the few top Communists to retain popularity with the Leningrad electorate . |
| 19 | The praise was complete and we all departed , the minister helicoptering off to the high mountains to give worship to the farmers herding their stock . |
| 20 | We have only to look at the disciplinary background of vice-chancellors over the past 30 years to see evidence of the modern superior position of science and technology . |
| 21 | These differences have led some investigators to consider cancer of the cardia as a separate entity . |
| 22 | This is one of the few places to take shelter from the streets that was safe to go . |
| 23 | In approving the scheme members authorised officers to seek funding for the extra facilities and running costs which are estimated to cost £2,280 a year . |
| 24 | Secondly , although certainly important , the current preference by some writers to relate creativity to the affective forms of psychosis should not divert us from the fact that it is actually schizophrenia which has inspired most of the theorising — and generated a good deal of the empirical evidence — about how psychotic and creative traits might be related to each other . |
| 25 | After thirty years of British rule , observed the distinguished scholar-administrator Henry Fosbrooke , they displayed none of the distressing symptoms of that ‘ soul erosion ’ , defined by him as a ‘ deterioration in obedience to existing moral standards , a falling off in observance of organized religion , a lack of purpose in life ’ , which seemed so often to be the result of British efforts to bring civilization to the African . |
| 26 | Most problems can be cleared by hand , using rubber gloves to lift debris from the bottom of the gulley . |
| 27 | The nilgai 's woodland ancestry shows in the fact that it inhabits areas where there are at least some trees to give shelter during the hottest part of the day . |
| 28 | An important restriction to this right is the " privilege " granted to the Crown and other public bodies to oppose discovery on the ground that publication is not in the public interest . |
| 29 | Middlesbrough men John Rigg and Jim Stokes donned crash helmets and fire-proof overalls to take part in the Sealink Stena Challenge . |
| 30 | AN EXTRA £28 million is to be provided by the Scottish Office for the transfer of 600 people a year from long-stay hospitals to appropriate care in the community . |