Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to focus the attention on the official opening of Norseman Park , a unique set of events took place at Red Lake over the weekend of July 25/26/ Organisers involved the whole township in myriad different functions , ranging from a fly-in pancake breakfast , Norseman loading competitions ( using the fuselage hulk of CF–GBI ) , float pumping contests , pilots discussions and lectures , to a street fair , in which the whole of the main street in Red Lake was closed to traffic , marquees were erected , street bands played , food and drink was consumed and a carnival atmosphere was enjoyed by all . |
| 2 | The repressor antiparallel β -ribbons occupy the major groove of the DNA , whereas the A helices ( see Fig. 2 for helix labelling ) of adjacent dimers form a long , antiparallel protein-protein contact above the minor groove in the centre of the diagram . |
| 3 | Thousands of Keen disks were ordered last month by EGA/VGA users proving the undying popularity of this loveable , young , hero . |
| 4 | America 's satellites have the high ground to themselves . |
| 5 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 6 | About half the deputies who defied Gen Aoun 's attempts to block the presidential election are Christians like Mr Muawad . |
| 7 | Throughout the 1970s all of these elements were to feature in the Council 's attempts to find the appropriate balances under its Charter , and to handle the increasingly complex range of subjects and institutions . |
| 8 | But Ridley 's attempts to expose the lush cornfields of Fifties middle America as a stunted psychic wasteland are ultimately carried by his visual confidence and imagination . |
| 9 | There is anger here about Britain 's attempts to influence the present situation . |
| 10 | Once Sipotai 's scouts saw the small party under Burun 's silver banner , they would forget everything else . |
| 11 | It would then be for the wife 's solicitors to draft the relevant conveyance/ transfer and declaration of trust ( as appropriate ) and submit these to the husband 's solicitors . |
| 12 | In the case of registered title , office copy entries of the registered title can be supplied to enable the wife 's and new husband 's solicitors to draw the relevant transfer . |
| 13 | If the property is being charged by way of mortgage by the wife then priority can be obtained by the mortgagee 's solicitors making the usual Form 94A Search on behalf of the mortgagee , which gives a priority period of 30 working days ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r3 ) . |
| 14 | Does the Chairman share my concern regarding the Home Secretary 's proposals containing the white paper on Police which will dramatically reduce local accountability of the Police service to the Leicestershire public . |
| 15 | I refer to the article by Sir Nicholas Fairbairn ( ‘ The wronged losing the right to redress , ’ 4 March ) concerning the Government 's proposals to reduce the financial eligibility limits for legal aid . |
| 16 | Madame 's fingers twisted the magnificent ruby she wore . |
| 17 | I SHALL treasure my copy of Friday morning 's Times carrying the front-page headline ‘ Exit polls point to certainty of a hung parliament ’ . |
| 18 | Given that a prime reason for investing in science is to boost the nation 's technological performance , where was the discussion about the implications of the government 's plans to privatise the British Technology Group , the descendant of a body set up by Labour itself in the mid-1960s to perform precisely this task ? |
| 19 | These were overtaken by the Government 's plans to deregulate the British securities market , announced in 1983 , which were to lead to Big Bang . |
| 20 | On Aug. 6 Gerhard Stoltenberg , the German Defence Minister , gave final details of the government 's plans to reduce the German army from its existing strength of 461,000 to 370,000 by the end of 1994 ( as agreed in the " Two-plus-four treaty " on German unification — see pp. 37659 ; 37834 ) . |
| 21 | Ceauşescu 's plans to standardize the living accommodation of Romanians would have been hailed as the epitome of human progress . |
| 22 | Mr Smith 's plans to increase the top rate of tax to 50 per cent and abolish the ceiling on National Insurance contributions are increasingly being seen by Labour MPs as a major contribution to the party 's fourth consecutive defeat . |
| 23 | However , while the advisory team 's views had the undoubted consequence of making many Leeds primary classrooms seem busier and more attractive , the beneficial consequences for children 's learning were less clear ; and for some teachers , the claim of ‘ flexibility ’ had exactly the opposite effect , strait-jacketing them into practices to which they had no real commitment and which they had difficulty in managing . |
| 24 | The Congress of People 's Deputies gave the necessary endorsement to Trubin 's appointment on Dec. 27 . |
| 25 | In March 1990 the Congress of People 's Deputies abolished the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) 's constitutionally guaranteed monopoly of political power ( enshrined in Article 6 of the 1977 Constitution ) . |
| 26 | The excited crowds thronging their decks , and pressing over each other 's shoulders to see the glorious city slide by , always remind me of pilgrims come to a shrine , or perhaps merchants bringing to this incomparable market-place furs , spices and slaves from the east . |
| 27 | The airline sells T-shirts , teddy-bears and a series of children 's books featuring the intrepid Joey , flown by the aptly-named Captain Keen . |
| 28 | James Price 's words eased the immediate worries of the villagers but for many of the older ones the world they had always known had come to an end . |
| 29 | A few big events joined the list of approved patriotic ‘ moments ’ like Remembrance Day — the Wembley crowd even sang ‘ Abide With Me ’ — and in Reith 's words permitted the British people to be ‘ present equally at functions and ceremonials upon which national sentiment is consecrated ’ . |
| 30 | With the single exception of former East Germany , the calls of yesterday 's dissidents to open the secret police files have been fruitless . |