Example sentences of "[noun prp] agreed [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Germany agreed to finance the return of the toxic chemicals , supplied by the former East Germany as agricultural aid , after Greenpeace threatened to return the waste itself and invoice the German government [ see ED 68 ] .
2 On Nov. 8 Poland and Germany agreed to de-restrict the use of territorial waters bordering the two countries and to ease restrictions on cross-border road traffic .
3 Judge Thelma King agreed to re-enter the summonses .
4 Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers .
5 But after 1802 , when the new Lord Lonsdale agreed to pay the money over , Wordsworth discovered the admirable nature of a feudal and paternalistic society !
6 Leyland agreed to allow the artist to make minor adjustments to the decor , but while the patron was away , Whistler completely transformed the chamber , gilding the shelves and emblazoning the doors with golden peacocks .
7 David agreed to relay the feelings of the Programme Group that subsidy should be considered to the group set up by the Open College to negotiate with the denominations and with suitable trusts concerning the setting up of financial support for courses , training , etc .
8 Mr Guthrie , who was appointed by the Home Secretary in 1988 , recently accepted an invitation from the director , Lt Cdr Brian Miles to visit Headquarters and as the date coincided with the lottery , Mr Guthrie agreed to draw the 20 lucky numbers .
9 Following the London Conference the nine member countries of the WEU agreed to tighten the enforcement of sanctions in the Adriatic sea and on the Danube river .
10 A working compromise was reached only after Barbarossa agreed to hold the Pope 's bridle and stirrup at a formal meeting ; an act of ritual homage which he had at first refused .
11 Ceauşescu agreed to reverse the pay cuts that the men in effect faced because they could not cut enough coal to meet the Five Year Plan 's targets .
12 During 1968 the United States agreed to supply the F-4E Phantom which would , as The New York Times warned , ‘ set off a new round in the Middle East arms race ’ .
13 ‘ This is a battle we fought and won eight years ago when hospitals in Northern Ireland agreed to stop the sale of cigarettes .
14 In May the men of Devon agreed to pay the enormous fine of 5,000 marks for the disafforestment of their county outside the bounds of Dartmoor and Exmoor Forests , and the men of ‘ Hertfordlythe ’ ( Hartforth ) in North Yorkshire owed 100 marks and two palfreys for a similar charter in respect of their forest .
15 Celtic agreed to provide the opposition when Mowbray joined Celtic in a £1m deal last November .
16 But although Mr Redwood agreed to allow the West German competition authorities special rights to look at sensitive mergers , he obtained a commitment from the Council of Ministers that this could only be used ‘ in exceptional circumstances ’ .
17 And within a few hours of meeting 25-year-old Chris , Heather agreed to spend the rest of her life with him .
18 ‘ Mr Foggerty agreed to produce the fourth .
19 Berri and Jumblatt agreed to attend the meeting after talking with visiting Syrian Vice-President Abdel Halim Khaddam in early January .
20 At last King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to fund the expedition .
21 Editor Malcolm Barker agreed to overlook the qualification requirement and offered Clayton the job .
22 As a compromise the Running Foreman agreed to have the engine fully prepared and ready .
23 However , progress was made , in co-operation with the EC monitors ' team , on evacuating Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) garrisons from Croatia where they had been blockaded by Croatian forces , as Croatia agreed to lift the remaining blockades on garrisons in Zagreb .
24 Milan agreed to accept the Roncaglia decrees , and agreed to the appointment of a podesta .
25 On Feb. 9 Reagan agreed to testify on videotape and , on Feb. 12 , Greene agreed to allow the testimony to be recorded in Los Angeles , where Reagan lived , rather than in Washington DC as requested by Poindexter .
26 The chairman of the High Council of the Republic ( HCR — the transitional legislature ) , Mgr Sanouko Philippe Kpodzro , and 38 other HCR members were held hostage by the troops until Oct. 23 when Kpodzro agreed to unfreeze the RPT 's assets , called for by the troops so that all contributions made by the security forces to the RPT could be reimbursed .
27 Judith Knight agreed to help the distribution of Union minutes .
28 Further talks were held in New Delhi on Oct. 5 , when all parties noted with approval of the lessening of violence in Bodoland since the beginning of September and the ABSU agreed to stop the violence to create an atmosphere for a political solution to the problem .
29 In 1696 Louis agreed to give the duke the title of " Royal Highness " in all public acts and to treat his representatives in France as those of a monarch .
30 As a result , Morris agreed to double the annual grant in 1938–39 and to provide rooms for WEA classes in schools and colleges without charge .
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