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

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1 Detectives are expected to interview David Main about the discovery .
2 North once offered Calero a bullet-proof vest — ‘ the same sort the President wears ’ — Only to find Calero shocked at the implication that he ought to be looking danger in the face .
3 As a compromise between those desiring unification in September and those wanting a later date , the Volkskammer agreed on Aug. 23 to accept Oct. 3 as the date on which unification would take effect .
4 Kristensen , playing in midfield , struck after 60 minutes to pull Newcastle level with the side currently in the bottom half of Italy 's Serie B.
5 Childebert I and Chlothar I ensured that Chlodomer 's sons did not succeed their father , and they tried hard to exclude Theudebert I from the throne .
6 The Constituent Assembly elected in November 1989 [ see pp. 37031-32 ] voted unanimously on Jan. 31 to adopt March 21 as the date for the formal declaration of independence .
7 For several years now , a small but happy band of pilgrims , led by Rita Quick , have gathered monthly to keep Medau alive in the North East ( ‘ Is it the 8 , 7 or 6 person formation today , Rita ? ’ )
8 While clearly it is unhistorical to judge Pius XII in the light of the later developments at the Council , it is equally wrong to deny him , and to attribute to the Council , credit for many of the liturgical changes in the Church .
9 Three precious points to lift Everton clear of the bottom three and on the day John Barnes began his return in the Liverpool A team a performance from Goodison 's 29-year-old comeback kid to raise hopes that this second marriage might yet have a happy ending .
10 His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington .
11 His descendants continued to regard Richard III as the founder of the family fortunes and the fourth duke kept a portrait of him in the long gallery at Kennington .
12 Conceivably , it could even be the spark to provide the super-charged finish to the season Leeds need to beat Manchester United to the title .
13 Drought and civil war have combined to make Mozambique one of the world 's poorest countries , with nearly 1,000,000 displaced people and an acute danger of famine .
14 This was partly because both he and Elena saw that it would require a great deal more experience and self-discipline to make Nicu fit for the role , and also because he did not want to rule out Elena .
15 Indeed Tivoli — who 's software already lies at the heart of the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Management Environment and Unix International 's distributed vision of the future , Atlas — has already agreed to make WizDom compliant with the Object Management Group Request Broker specifications under its agreement with SunSoft Inc .
16 Now then Oldfield 's got the legs to bring Leicester clear on the break here and that excellent play by Oldfield .
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