Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun prp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To accept Jesus as a Messiah while denying his regal and political role is simply to ignore the facts — to ignore the historical context , to ignore what the word ‘ Messiah ’ meant and implied . |
| 2 | Whilst the conflict over Reagan 's diaries was in progress , a parallel struggle was being fought over Poindexter 's efforts to subpoena Reagan as a witness and to force him to testify in person at the trial . |
| 3 | Experience has shown that it is not enough to train PHCNs for a year and then send to isolated rural clinics . |
| 4 | There was still enough ill-temper left in him to startle Vulcan into a gallop when two spurs were simultaneously jabbed into his body as they entered the straight stretch of forest track . |
| 5 | Were , therefore , the deputies of the Cortes to limit themselves to the study of the ‘ means and methods of expelling the French army ’ , or was their sacred task to endow Spain with a constitution that would limit the despotism which had ended in French invasion ? |
| 6 | Neck and spoke they raced for mile after mile , the horse only drawing breath to ensure Ian was there to open the gates along the way , and to use Ian as a guide when Sally got lost in the maze of the Clubhouse car park ! |
| 7 | PWI — with COSE at its side — will attempt to claim the high moral ground over the issue of open specifications and is likely to cast Microsoft in a mantle that was once the preserve of IBM . |
| 8 | Americans now came to see Castro as a threat and Cuba as a potential base for Communist activity throughout Latin America . |
| 9 | As a founder and chairman of Highland Tourist ( Cairngorm Development ) , he provided a practical demonstration of how to market Scotland as a conference and holiday resort . |
| 10 | The EC Foreign Ministers ' meeting on May 2 [ see above ] concluded that the EC was " willing to recognize Macedonia as a sovereign and independent state within its existing borders and under a name that can be accepted by all parties concerned " . |
| 11 | It took Russell almost three weeks to call Ellen for a date and when they did meet he was 45 minutes late . |
| 12 | Harry 's original intention had been to approach Cornelius via a secretary or administrator . |
| 13 | It would have been difficult to develop Netherton as a settlement before the building of the mill leat enabled the draining of the stream from its marshy site . |
| 14 | They made their way back , not to the abbey but the castle , Corbett sending ahead one of his escort to ask Wishart for an audience and when they arrived the old , foxy-faced Bishop was waiting for them in his now sweltering chambers , though still swathed in fur-trimmed robes . |
| 15 | The Public Windows Initiative — with the Common Open Software Environment at its side — will attempt to claim the high moral ground over the issue of open specifications and is likely to cloak Microsoft in a mantle that was once the preserve of IBM . |
| 16 | His visit did nothing to stem the exodus , however , and on Jan. 20 the Greek authorities declared that no Albanian would be allowed to enter Greece without a passport and visa . |