Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [noun] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Walford v Miles the House of Lords maintained the long established principle that a mere agreement to negotiate is unenforceable because it lacks the certainty necessary for a binding contract and held that any concept of a duty to carry on negotiations in good faith is inherently repugnant to the adversarial position of the parties when involved in negotiations . |
| 2 | Kerry Packer has launched a complex , lowly valued and hostile bid for Bond 's media interests whilst efforts to pass on stakes in British Satellite Broadcasting and Airship Industries have so far failed . |
| 3 | These include technical specifications which hinder or prevent trade in goods ; rules and regulations governing services which hinder non-domestic companies from trading across frontiers ; discriminatory public procurement rules which limit tendering for government contracts to domestic companies , and legal obstacles faced by foreign companies seeking to set up subsidiaries in other member states . |
| 4 | After three days of talks in Islamabad on Nov. 4-6 , Bangladesh and Pakistan decided to set up committees in each other 's capitals to review the implementation of economic and trade relations as outlined by the Joint Economic Commission . |
| 5 | Such is the wealth of historical literature that it has been difficult to decide what to give in notes in this chapter . |
| 6 | Make a conscious effort to speed up activity in this way . |
| 7 | It would be very divisive to break up England in this way . |
| 8 | Although this 20 per cent is intended for teaching and research , much of it is used to make up deficits in general health-care budgets . |
| 9 | The Marshall case also serves to show how a case decided in the European Court may become a force to bring about change in national law within member states . |
| 10 | Diplomatically , Soviet success at exploiting Europe 's division to bring about changes in Western policy has , in turn , given Western Europe inroads into the USSR 's own preserve . |