Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When planning a rotation , it is very helpful to draw up a long-term scheme and dovetail the various crops into the seasons , at the same time ensuring that each field comes into the rotation in its turn and is then put back in grass to build up fertility for the requisite period . |
| 32 | Dulles went on to form another of his much-favoured regional pacts — the Baghdad Pact ( 1955 ) , which included the USA , Britain , Iran , Iraq and Pakistan — to build up power around the Soviet defence perimeter . |
| 33 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 34 | The sleeping-bag began to soak up tea from the steaming groundsheet , and I screamed , ‘ Damn ! |
| 35 | BIG TICKET TO RIDE OUT RECESSION Behind every grim news report on the state of British business is the knock-on effect to the leasing industry . |
| 36 | And now the Forestry Commission is using shirehorses to thin out part of the ancient woodland at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire . |
| 37 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 38 | Laser beams consist of photons which , though small by atomic standards , have a cumulative inertial effect , Dr Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado , who heads one research group , says that cooling an atom with a laser beam is like trying to slow down movement of a heavy object by bombarding it with ping-pong balls . |
| 39 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 40 | Methane , the hydrocarbon commonly known as marsh or swamp gas , is produced by bacteria which live in an oxygen-free environment such as at the bottom of swamps and rice paddies and in the guts of ruminant or cud-chewing animals such as cattle , sheep and camels where the bacteria help to break down food into a digestible form ( enteric fermentation ) . |
| 41 | The trend there has been simply to pay off debt at a faster rate . |
| 42 | It postulates that agents will have an incentive to seek out information on the underlying ‘ correct ’ model of the economy which , in combination with adaptive expectations , had accounted for the systematic errors of the past . |
| 43 | Sir Robert Mark 's campaign to root out corruption in the Metropolitan Police is well known . |
| 44 | John Routly , the Ffestiniog Railway chairman , recently told members of the Ffestiniog Railway Society : ‘ Discussions are taking place between us the Welsh Highland and Gwynedd County Council , the aim being to create a divisional board representing both the FR and WHR to take over responsibility for the Welsh Highland if the Minister of Transport makes the transfer . |
| 45 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 46 | When pressure was eventually put on L.E.A.s in the 1950s to take over employment of the various county organisers whose salaries hitherto had been paid from Carnegie Trust funds , most authorities did so on condition that the organisers ' work should be extended to schools . |
| 47 | Although the offer was not completely rejected by the Palestinian side , they made it clear that it fell short of Palestinian aspirations for a legislative council to take over control of the occupied territories from Israel [ see p. 38837 for Palestinian self-government proposal tabled at the fourth round of talks ] . |
| 48 | After all , I had ‘ covered ’ the Boys ' Parliament sessions and other church activities for him on a free lance basis , and I was sure he knew I was determined to take up journalism as a full-time and life-long career . |
| 49 | When people move house to take up residence in a new community they are likely to be more open to change in other areas of their life . |
| 50 | Arrangements were made for the deceased to take up residence in a residential home for the elderly known as Samuel Saye House , owned and managed by a Mr. and Mrs. Tinker . |
| 51 | The HNC in CAE is designed to provide potential Technicians/Technician Engineers with the skills necessary to enable them to take up employment in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment . |
| 52 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 53 | The very short duration of most of the " events " for which they are providing services , and the gaps which occur between these " events " , make it highly appropriate for such organizations to bring in labour on a casual basis . |
| 54 | In January the National Party ( NP ) government outlined its plans to hand over sovereignty to a power-sharing administration . |
| 55 | THIS WEEK Timothy Raison , minister for Overseas Development , will read a report from his civil servants advising him to hand over control of an international conservation treaty to the Department of the Environment . |
| 56 | It soon became evident that their overlords , the British , intended to hand over power at an early date . |
| 57 | On March 7 , the Group of 12 ( a newly formed coalition of the country 's main opposition parties , ranging from communists to conservatives ) issued a joint statement calling upon the populace to rise up against Avril and force him to hand over power to an interim civilian administration as the first step towards the holding of free elections . |
| 58 | The sensor measures alkalinity and when the level falls below a pre-set value it activates a pump that delivers product from a bulk container to the tank in sufficient quantity to make up solution to the desired strength . |
| 59 | Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader . |
| 60 | What many fear is that , despite negotiated settlements ’ being fashionable in other parts of the world , the US will be more than happy to leave El Salvador to Arena , freeing it to step up aid to the Nicaraguan contras and removing , once and for all , any chance of success for the peace plan being negotiated by the five Central American presidents , which has never been supported by the US . |