Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun prp] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you think of Karl Ludvigsen 's prediction that Fiat will buy Chrysler in the next decade ? |
| 2 | At that meeting he said he hoped that if Germany occupied Czechoslovakia the move would paralyse Poland at the same time . |
| 3 | On the one hand , in a certain sense , all the elements which comprise X condition the tribunal 's power to decide upon Y. The statute says , explicitly or implicitly , if X you may or shall do Y. On the other hand , to accept that the reviewing courts should be the ultimate arbiters of the meaning of all the elements comprising the X factor would cause review to become very like appeal . |
| 4 | It was all too much for Khrushchev 's colleagues — notably Leonid Brezhnev , unequivocally identified as organizer of the coup , and Mikhail Suslov , in charge of ideology in those years , but also Yuri Andropov , a Central Committee secretary in 1964 who 18 years later would succeed Brezhnev as the Soviet leader . |
| 5 | The proponents of this view will advance Reagan as the great champion of freedom , as the man who won the Cold War . |
| 6 | The hope is that the machine will beat Europe to the next prize in elementary particle physics . |
| 7 | Don has made the trip from Hereford to Romania 4 times now and he 'll continue his visits in the hope that one day he can leave behind a modern farming system which will bring Moldavia into the twentieth century . |
| 8 | This may have been the case when Lady C. first frightened the servants back in the twenties , but now that kind of behaviour would probably land Mellors in the hot water he so obviously needs . |
| 9 | To provide a specific context for the discussion of NLP system design that follows , I will contrast SPAR with the current version of the SRI Core Language Engine ( CLE ; Alshawi et al . |
| 10 | I could now see Malc on the front row quite clearly . |
| 11 | He learned that Tank had introduced Richter to Peron and the physicist managed to persuade the dictator that he could project Argentina into the 21st century ahead of its competitors and , in turn , make Peron appear one of the most enlightened leaders of the century . |
| 12 | In other words , the British fleet would defend Italy against the French navy while Italy would support Britain in Egypt . |
| 13 | It must not be exaggerated ; the growth of the United States was enormous , but even that giant 's stride did not deprive Europe of the economic leadership of the world by 1914 . |
| 14 | He could see Chris in the little circle surrounding Finnegan 's ball . |
| 15 | Daniel , a naturally vigorous seeker of solutions , tried to restrain an instinct to shake or confront Marcus with the unsatisfactory nature of this inertia . |
| 16 | England , who could meet Brazil in the second phase , may find the exercise more worthwhile than an hysterical afternoon at Lansdowne Road . |
| 17 | The omissions are always noted here in Korea and they add to the sensitivity and fear of the Korean Government and Korean citizens that the United States Government is not fixed in its determination to assist Korea and will abandon Korea at the earliest opportunity … |
| 18 | Rush , who also played in the thrilling victory over Auxerre , is hoping a packed Anfield will roar Liverpool into the European Cup Winners ' Cup quarter-finals . |
| 19 | Britain was granted a specially lenient deal because Environment Minister Lord Caithness argued that it could not fit FGD in the required timescale , and that it had domestic high sulphur coal which it ‘ had to use ’ whereas other countries relied mainly on imported low sulphur coal . |
| 20 | But the same Gospel makes it plain that the Spirit will interpret Jesus as the focal point of all God 's revelation . |
| 21 | Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ? |
| 22 | Eating sand rice and stone peas , drinking small quantities of an unknown sticky orange substance , stopping off for re-fuelling at most airports in the world , taking crazed detours to Nowhereland through Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Iran , Saudi Arabia , what seemed like Iceland and what definitely was Cuba , herded off the plane every few hours to sit in concrete bunkers while men with machine guns handed out the sticky orange , with the true feeling gnawing into your dead-from-the-nerves-down brain that you would n't make Bangkok until the New Year , if at all . |
| 23 | If he were to tell the truth it would provoke Newton into the next carriage across the Sands . |
| 24 | He claimed that another political party which would have Scotland in the Second Division of Europe was the SNP . |
| 25 | It was quickly arranged that Alan would come at two and , with another friend , Dei Roberts , would take Nigel to the car-park mortuary . |
| 26 | His mother had spoken to Mr McDoodle , who owned one of the few horse and carts in the village , asking him if he could take Endill to the nearest train station which was over the hills in the town of Moorloch . |
| 27 | The UK ambassador in Paris lodged protests with the French government on Sept. 7 and the UK Attorney General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , warned on Sept. 10 that the UK might take France to the European Court of Justice if attacks on lorries continued . |
| 28 | But on 20 September the Commission announced that for the first time it would take Britain before the European Court of Justice . |
| 29 | The communications network established by Rank Xerox , for example , will be bequeathed to Andalusia ‘ as a contribution to technological development and to training a generation which will take Andalusia into the 21st century ’ . |
| 30 | Stephen felt embarrassed that this women , a Three Towns Echo reporter presumably , should have heard him call Dadda by the shameful name . |