Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [vb -s] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Tanzania 's ban fails to secure the required two-thirds majority , the Cites secretariat is ready to propose a range of measures to tighten control on the trade . |
| 2 | Of the dailies , Today 's circulation has registered the worst seasonal drop , falling to 466,631 from 513,673 . |
| 3 | Literature 's self-consciousness serves to blur the traditional opposition between literature and criticism . |
| 4 | Oxfam 's work has brought the third world closer to home . |
| 5 | Rollin shows how little Dworkin 's argument serves to deflect the Benthamite scepticism . |
| 6 | A doctor 's receptionist has met the Norwegian woman whose life she saved when she donated bone marrow two years ago . |
| 7 | So much in Kirtana 's life has stayed the same . |
| 8 | Its beating a path to Hewlett-Packard Co 's door seems to indicate the final demise of Intel 's 80860 as a mainstream system-level CPU . |
| 9 | Indeed , it could be argued that Klemperer 's steadfastness serves to underline the grotesque nature of Mahler 's invention , but this is not a performance that I can easily live with . |
| 10 | This year , to great fanfares , the Ministry 's spending has attained the symbolic figure of 1% of the central government budget . |
| 11 | And as United moved into fifth place , with the help of a rare Paul Ince strike , the Welsh centre-forward said : ‘ Eric 's arrival has affected the whole club — not just the attacking players . |
| 12 | Val 's scheme has got the full backing of police in Gloucestershire and West Mercia . |
| 13 | But a spokesman at the procurator fiscal 's office in Hamilton said yesterday : ‘ The sheriff clerk 's office has mislaid the principal papers in this case . |
| 14 | A last minute decision by Radio Netherlands ' management has averted the proposed close-down of their popular shortwave transmissions to Europe scheduled for 29th March . |
| 15 | Polybius ' silence has provided the main ground for this scepticism ( W. Hoffmailn , in R. Klein , Das Staatsdenken der Römer ( 1966 ) , 224 ) . |
| 16 | AN Edinburgh independent boys ' school has become the first in Britain to plug into the French government 's prestigious new technology learning centre . |