Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 32 | The appearance of the two documents , and the Government 's intention to legislate upon the proposals they contained , dealt a sideways , but nonetheless mortal , blow to Brooke 's Royal Commission which was simultaneously subjecting the entire penal system to critical review . |
| 33 | One must doubt whether it was the Israeli ‘ government 's intention to introduce into the West Bank the Israeli norm of democratic elections ’ since the authorities deeply regretted the outcome , and did not repeat the experiment . |
| 34 | The match with Malta at Tannadice , Andy Roxburgh said yesterday , is also Ferguson 's chance to ‘ show up well and get his career moving again ’ after lengthy negative publicity surrounding transfers , fines and a TV appearance by the player 's agent to complain about the size of the bed in the forward 's digs . |
| 35 | SUPER Warrington wrecked Hull 's bid to go to the top of the Stones Bitter Championship . |
| 36 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
| 37 | The Isle of Wight born rider 's attempt to break into the male dominated racing game has been dogged by injury . |
| 38 | A second factor weakening the Heath government 's attempt to dictate to the unions on the basis of its ‘ mandate from the nation ’ was the rather agnostic attitude taken up by large employers . |
| 39 | Mr Perez de Cuellar described South Africa 's attempt to interfere with the elections as ‘ highly problematical ’ , and announced new procedures for the vote , over four days beginning on 7 November . |
| 40 | Stroud ( 1984 , ch. 2 ) considers a similar argument against the sceptic 's attempt to generalize from the fact that we do not know we are not brains in a vat . |
| 41 | And let me tell you , if there was a women 's demonstration to protest against the machismo of the men in our country , I 'd be right there in the front ranks ! |
| 42 | Addressing the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet , he described the compromise programme as " an attempt to preserve the administrative-bureaucratic system " which would " lead the country to catastrophe " , and accused the central authorities of deliberately sabotaging the Russian Federation 's plan to proceed with the Shatalin programme from Nov. 1 . |
| 43 | An integral part of Labour 's plan to look after the coal industry will be the adoption of European proposals for the coal industry . |
| 44 | The girl was one of the first in the country to use new powers granted to minors under the Children 's Act to apply to the courts for permission to live where they wanted to . |
| 45 | There was a hostile reaction at the CNAA 's General Committee — its ‘ inner cabinet ’ — in April to Buckingham 's proposal to operate on the basis of an eighty-week , two-year degree programme . |
| 46 | Because of the Queen 's determination to remain on the throne , Charles will never become King . |
| 47 | Both the Hungarian government and environmental activists had opposed the Czechoslovak administration 's determination to proceed with the project , following Hungary 's withdrawal in 1989 [ for February developments see p. 38777 ] . |
| 48 | He recognises this for what it is — solid confirmation of the Government 's determination to invest in the defence of our country . |
| 49 | The UN special envoy , Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Petrovsky , had paid another visit to Libya on May 10-12 [ see also p. 38883 ] , and said on May 14 that the Libyan leader Col. Moamer al Kadhafi would ask the Libyan General People 's Committee to decide on the question of the extradition of the two Libyans wanted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing — a process which Petrovsky said would take four or five weeks . |
| 50 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 51 | Doctors faced with a refusal of consent have to give very careful and detailed consideration to what was the patient 's capacity to decide at the time when the decision was made . |
| 52 | Charlton 's campaign to return to The Valley has hit a further problem with Greenwich borough council urging the club to revise their redevelopment proposal and come up with measures to protect the environmental needs of residents near the ground . |
| 53 | Not only is the new hospital looking almost finished ( though I expect there is a year 's work to do on the inside ) , but site preparation is continuing way up the glen . |
| 54 | Second , the benefit may consist of the enjoyment by the employee of services or facilities which it is part of the employer 's business to sell to the public , for example concessionary travel for railway or airline employees or concessionary education for the children of schoolteachers ( ‘ in-house benefits ’ ) . |
| 55 | It is not part of Stone 's business to look at the condition of working people , but the illustrations in the book reveal very little about the thought styles that the privileged brought to marriage and divorce . |
| 56 | Lawrence 's bid broke down largely because of Londoner Lee 's reluctance to move to the North . |
| 57 | This largely stems from the current government 's reluctance to intervene in the workings of the market because , intervention by public authorities in lawful commercial transactions should be kept to a minimum , since broadly speaking the free commercial decisions of private decision-makers result in the most desirable outcomes for the economy as a whole . |
| 58 | The long punters will have plenty of sport with that one though there could be considerable confusion at a quick kick where the revised law says that it may be taken without waiting for the kicker 's team to retire behind the ball — provided they do not become involved in play . |
| 59 | The cause of Union Discount 's failure to recover on the bills was Esal 's and Berg 's failures . |
| 60 | The matter was not helped by the company 's failure to decide on the dividend payout until the last minute . |