Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weather conditions had definitely worsened since she went to bed , and she needed Fen 's support to struggle along the towpath in the face of the gale , in order to reach his car . |
| 2 | Labour 's decision to vote against the Government provoked a slanging match between all three major parties . |
| 3 | PRESIDENT REAGAN 'S decision to sell off the United States 's weather satellites , which was announced last week , has thrown the world 's meteorological community into confusion . |
| 4 | It is not hard , however , to make a strong case for the view that unrest in a particular part of the empire in 1858 loomed large in the regime 's decision to opt for the version of emancipation which gave peasants land . |
| 5 | Ruskin Spear , on the other hand , thought Minton 's decision to paint in the life room a mistake . |
| 6 | On June 24 a group of seven reformers — including Damanaki , who had resisted Papariga 's decision to withdraw from the Alliance — had been suspended from the KKE 's central committee . |
| 7 | The government 's decision to withdraw from the contract was felt to be a major reason behind his departure . |
| 8 | The British Government said yesterday it was deeply concerned at North Korea 's decision to withdraw from the treaty , saying the move cast doubt on Pyongyang 's long-term nuclear intentions . |
| 9 | BASIC DATA Controlled by Spain since the 19th century , Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under the tripartite Madrid agreement of 1975 following Spain 's decision to withdraw from the territory ( see pp. 27575-77 ) . |
| 10 | The biggest change that the end user may find , other than the obvious alterations to the program , is that Letraset are now Adobe 's primary distributor for Europe following McQueen 's decision to move into the manufacturing and acquisition of software rather than its distribution . |
| 11 | Keith Cardwell 's decision to move from the world of commercial photography into the more demanding , and typically less lucrative , area of documentary photography can be almost directly attributed to a TV series , a BBC 1 documentary called The Family . |
| 12 | In Re Friends of the Earth the applicants sought review of Minister 's decision to consent to the construction of Sizewell B nuclear generating plant . |
| 13 | The argument was over Zack 's decision to close with the negotiator called Quinn and have done with the whole thing at two million dollars ransom . |
| 14 | All of which suggests that the government 's decision to pounce on the PAC was a reaction to threat and counter-threat rather than a conspiracy to undermine Mr de Klerk 's own negotiations . |
| 15 | By far the most significant is the evolution of the game itself and Ireland 's inability to move with the flow . |
| 16 | In the first place the Americans had to accept Britain 's inability to persist with the experiment in sterling convertibility in the summer of 1947 — this was attempted in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the underlying sentiment had a good deal to do with Iraq 's inability to stand by the treaty it had signed with Britain at Portsmouth in 1948 , and resentment aroused by post-war developments in Palestine did little to help . |
| 18 | If it does n't have one , buy some non-setting plumber 's mastic to seal between the tap and the bath . |
| 19 | Jack 's opportunity to break into the limelight came when Fred Dawes was so badly injured that he could not play again : Jack 's debut was as demanding as any Palace debut could be — at Millwall ! |
| 20 | The doctrine of scientific determinism was strongly resisted by many people , who felt that it infringed God 's freedom to intervene in the world , but it remained the standard assumption of science until the early years of this century . |
| 21 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 22 | Reiterating the ANC 's willingness to negotiate with the South African government , he said the time was not right for the ANC to abandon violence : ‘ The struggle inside South Africa and outside South Africa must continue . ’ |
| 23 | They ( the BPX representatives ) confirm the company 's willingness to listen to the community . ’ |
| 24 | The violence reached a peak in August and September and threatened to disrupt the ANC-government talks , with ANC leaders questioning the government 's willingness to act against the perpetrators of the violence and alleging that members of the security forces were involved . |
| 25 | Crawford 's willingness to suffer for the good of the show , beyond the call of duty , was an early example of the masochistic rigours he would endure for the sake of comedy . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the post of armourer was not granted to James Graham , but the need to placate Provost Christie still produced action at the Board of Ordnance which transferred the Master Gunner of Stirling Castle to Portsmouth and commissioned the provost 's son-in-law to succeed to the Stirling post . |
| 27 | Now his running ambitions are about to be realised as Graham explains : ‘ It is every runner 's ambition to run in the London Marathon and just before Christmas I found out I would realise that ambition in April 1993 . |
| 28 | But the Bogomolov kite shows the change since 1956 , when what finally provoked the Russians was the Nagy government 's intention to withdraw from the Warsaw pact . |
| 29 | But in the House of Commons , when Mrs Thatcher rose on 6 June to express ‘ revulsion ’ for the massacre , she also restated her government 's intention to proceed with the handover in 1997 . |
| 30 | However , specialisation in the organ is no indication of a student 's intention to work in the field of church music , for in recent years the organ has become increasingly recognised as a solo instrument in its own right . |