Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | A more advanced technique involves camouflaging the real eye while at the same time making the false eye truly spectacular , with a huge black ‘ pupil ’ surrounded by a bright white eye-ring . |
| 3 | A second technique developed utilises the natural enrichment of the rare-earth elements in fluorite . |
| 4 | The 1992 budget planned to limit the public-sector deficit to 9 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and to save L60,000 million ( about US$48,250,000 ) through a combination of spending cuts , fiscal measures and privatization . |
| 5 | In July the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity agreed to ask the national parliaments of Western Europe to lend their voices to the argument . |
| 6 | With foot pointed raise the top leg and do 35 mini raises . |
| 7 | Thus correction involves substituting the correct spelling of the intended word for its misspelled counterpart , but controlled by the user . |
| 8 | The executive responsible is a member of the Board assigned to ensure the successful progress and completion of the project . |
| 9 | This may again be necessary for work with learning resources , but librarians and experienced teachers will in any case want to stress the absolute necessity of previous detailed checking to see that the resources likely to be helpful and required are actually available . |
| 10 | The secret decision to continue producing the new generation of so-called ‘ binary ’ nerve gas weapons would also seem to preclude a Bush-inspired bilateral agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to start reducing their arsenals of chemical weapons before the new global treaty is concluded . |
| 11 | Three quarters of the money goes to maintain the national organisation and to provide central services for Bureaux . |
| 12 | Coverage failed to highlight the wrongful arrests of blacks or excessive use of force by the police ; nor did it adequately convey the extent of pro-social activity engaged in by black ‘ counter-rioters ’ , such as helping the wounded or assisting the emergency services . |
| 13 | A report published by a review body for the Ministry of Agriculture has described the current badger slaughter policy of the Ministry as " unconvincing " . |
| 14 | A two-year grant has established the above group in order to promote and facilitate the use of the National Child Development Study ( NCDS ) data , held in the ESRC Data Archive , by secondary analysts . |
| 15 | Redwood Shores , California-based Oracle Corp has joined the Greek chorus to say that it plans to convert its complete family of products to run on Alpha architecture under both OpenVMS and DEC OSF/1 ; the conversion effort on the VMS products is under way and should be out by the time DEC starts ships . |
| 16 | Santa Clara , California-based , Quest Windows Corp has debuted the latest version 3.0.1 of Quest ObjectViews , its object-oriented C++ user interface development tool for X-Windows , supporting OSF/Motif and Open Look : ships begin in the third quarter , prices start at $2,500 per seat . |
| 17 | Digital Equipment Corp has announced the final stage of its 18-month European reorganisation programme . |
| 18 | NEC Corp has entered the parallel processor business with the launch in Japan of the Cenju-3 , built from eight to 256 MIPS Technologies Inc VR4400 RISC microprocessors . |
| 19 | NEC Corp has entered the parallel processor business with launch in Japan of the Cenju-3 , built from eight to 256 MIPS Technologies Inc VR4400 RISC microprocessors . |
| 20 | Oracle Corp has introduced the Co-operative Development Environment , CDE , an integrated set of tools designed to enable organisations to create , deploy and maintain client-server applications . |
| 21 | Jimmy Walker is celebrating a juicy record — the green-fingered genius has got the biggest melon in Britain ! |
| 22 | A 70-year old woodland has become the first plantation forest to be declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) by English Nature . |
| 23 | Travel : Copse and robbers Christopher Somerville sees how woodland has usurped the ancient cattle thieves of the Cheviot Hills |
| 24 | The new Christian has to learn the old hymns and to appreciate them . |
| 25 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer . |
| 26 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 27 | Warton has provided the following description of a man of eighty , who was sole mourner at the funeral of his equally aged wife . |
| 28 | But I 'm not blaming the journalists , they 're under a lot of pressure ; the CBS or the BBC correspondent has to do the one report for the day . |
| 29 | That decision has angered the dead man 's family . |
| 30 | And I think that it might be useful , Mr Chairman to emphasize the fact that we are a rural county , and a rural county has specific rural problems , er , and I do n't think that the district auditor has recognized the particular problems that we have er , in a rural county . |