Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | With foot pointed raise the top leg and do 35 mini raises . |
| 6 | Thus correction involves substituting the correct spelling of the intended word for its misspelled counterpart , but controlled by the user . |
| 7 | The executive responsible is a member of the Board assigned to ensure the successful progress and completion of the project . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Three quarters of the money goes to maintain the national organisation and to provide central services for Bureaux . |
| 11 | A report published by a review body for the Ministry of Agriculture has described the current badger slaughter policy of the Ministry as " unconvincing " . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Digital Equipment Corp has announced the final stage of its 18-month European reorganisation programme . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Warton has provided the following description of a man of eighty , who was sole mourner at the funeral of his equally aged wife . |
| 19 | That decision has angered the dead man 's family . |
| 20 | Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow . |
| 21 | Wherever they have been operating , persons whose dishonesty has infringed the criminal law , on the basis of reliable and admissible evidence , will continue to be prosecuted . |
| 22 | In traditionally examined courses such as the current HNC or HND , the criterion for award of prizes may simply be that the winner has obtained the top mark when all students across the length and breadth of the country are compared . |
| 23 | Tartus has become the primary maintenance facility for Soviet submarines operating in the Mediterranean . |
| 24 | Your coverage has kept the Western Mail ahead of all other papers . |
| 25 | Further , it is probably only when the GP has performed the initial expert task of transforming signs and symptoms into an organised illness , that the patient can formulate the help he requires as possibly beyond the competence of his GP . |
| 26 | Brown , a black parent , was supported by the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ) in a case designed to test the widespread practice of having separate schools for blacks and whites . |
| 27 | This response has incorporated the respectable face of feminism , concerned with ‘ equal rights ’ , into its understanding and provision , with a range of initiatives intended to acknowledge the justice of equal opportunities . |
| 28 | Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action . |
| 29 | ‘ Faced with the myriad opportunities for the concealment of fraudulent activities which companies and trusts provide , Parliament has given the Serious Fraud Office the power to call upon a suspected person to come into the open , and to disclose information which may incriminate him . |
| 30 | It is anticipated that once Parliament has approved the general thrust of legislation , the rest can be left to the department to implement piecemeal as is appropriate and convenient . |