Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He urged the parliament swiftly to pass legislation including the abolition of trade monopolies , faster privatization ( especially of shops ) , agrarian reform and tighter credit and monetary policies .
2 Cranston claimed that his relationship with Keating was essentially no different from that of the other four senators , but that , because he was suffering from cancer and had announced his intention not to seek re-election on the expiry in 1992 of his current term , he had been singled out for sanction as a " scapegoat " .
3 Following the rejection of the proposals put forward by the ruling Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) in the referendum held on Dec. 8 , 1991 [ see p. 38670 ] , the Governor , Rafael Hernández Colón , announced his intention not to seek re-election in the gubernatorial elections due to be held in November 1992 ; it was expected that Victoria Múñoz Mendoza would be endorsed as the PPD 's candidate for the governorship .
4 They intended , when supplying both a louvre door and a set of folding door gear not to charge carriage on the latter .
5 Col Peck said the fighting was a serious setback to the peace process and had put back plans to hold a ceremony today to transfer command of the city to 650 Belgian troops from about 1,000 US troops .
6 However , the last two scales concerning the amount of moving and fixed objects were included in that study specifically to aid interpretation of the recognition results from this study and will be considered below .
7 And his decision not to take part in the World Team Cup this year because Croatia had not been recognised was treated with respect rather than disapproval .
8 Only do-it-ourself and textiles showed a fall-off caused by a reduced textiles range and the decision not to take part in the DIY price war .
9 It said it could n't understand why the British Amateur Weight Lifter 's Association had reached the decision not to take action against the two weighlifters .
10 Such a right of re-entry , which is an express proviso in most legal leases and is implied into all equitable leases , gives the landlord the right literally to take possession of the land .
11 The Court ruled that the case against the three , who had exercised their right not to give evidence at the trial , had been overwhelmingly prejudiced following an announcement by King during the trial of restrictions on the right of silence [ see p. 37098 ] .
12 The explosive pain of it brought me hellishly back to full savage consciousness and to a revived desire not to become part of the eternal mystery just yet .
13 They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game .
14 COWARDLY IRA terrorists set a cynical double bomb trap yesterday to bring fear to the heart of London .
15 M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project .
16 M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project .
17 Dry cleaning staff from Hartonclean and Dale Cleaners on Tyneside played a men versus women football match yesterday to raise cash for the neo-natal unit at Newcastle 's RVI .
18 Young winger Kenyon took his chance well to beat Hunte at the corner for Warrington 's opening try and hooker Duane Mann made the Saints defence look foolish with a cunning kick through the ruck for Jackson to pounce .
19 Ossie Ardiles , who managed Swindon Town for two years , came to Winchester Crown Court today to give evidence in the case of the man he replaced in 1989 .
20 He was at all times happy , said his lordship , to give his assent to any measure that could relieve the unfortunate debtor without giving an opportunity to the adulterer , the swindler etc. to take advantage of the same law — .
21 There is a history of heart disease in her family so Doc D gets her cholesterol checked every now and then and they make it a policy not to keep cheese in the house .
22 But he was given by his unmarried mum to a childless couple from Corfu , probably the only such adoption ever to take place in the Greek islands .
23 A team from the Bureau 's anti-terrorist squad flew out from Quantico , Virginia , a week beforehand to take charge of the arrangements and Hamadan placed his final call to Younis in Beirut , telling him to drop everything and come at once .
24 Thus , for the purposes of the first three categories , sexual intercourse is defined gender neutrally to include penetration of the vagina or anus by any part of the body or by an object , introduction of the penis into the mouth and cunnilingus as well as the continuation of any such intercourse .
25 The United Kingdom based itself in that regard on international law and on the need for the flag state effectively to exercise jurisdiction over the owners , charterers and operators of vessels flying its flag .
26 Debt-free and so not hampered by high interest rates , they are nimble enough and liquid enough to take advantage of the recession .
27 Gary Moore , a born again bluesman who certainly needs no introduction from us , had broken off from his European tour especially to take part in the event .
28 The Bishop of Oxford has appealed to the Government not to cut aid to the Third World .
29 A New Zealand court held that an undertaking by the government not to introduce legislation regarding the advertising of cigarettes was incapable of being consideration for a promise by a tobacco company because the government 's promise was of no value : it can not fetter the legislature : Rothmans of Pall Mall ( NZ ) Ltd. v. Attorney General [ 1991 ] N.Z.L.R. 323 .
30 With a four-inch diameter pipe , you would have to restrict the water flow considerably to draw air down the venturi pipe , which would defeat the object of having the wide bore pipe in the first place : that is , to transfer a large volume of water with the minimum disturbance .
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