Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was revealed in June that the USSR budget deficit had exceeded the planned level in the first quarter of 1991 by 360 per cent . |
| 2 | Aberbach , Putnam and Rockman ( 1981 ) use survey data and case study reports to demonstrate the relative influence of politicians and bureaucrats and the emergence of an increasing overlapping of roles as state authority has expanded in response to the political demands of newly mobilized groups . |
| 3 | Wychavon Canoe Club have launched the first edition of their club newsletter . |
| 4 | Our sample appears to confirm that collective bargaining practice has followed the initial approach of union policy in giving little weight to the less quantifiable changes in working conditions from application of new technology and systems , especially in job design and its effects on the quality of working life . |
| 5 | In the mythology of modern soccer , the ‘ scout ’ , an expert in a shabby raincoat has been replaced by the more avaricious figure of the ‘ agent ’ , the character with the car-phone who along with the club chairman has become the financial ‘ Lucifer ’ of football . |
| 6 | We look after those little things , which make such a difference to your enjoyment … baby changing facilities , an exciting quiz trail designed to test the whole family , a free camera loan facility … and more ! |
| 7 | At the inception of this UK research programme designed to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty , Harriet Wilson ( 1974 ) investigated the relevance of Sir Keith 's ideas on ‘ preparation for parenthood ’ to resolving the problems of poor families in inner cities . |
| 8 | A representative selection of the literature on script recognition has illustrated the main approaches to the problem , and the main problems to be resolved . |
| 9 | NOW that Falkirk Football Club has confirmed the surprising choice of Campbell Christie , General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress , as its new chairman , we can presumably look forward to a radical change of tactics on the field . |
| 10 | THE CUP success of Middlesbrough Football Club has forced the nearby Cleveland Park greyhound stadium to switch its racenights over the next three weeks . |
| 11 | An identical opposition coalition had backed the victorious Rengo-no-kai candidate in the Nara prefecture by-election on Feb. 9 . |
| 12 | The centre of the fighting was the headquarters of the Hasidic Lubavitcher sect where blacks and Jews exchanges volleys of bricks and bottles , whilst police in riot gear tried to keep the two groups separated . |
| 13 | Most studies assessing cell proliferation have used the tritiated thymidine immunohistochemical technique . |
| 14 | He displayed his contempt for Hollywood at the awards ceremony by refusing to accept the gold statuette and sending an Indian girl in his stead to protest at the way the movie industry had treated the Red Man . |
| 15 | He told us that " if only the car industry had achieved the same improvements in price performance since the war as the electronics industry , a 1980 Rolls Royce would only cost 2 pence . " |
| 16 | In addition , he pointed out that the price/performance ratio has changed by a factor of 6,000 in the past few years : ‘ If the car industry had had the same change that the computer industry has experienced since 1960 , a car that cost $10,000 in 1960 would now be sold for $1 , ’ he said . |
| 17 | At the height of the rescue operation up to forty five firemen equipped with heavy lifting gear battled to free the injured . |
| 18 | they 're about the same , so when the hundred gram bar has got the extra ten per cent it 's it 's just just makes it the better bargain , er , they 're not losing much on that cos they save on the wrapping , so it probably costs them the same |
| 19 | AS IT was about to send back its first results , the Science and Engineering Research Council tried to stop the northern end of its funding — the Hipparcos data is being monitored independently by two European teams to ensure accuracy . |
| 20 | Tea consumption had reached the poor Philadelphia house by 1766 . |
| 21 | The setting sun had turned the pale stone walls to gold . |
| 22 | In all parts of the country Wesleyan Methodism had become the chief alternative to the Established Church and in purely agricultural regions religious differences often amounted to a choice between either the Church of England or Wesleyan and Primitive Methodism . |
| 23 | Do n't you remember the canteen lady leaving to get the last tram ? ’ |
| 24 | Trading Standards officers from St Helens Borough Council have welcomed the responsible attitude adopted by local businesses in the run-up to bonfire night . |
| 25 | A pleasure steamer has made the first day trip down the Severn to the Devon coast for almost a century . |
| 26 | On June 4 an estimated 1,000 people attended an opposition rally held to demand the immediate restoration of democracy . |
| 27 | One suspects that this may have been due to a sense of betrayal , when Duke Philip of Burgundy 's change of policy in the mid 1430s turned Flanders into a hostile country instead of an ally , and partly to the closeness of past commercial ties , when the wool trade had linked the two lands in any uneasy partnership . |
| 28 | Stock control means keeping the correct balance between the range of products stocked by the retailer , and the sales which arise from carrying that stock . |
| 29 | George 's murder call had sounded the phoniest of the lot ; it had certainly been the most amateurish . |
| 30 | The South African Rugby Football Union has appointed the former Zimbabwe coach , Ian McIntosh , as national coach up to and including the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |