Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [noun] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several thousand supporters of that draft who had gathered outside the parliament building in Bratislava ( the capital ) were told by SNS chairman Vitazoslav Moric to continue a campaign of demonstrations ( begun on Oct. 5 with a large rally in Bratislava ) , and to engage in civil disobedience , until the National Council bowed to " the will of the Slovak people " and resigned . |
| 2 | The kitchen has a cook-chill routine which allows chef Jim Dick to prepare a variety of dishes for the vending machines , and these can then be cooked to order in microwaves . |
| 3 | [ See pp. 38080-81 for March 1991 crisis involving the apparent attempt by Serbia 's president Slobodan Milosevic to precipitate a takeover of federal power by the JNA . ] |
| 4 | Culkin books into the most palatial hotel in the city with a cunning combination of wide-eyed innocence and Machiavellian guile ( one of Culkin 's strong points ) causing chief concierge Tim Curry to smell a scam of considerable proportions . |
| 5 | At the Scottish Open the week before Muirfield , Nick brought in coach David Leadbetter to correct a fault . |
| 6 | PATRICE BIANCHI of France edged out local hero Alberto Tomba to win a World Cup slalom in Madonna Di Campiglio , Italy yesterday . |
| 7 | MICHAEL KNIGHTON will this weekend contact Manchester United 's chairman Martin Edwards to seek a way out of the financial and legal impasse caused by his £20m bid for the club . |
| 8 | NORTHERN Electric fixed it for cerebral palsy sufferer Glen McQuilling to take a flight in its overhead-line patrol helicopter . |
| 9 | Crawford travelled to San Francisco for two days with director Richard Lester to see a screening of How I Won the War . |
| 10 | Zeni Geva , meanwhile , hooks up with Big Black/Rapeman leader Steve Albini to produce a guitar assault that is certainly not for the faint of heart . |
| 11 | The formation of the JPDUP followed the return to Jordan in September of PFLP leader George Habash to attend a meeting of radical Arab political groups and parties [ see p. 37728 ] . |
| 12 | After the 1974 general election , Liberal Democrats have been nervously recalling , Mr Heath urgently tried to contact the then Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe to negotiate a pact , only to be informed by Liberal Party headquarters that no one could find Mr Thorpe 's telephone number . |
| 13 | As late as 1986 he persuaded the West Australia government to back a barter deal with the Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu . |
| 14 | On June 10 , Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze had met North Ossetian Supreme Soviet chair Akhsarbek Galazov to sign a protocol on a ceasefire in the conflict zone . |
| 15 | Mr Foster also called on the region 's chairman Peter Carr to issue a statement clarifying the position , adding : ‘ So far the NRH has failed to provide any kind of explanation or issue any credible public statement . |
| 16 | A consultant paediatrician yesterday joined Labour candidate Alan Milburn to oppose a merger between two district health authorities . |
| 17 | After another good quarter , Ken ‘ Godfather ’ Burkinshaw , Area Manager for Pest Control North East instructed his hit man Barry White to organise a day to remember for his sales team . |
| 18 | She abandoned her honeymoon with fellow ITN reporter Tim Ewart to cover a story . |
| 19 | KEVIN KEEGAN last night ordered Newcastle 's teenage midfield star Lee Clark to take a break . |
| 20 | Blackpool are hoping to sign opera star Luciano Pavarotti to stage a concert in 1995 that will mark the opening of the club 's £250m super stadium . |
| 21 | Firth Moor Infants in Darlington is one of three County Durham schools to provide a school breakfast every morning . |
| 22 | Last month Yorkshire announced plans to merge its retailing business with East Midland Electricity to create a chain of more than 100 shops . |
| 23 | Somes seized the opportunity offered by the breakup of the fleet of the East India Company to purchase a number of its best ships , for example , Lowther Castle and Earl of Balcarres . |
| 24 | STEVE COPPELL is tipping £1 million striker Chris Armstrong to lead a Selhurst Park revival . |
| 25 | A second look confirmed they were there , but he asked photographer Douglas McCord to take a picture to convince everyone that they do n't put something strong in the gatehouse tea and coffee . |
| 26 | Labour 's Derek Foster said he would lobby Agriculture Minister John Gummer to overturn a decision by the Intervention Board to take away the licence for certifying steers castrated bulls . |
| 27 | He was requested by Prime Minister James Callaghan to head a commission that looked into the future of the engineering profession in Britain , which kept him occupied for two and a half years . |
| 28 | Their deaths prompted Betty Williams and Anne 's sister Mairead Corrigan to begin a campaign for peace — a campaign capturing headlines around the world , a campaign that drew upwards of 3 , people to mass rallies and marches in Belfast . |
| 29 | POOR ticket sales forced popstar Jason Donovan to cancel a concert yesterday . |