Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time . |
| 2 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 3 | I hope that all hon. Members representing Northern Ireland will take the opportunity to invest in the economic future of the Province . |
| 4 | Tonics , restoratives and health remedies provide an opportunity to invest in the non-toxic remedies of the future . |
| 5 | There will be a liaison judge in the Crown Court who will see it as part of his function to liaise with the lay magistrate and to meet them and to discuss erm such matters as erm sentencing principles with them . |
| 6 | Two pupils from Macmillan College in Middlesbrough showed Mr Fallon how they used the CDRom to search for the latest information about the fall of the Berlin Wall , the construction of the Channel Tunnel , and pollution in Teesside for their school projects . |
| 7 | We have got the expertise to cope with the changing face of local government . |
| 8 | Do you really believe that the first contact after weeks of silence just happened by sheer coincidence to fall on the same day as your arrival here ? |
| 9 | I can not conceive that the pathologist will trouble to look there for a puncture mark and indeed , prior to that eventuality , it does n't seem likely that the emergency team of paramedics they 'll send out from Brighton General will be well enough acquainted with the action of this drug to hit upon the right antidote in time to prevent her from expiring . ’ |
| 10 | What a relief for Great Britain that Gregory has agreed to tour and gone back on his original decision to retire from the international scene . |
| 11 | Yes , so I thought , I might erm , cos I bought a jumper , I bought a pale blue jumper to go with the flowery leggings , but , I 've decided I 'll take blue jumper back , cos , although it would be alright with plain white trousers I thought that 's all I would wear it with , I would n't wear it with anything else , so , I think I 'll change that , if I get the dark blue leggings like Jamie , then I 'll get the striped jumper the same . |
| 12 | We do not wish to be the first case of this kind to go before the Special Commissioners . |
| 13 | It would undoubtedly cost a lot on money to implement in the short run , as would some of the more conventional changes proposed by that Frenchman who claims to run the sport with an impartial hand . |
| 14 | amd next week we 'll be back on the football trail to see in the new season |
| 15 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 16 | NO Hollywood script writer could have conjured up a story to compare with the one Michael Galwey has produced and starred in . |
| 17 | There was over an hour to go before the final briefing . |
| 18 | Suppose , father being impoverished and son having come into money , the father had required the creditor to sue for the whole sum ? |
| 19 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 20 | The outcome was a decision to continue with the same dosage , because what is the use of physical strength without the brain to direct it ? |
| 21 | Going , I 'm cha erm , cancelled yesterday cos I was n't off anyway erm but I 've managed , I 've used that as a opportunity to go onto the other doctor the other dentist . |
| 22 | Nursing and medical staff may also need psychological support to cope with the intense nature of the treatment and the uncertainties in outcome . |
| 23 | In my judgment , the Peters case [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 and the Arcado case are both consistent with Mr. Tecks ' proposition that there must be either a contractual relationship giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual obligation similar to a contract ( as in the Peters case ) giving rise to a comparable obligation , for the case to fall within the crucial test in article 5(1) . |
| 24 | Do n't expect Schedule Express to go into the fine details of resource management . |
| 25 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ The conditions were difficult for everyone and we took a good decision to wait until the last half-hour before doing our 12 laps . |
| 27 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 28 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 29 | This indicates that drinking is often a response to an inability to cope with the many losses of old age . |
| 30 | But the most damaging problem was the Scots ' inability to cope with the driving mauls of Gaul . |