Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To help establish a strong UK base to enable participation in the EEC programmes |
| 2 | MILK producers are well on course to hit quota by the year-end , according to Milk Marketing Board head of quotas Huw Rees . |
| 3 | The decision to conduct debate on the war in closed session was taken by a majority vote on Feb. 13 on the proposal of the UK . |
| 4 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 5 | All the other matches ended in draws but Nottinghamshire wasted an opportunity to go top of the table at Lord 's . |
| 6 | France expressed horror at the assassination and appealed for unity to assure peace in the country it once ruled . |
| 7 | The second vehicle will be a former Midland Railway six-wheeled third class brake coach dating from 1884 and , finally , a remarkable opportunity to sample travel in the groom 's compartment of a horse box dating from 1949 . |
| 8 | Caroline has a full length EVA midsole to absorb shock during the game . |
| 9 | teachers in ‘ feeder ’ middle schools were invited to read the study and two schools subsequently redesigned their humanities course to provide continuity with the curriculum at Sir Frank Markham ; |
| 10 | We spent the middle of the day at the red fort , returning in the late afternoon to catch sunset at the Taj . |
| 11 | If the defendant is successful in the RSC Ord 14 proceedings , the court may make various orders , including allowing the defendant to defend the claim , which means that the plaintiff 's next opportunity to obtain judgment against the defendant will not arise before the end of a full trial . |
| 12 | In particular , the extension of the select committee system has meant that more civil servants have attended Parliament to provide information about the work for which they are responsible . |
| 13 | It troubled Alexei that the failed assassination seemed about to be dismissed as an effort at the removal of some imagined stain on family honour , and he wondered if Jotan truly believed the explanation he had offered , or if he was acting at Burun 's direction to distract Artai from the truth . |
| 14 | Against this , it was argued that government bodies which use public money to provide information to the public are under a special public law obligation to ensure that the information is accurate ; and this obligation , being a public law one , was properly enforceable by judicial review . |
| 15 | The lesbian and gay communities seized this opportunity to demand access to the airwaves , calling for more positive representation across the broad span of the schedule , and also for specific gay slots — in particular for a magazine-style programme . |
| 16 | Not only , therefore , was William party to the decision to request continuation of the supervision order , but he now looks back and agrees it was the right decision . |
| 17 | Doubt and ambivalence are transmuted into clarity and certainty , and any attempt to reintroduce complexity into the debate is rejected as ‘ mere nitpicking ’ or ‘ a deliberate attempt to muddy the issue ’ . |
| 18 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Sept. 28 that Myanma sources and diplomatic observers had dismissed these allegations as an attempt to discredit the NLD and as an attempt to bolster unity in the Army which had fought the insurgent CPB for many years . |
| 19 | CRYSTAL PALACE face a battle with the FA over their intention to claim compensation for the injury John Salako sustained on England duty last month . |
| 20 | Birds usually have an elongated fovea to see detail on the horizon , and most have an additional circular fovea straight ahead . |
| 21 | A US-German committee that issued a preparatory report on the need for such a council sees it as a forerunner for an institution to promote cooperation between the United States and all of Europe . |
| 22 | RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to grant/deny approval to the package . |
| 23 | The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present . |
| 24 | Bexfield 's scissors offer a high level of strength , whilst long handles provide all the necessary leverage to transmit power to the points of the blades . |
| 25 | So as you come in raise the daggerboard , lift the rudder and then when you come into shallow water , turn the boat up towards the wind to lose power for the sail and stop before you hit those rocks . |
| 26 | The board of management , led by Newcastle man Dermott Killip , organised a variety of programmes in a bid to stimulate interest in the arts . |
| 27 | Badly born , poorly educated as I am , how do I have the nerve to pass comment on the society I live in — let alone marry a professor of economics and co-author with him — the publisher 's term , not mine — a book on Darcian Monetarism ? |
| 28 | The DFR only acknowledged receipt for shipment and not receipt for on board shipment ; and as did the air waybill , the DFR required only proper identification by the consignee or his agent to obtain delivery of the goods . |
| 29 | Former mayor Marion Barry , who had recently been convicted of cocaine possession [ see pp. 37647 ; 37769 ] , failed in his attempt to secure election to the city council , winning only 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 30 | This led to involvement in a wide range of speculative projects throughout Europe , North America , and the West Indies , and the huge resources at his disposal enabled him to embark on a vigorous attempt to secure control over the affairs of the East India Company . |