Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it was to continue in existence the ILP had to reach some agreement , to find some acceptable compromise between " Unity " and " independence " . |
| 2 | In an attempt to reduce the country 's crippling budget deficit the plenum agreed to abolish all subsidies to state enterprises . |
| 3 | By inserting the word Soviet into the actual language of The Circle 's credo the Commission managed to invest this document with sinister implications : it was worthy of Joe McCarthy , though his technique had not yet been launched . |
| 4 | And of course the ego has to do that , I mean if you 're gon na stay alive , the ego has to take account of these internal demands . |
| 5 | ‘ Interesting place you 've got here , Mr Blufton , ’ commented the sergeant politely , awestruck by the amount of dosh the man had to afford such a place . |
| 6 | 19.1 In the event of the Publisher being involved in or threatened with legal proceedings arising from the publication of the Work the Proprietor agrees to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Publisher . |
| 7 | In return the monarch undertook to protect those who had come under his ‘ high hand ’ . |
| 8 | To be consistent with holism the constructivist has to say that individual ‘ beliefs ’ — mental states that are only in the running for truth — do not correspond to anything in the mind . |
| 9 | Additionally if in relation to the gift the donee seeks to get some benefit over to the donor the transaction may be caught by the associated operations provisions contained in FA 1986 , Sched 20 , para 6(1) ( c ) . |
| 10 | I am confident that if my hon. Friend the Minister wants to do this , he can . |
| 11 | As a whole the reading calls to mind that of Del Monaco ( Karajan/Decca ) , and is none the worse for that , but misses the better manners of Pavarotti ( Solti/Decca ) and Domingo ( Maazel/EMI ) . |
| 12 | Broomhead had tied the cabinet to the rave of the cart , lest it fall over and become more scratched if by any faint chance the horse decided to show some signs of life . |
| 13 | This week the hospice want to thank those who gave in memory of Mr Robinson , Mr Herring , Mr Gargett and Mr Nixon . |
| 14 | But that does not take into account the effort required to obtain that benefit . |
| 15 | But as we approach the far bank the hole seems to take more and more of the balls . |
| 16 | P35 — At the end of the financial year the employer has to complete this return and send it with the completed P11 's to the Collector of Taxes . |
| 17 | This was a bit of a bombshell , but after determined encouragement from the chaplain the party managed to sing several verses of ‘ The Church 's One Foundation ’ , and were , in fact , rather pleased with themselves as several members had been able to put in the tenor and the bass . |
| 18 | He had joined the Institute in his first year at the Establishment because at that time the organisation seemed to have some sinew to it . |
| 19 | At that time the party seemed to have many of the characteristics of a party which did not expect to win elections : it had changed its leadership only a few weeks before the general election was called , Lansbury having resigned and been replaced by Attlee on a temporary basis ; and it suffered from a good deal of internal factionalism , and found its major policy demand — collective security through the League of Nations — ‘ scooped ’ by Stanley Baldwin , the Prime Minister . |
| 20 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 21 | It had been anticipated that several of the governors appointed by Congress ( I ) would be replaced by the new government , but rather than make selective changes of those appointees of the former regime the government decided to ask all governors to resign with the intention of reinstating some of them later . |