Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Local Police Authority ( made up of twelve elected councillors and six appointed magistrates ) is responsible for maintaining an adequate police force ( i.e. in terms of finance , equipment , accommodation and personnel ) , and making arrangements for local consultation . |
| 2 | After winning a unanimous points decision , Regan now has Scotsman Pat Clinton , the WBO flyweight champion , in his sights . |
| 3 | ( This will be easier if you have got into the habit of keeping a simple appointments diary . ) |
| 4 | HORROR stories still rife about thatched cottages are the dark lining to the dream of living a rustic roses-round-the-door life in one . |
| 5 | Vogts , an expert angler blissfully at home with his squad on the banks of Loch Lomond , took a harpoon gun to the legislators for their idea of forming a European Champions League . |
| 6 | Although he was acquitted on one count of assault and another of filing a false police report , the jury had been unable to reach a decision on the charge that Powell had abused his authority through the use of excessive force . |
| 7 | The motive was to unhinge her completely — to provoke her into making a political miscalculation , such as reintroducing internment , in the hope of reaping a public relations reward . |
| 8 | Ordering and receipt of materials for the school library is not normally a large part of the school librarian 's work but it can prove time-consuming and one advantage of having a microcomputerbased acquisitions package is that it will help to free the school librarian for other more curriculum-related work and will allow easy access to books and other items on order using a program which can be searched in various ways . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ Marilyn Duxbody 's account of running a naughty knickers mail order catalogue wo n't have much influence . ’ |
| 10 | Wesleyan colleges were established as theological training centres but Baptist and Congregational colleges , because of their origins as dissenting academies , still had a bias towards giving a general arts education and not just a theological training . |
| 11 | This move was necessitated by the country 's Constitution — which stipulated that the current agreement should be allowed to expire in 1991 — and Manglapus did not rule out the possibility of negotiating a new bases treaty . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , another Frenchman , Parisian florist Patrick Veyrat , despairing of finding a no-compromise sports car , decided to build his own . |
| 13 | ‘ Like building a Celtic Studies museum along the waterfront , a marina , hotel and museum complex . |
| 14 | Maybe it 's like driving an expensive sports car : you ease through city traffic , choking on fumes and endless queueing , and then you finally edge out onto a motorway , you drop down into a stronger gear , and you press the accelerator . |
| 15 | In addition to its delay in acting against the armed forces , the government was also behind schedule in establishing a civilian police force , and in introducing judicial and electoral reform . |
| 16 | These create a meeting point where , alongside developing a new arts genre , issues of importance to Disabled people can be debated and the skills necessary to achieve equality can be practised . |
| 17 | Selling needs public relations to assist it in its everyday operation and selling is often called upon to disseminate a public relations message . |
| 18 | Australian Supreme Court Judge Barry Beach kicked out their attempt to stop Grundy Television from releasing a special Neighbours video based on Kylie 's screen romance with Jason . |
| 19 | Jones had then worked closely with the docks employer , Lord Aldington , in getting a new wages agreement for the docks including a settlement for the problem of casual labour which drew on him the fire of many militant shop stewards amongst the stevedores . |
| 20 | Well apart from attaining a Flying Instructors ticket along with his Basic Commercial Pilot 's Licence , Commercial Pilot 's Licence and Air Transport Pilot 's Licence , this year he has taken many performance category ratings . |
| 21 | The effects of the roles of teachers in precipitating an active sports interest can be , as I have pointed out , debilitating academically . |
| 22 | Danforth 's failure to construct a compromise , however , fuelled Democrat charges that the President was interested not in achieving a civil rights bill based upon consensus , but in creating a potent campaign issue — the concept of quotas — for the 1992 elections . |
| 23 | They had given rewards and favours to their supporters , especially in Wales , and " have succeeded in six years in creating a political spoils system which already rivals that of the United States . |
| 24 | Also in April 1990 , six Sri Lankan Tamils were prevented by Egyptair staff from disembarking at Heathrow : in August 1990 , four Eritreans were prevented from leaving a Czechoslovak Airlines plane . |
| 25 | He promised summertime improvements and looked forward to developing a new sports superstadium in the long-term . |
| 26 | The Soviet Union continued its diplomatic offensive in the region , finalizing arrangements for the exchange of ambassadors with Papua New Guinea and approaching the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency with a view to negotiating a multilateral fisheries agreement . |
| 27 | Helping children to adapt to school life by adopting a sensitive admissions policy . |
| 28 | Government has attempted to overcome severe discrepancies by establishing a Disadvantaged Schools Programme which seeks to provide capital development for communities which are extremely poor . |