Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state of Florida has brought in an extra eight hundred officers to protect tourists following yesterday 's killing of a holidaymaker from Yorkshire . |
| 2 | Thus , when the Bank of England wishes to bring about a change in base rates , which in turn affect all other sterling rates of interest over the whole yield curve , it does so by adjusting its money market intervention rates , in what must be , by definition , the discount market . |
| 3 | The crisis has also forced Chancellor Norman Lamont to cut short his holiday as the Bank of England tries to stave off a run on the Pound . |
| 4 | The Church of England has set up a working party to investigate the possibility of placing advertisements on radio and television in a bid to attract more people to the Church . |
| 5 | The Royal Agricultural Society of England has set up a working party , under the chairmanship of Sir Derek Barber , following the challenge laid down by HRH Prince of Wales earlier this year at the society 's annual lecture . |
| 6 | Following the thread of light upwards into the darkness , Bernice found that the curves and kinks which had been so obvious from the surface of Belial had straightened out a little more . |
| 7 | The Russians who went to war on their side were now regarded as their enemies , and he contended that the reason why the British government was trying to prevent the Russian Government trading with this country and was using Polish forces to fight the Russian people was because the people of Russia had set up a form of Government which was antagonistic to a capitalist Government like theirs . |
| 8 | The government of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet has set up a scheme to utilize solar energy for industrial and household use . |
| 9 | It was announced on May 9 that the government of Byelarus had taken over the former Soviet troops in the Byelorussian Military District . |
| 10 | The chronicler William of Newburgh was disposed to believe that King Sverre of Norway had brought about the destruction of King Magnus 's fleet in 1186 by invoking the Devil . |
| 11 | To encourage the placement of more foreigners in these locations , the Tourist Centre of Japan has set up a Reservation Centre . |
| 12 | The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford has to weigh up the risks and the costs of each convoy . |
| 13 | The son of Topsider did make up a lot of ground in the closing stages , but by then it was far too late . |
| 14 | The Yugoslav republic of Serbia has set up an environmental inspectorate with wide-ranging powers . |
| 15 | If the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab have taken over the concept of Izzat from the Muslims , the Muslims and Sikhs have adopted the dowry system from the Hindus . |
| 16 | Although the Treaty of Rome had laid down the fundamental freedom of movement of workers ( Arts 48 – 51 ) and the right of establishment in any economic activity across all member states , a succession of secondary legislation has been required to give concrete form to these principles . |
| 17 | As Prime Minister , Rajiv Gandhi of India has pointed out the real practical problem is that the rich will evade very high rates of tax . |
| 18 | In an effort to improve prospects for the latter , the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has drawn up a four-year plan . |
| 19 | The WWF and the University of Joensuu wants to set up a dozen seal reservations in the area , organising volunteers to hand-feed seals with protein-rich food to ensure that they reach breeding age . |
| 20 | Yet they 'd been to Spain , Italy and Greece time after time , and surely it would have been natural for Isabelle to want to show off the country of her birth . |
| 21 | The monastery at Belmont Abbey near Hereford has opened up a guest wing . |
| 22 | Admittedly , Bicknell began the current campaign sluggishly as he experimented with an abbreviated approach , then reverted to the full Monty in the B&H quarterfinal against Lancashire to help set up a notable victory . |
| 23 | The loans and diplomatic favours that paved the way for the entente with Russia helped to prop up a regime seen by radicals as the major threat to freedom — and to peace — in Europe . |
| 24 | At the request of Henry of Trastamara , then seeking to wrest the succession of the kingdom of Castile from his half-brother , Peter , known as ‘ the Cruel ’ , French troops , under du Guesclin , recently ransomed , crossed over into Spain to help bring about the defeat of Peter . |
| 25 | So far , with Worrell having turned down the chance , no one had been able to complain about the captaincy ; but by now Worrell had his degree , was very much available , and Alexander himself expected him to be made captain for the tour by England in 1959–60 . |
| 26 | In the spring of that year , 1955 , not long after this meeting , the tutor Edouard had hired for Grégoire left to take up an appointment elsewhere . |
| 27 | On the day the portrait was to be exported to a private gallery in the United States , an Englishwoman telegraphed from a resort in Germany offering to make up the balance of £40,000 . |
| 28 | And a shock came when , on 12 March , the large picture was sent on its way to Bohemia ; the transport firm in Decin had loaded up the lorry with gas containers from Belgium . |
| 29 | A factory in Northamptonshire has taken up the challenge to create the fish footwear . |
| 30 | National minority rights came into question in January when Romanians , Croats and Slovaks in Hungary began to set up a joint organization which intended to help the government prepare decisions affecting minority rights . |