Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PLO quickly dispatched delegations to Cairo , Amman and Damascus and made it known that it would not disrupt the process . |
| 2 | The Employment Department took the view that the TEC wrongly paid money to employers who had been running their own training schemes outside the Youth Training orbit ; this enabled the TEC to meet its government-imposed target of training weeks . |
| 3 | The judges unanimously deemed Malta to be the winner for the second year running . |
| 4 | Although the law explicitly allowed judges to be members of political parties , it was felt that suspension of involvement would be in keeping with the court 's function to provide independent rulings . |
| 5 | Formal entry into the war also entitled Japan to a victor 's place at the 1919 Versailles Conference , with a vote equal to those of France , Britain and the US . |
| 6 | He argued that the Europeans still needed time to arm and to build up their self-confidence . |
| 7 | In most of Spain , especially in the demoralized countryside , the strike quickly collapsed thanks to ill-preparedness , lack of resolution and determined government action . |
| 8 | Although there was always the possibility of drought or flooding , the Nile seldom brought disaster to Egypt . |
| 9 | A walk through the arboretum soon turned thoughts to life as a lumberjill half a century ago . |
| 10 | The House of Lords found that the legislation only allowed terms to be attached which related to the use of the site and not to the types of contract the site owner could make with the caravan owners . |
| 11 | Richards made it worryingly clear how far the Church was responsible for enshrining such illiberal attitudes , though to do it credit , the Church also introduced consent to marriage and made rape a crime against the person , rather than property . |
| 12 | The punchline actually brought tears to her eyes and caused Isa Peebles to laugh so hard she almost fell off her stool . |
| 13 | The CIOB recently played host to a group of senior executives in the field of facilities management at its first seminar on the subject . |
| 14 | Apparently the Rousseau painting was not the only pawn ; Feigen observes that the depositions also included references to the pending sale of a Renoir and a Chagall , neither of which Hildenbrand and Lanzone owned either . |
| 15 | In its discussion papers the Bank explicitly avoided reference to any minimum capital requirements . |
| 16 | Dave Heath got the fourth … the Wildcats finally stirred thanks to a goal from Bryan Larkin … the Kings kept going though … they led by 10-1 in the third period before Swindon came back with four late goals … it finished 11 … 5 … with fists flying as tempers flared towards the end … the second leg in two weeks time at Swindon should be a scorcher |
| 17 | There is undoubtedly some truth in this ; the nobility frequently sent proxies to parliament in these years ; they were too preoccupied with war to have any reason for opposing the king in parliament , and their independent campaigns on the continent took some of them away from England for several years at a time . |
| 18 | There is often a terminal distally directed hook to the spine . |