Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A party congress was held on March 3-5 , 1989 , in Duisburg , where the so-called " realists " ( Realos ) were voted into the key posts [ see p. 36531 ] , reflecting the congress 's mood of seizing the opportunity to co-operate with the SPD . |
| 2 | The opportunity to move into the LNG market was one of the principal reasons behind LASMO 's acquisition of Ultramar at the end of 1991 . |
| 3 | Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again . |
| 4 | If anyone ever gets the opportunity to stay at the Savoy , then my advice is — take it ! |
| 5 | The ringing of the temple bell continuously , the blowing of a conch shell , the chanting of mantras within the sanctum of the temple all create sound energy vibrations which force the mercury to rise from the Rasakumbha through the copper wires to the head . |
| 6 | Corton Beach were tipped in the national newspapers just before they left the OTC to start on the London Stock Exchange 's third market . |
| 7 | Regional council allocations for 1993-94 , excluding the money to come from the EC , will vary from £13.6 million in Borders Region to almost £209 million in Strathclyde . |
| 8 | Sausalito , California-based design automation specialist Autodesk Inc , which has its UK base in Guildford , Surrey , has entered the home computer market with the launch of a new range of computer-aided design modules for Do-it-Yourself enthusiasts , interior and exterior designers as well as small business home renovation contractors : ‘ The Home Series ’ comprises four modules — one for designing landscapes , one for bathrooms , one for kitchens , and one for general home improvements ; the software was released in the US 18 months ago , and into Australia and the Benelux countries between six and nine months ago , but is now available in the UK via Solihull , West Midlands-based distributor , Force 2 International Ltd , at £60 per module including value-added tax ; the decision to release into the UK was taken after research from Banner & Co indicated that the UK home computer market was growing 25% per year , and a study by market research company , Jordans , indicated that the UK DIY market was growing at an average 3% ; according to marketing communications manager Karen Hiscock , ‘ the time was right ’ because people now want to do more with their personal computers than just play games or use the things as word processors . |
| 9 | The decision to return to the States was taken after a visit to a specialist this week , and Palace physio David West will accompany him on the trip . |
| 10 | The decision to withdraw from the NPT may well be part of that . |
| 11 | Long ago , Isaiah Berlin drew a distinction between ‘ positive ’ and ‘ negative ’ liberty : we all have the freedom to dine at the Ritz , in the sense that no one stops us — Berlin called this ‘ negative liberty ’ . |
| 12 | The machine adds the capability to communicate on the Bi-Bop Telepoint network to the basic PowerBook , with the Bi-Bop modem supplied to Apple by the state phone company . |
| 13 | Gloucester 's star rugby player Mike Teague is to leave the club to play for the Midlands side Moseley next season . |
| 14 | Announcing the plan to sell off the Rosyth and Devonport dockyards , Mr Rifkind said that privatization would benefit the Navy , the taxpayers and the yards themselves . |
| 15 | Matters were not improved for the defence when the trial judge refused Mr. Small 's application for the judge to look at the January statement for himself pursuant to section 17 of the Evidence Act . |
| 16 | ‘ TV London won the franchise to broadcast to the London area a couple of years ago . |
| 17 | Was it possible that the desire to return to the Vita Apostolica , the simple life of prayer , personal austerity and poverty was reconcilable with the Petrine commission and all the pomp and authority that suggested ? |
| 18 | I was seized one day with the desire to go to the United States for a period of study . |
| 19 | Anti-roads campaigners expressed bitter disappointment at the failure to proceed with the Twyford Down and M11 cases . |
| 20 | The IBM announcement had been expected this month , and the delay is thought to have been occasioned by the need to respond to the Hitachi announcement . |
| 21 | That filmmakers did n't feel hamstrung by the need to defer to the MOI reflects their own desire to ‘ do their bit ’ . |
| 22 | Emphasising the point that this was a ‘ voluntary association of equal Soviet Socialist Republics ’ , each of the union republics enjoyed the right to secede from the USSR ( Art . |
| 23 | The broad idea is that financial-service companies should have the right to operate throughout the EC on the basis of a single ‘ passport ’ , issued by the supervisory authority in their home country . |
| 24 | BRITAIN 'S leading slalom exponents face a tense battle for the right to compete at the Barcelona Olympics when they take part in first-past-the-post selection races on the Olympic course in Seu d'Urgell tomorrow and Sunday . |
| 25 | It incorporated a Spanish proposal whereby EC citizens would be allowed to reside anywhere in the EC ( currently they only had the right to work throughout the EC ) and to vote in local and EC elections . |
| 26 | Wimpey Homes sponsored the group to play at the Cheddar Folk Festival and May Fair . |
| 27 | One patch travels southwest to eliminate part of the flux lobe 3 while the other is carried west along the Equator to rest at the Pacific rim , near 90°W . |
| 28 | Shortly afterwards she made her way west and explored the coasts of Devon and Cornwall before extending the cruise to take in the Scilly Isles . |
| 29 | But is it also realistic to assume that the West might tolerate it if Mr Gorbachev decided that the Romanian people , not unlike the people of Panama , deserve to enjoy democracy , and that the Soviet Union should send some of its military across the border to dispose of the Ceausescu family and their killer Securitas forces ? |
| 30 | He deliberately chose the day to coincide with the Paddington election . |