Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the UK it remains for the CAA to revert to a voluntary incident reporting system in place of the current mandatory one .
2 After the election , opposition groups again protested against allowing the MRF to operate as a political party .
3 Mr Biffen 's plea at the monthly meeting of Aberdeen and Kincardine NFU area executive followed on from an Ellon branch resolution urging the NFU to detail on a regular basis .
4 But the Australian Government went further and instructed its delegation to the IWC to work for a permanent global ban — not a moratorium , a ban — and at the same time to press for humane measures while any whaling continued .
5 This was influenced by Oman 's wish for the GCC to act as a military alliance in conjunction with the West against a perceived Soviet threat .
6 Despite Eric 's move to Manchester , Isabelle says they will not be crossing the Pennines to look for a new home .
7 Shortly after our stepfather died , our mother , Lydia , made her first leap across the Pacific to live with a Javanese guru in Jakarta , and brought back tales which inspired our first visits to Indonesia , as delegates to a Subud conference .
8 On January 14th the unlikely figure of Bob Dole , the Senate Republican leader , took time off from the Gulf to call for a statutory commission to find out why women have not broken through the ‘ glass ceiling ’ that keeps them from top management jobs .
9 She made two hazardous voyages to the USA to plead for a permanent international organization for collective security , disarmament , and positive relief measures .
10 Recently a ‘ successful ’ horseperson came from the USA to judge at a major Australian show and to give a seminar on training horses .
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