Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Smith 's 2.33 metres high jump in the British League match at Havering and Dave Grindley 's 45.44 seconds over 400 metres in Rome on Wednesday have placed both youngsters in line for selection for the British team to compete in the Europa Cup in Rome at the end of the month . |
| 2 | The second , seven minutes later , came courtesy of a ludicrous back-pass by Ian Stewart , which left Atkinson one on one against the unfortunate David Coles , who picked the wrong night to return to the Aldershot goal after injury . |
| 3 | ‘ Best hang tight to my arm , boy , ’ he yelled and together they leaned forward and tramped through the long wet grass to wrestle with the Littles ' gate . |
| 4 | His worst fears were realized when the next day word came from Georgiades that a monster procession was being formed which would march from the gates of el Azhar through the Old City to converge on the Mar Girgis , where a demonstration was planned . |
| 5 | This is the most exciting thing to happen on the UK tobacco control front for many years . |
| 6 | BYE-BYE BRITAIN WORLD champion Nigel Mansell waves goodbye to the Formula One racing circuit after this season — and the battling Brummie will also sell his £3million Isle of Man cliff-top mansion to live in the Florida sunshine as he joins superstar Paul Newman 's team |
| 7 | National income and the average propensity to consume in the United States , 1869- 1928 . |
| 8 | The tablet uses the serial interface to connect to the BBC Micro and the parallel interface to connect to the Commodore 64 or VIC-20 , the ZX Spectrum and the Dragon . |
| 9 | On March 23 a rally was held by 12 parties in central Niamey to protest against the MNSD 's unilateral choice of May as the time for a national conference . |
| 10 | He will certainly play another club season at the Quins and , although he certainly nurtures a strong desire to play against the South Africans in November , he realises that come the new season he may not feel quite as strongly . |
| 11 | It gave Kirov the ideal opportunity to return to the Kharkov air-base and , of course , to see Vologsky . |
| 12 | The bomb , whose ‘ clean ’ radiation could kill humans without harming buildings , was morally repulsive to many but seemed the ideal weapon to use against the Warsaw Pact 's armoury of tanks . |
| 13 | Creditors were hoping to persuade Nigeria to abandon its long-standing refusal to borrow from the IMF in order to make funds available for a buyback of commercial debt . |
| 14 | Clongeel Rebel , an even-money flop last time out at Crayford , gets a quick chance to atone in the Kent track 's charity meeting . |
| 15 | With 80 per cent of the seats in the arena again empty , it might have been a good opportunity to bus in the LTA 's young hopefuls to see for themselves what success in the game requires . |
| 16 | I 've a good mind to go to the Bodega Bar with ye … they sell alcoholic beverages . ’ |
| 17 | The Group has no present intention to dispose of the AUK Notes and therefore no tax provision has been made for the potential liability to corporation tax . |
| 18 | Independent producers , whose dogged campaign to get into the BBC and ITV as well as Channel 4 has bitten deep into the old structures of the companies , now form an established and vibrant third force in television . |
| 19 | More immediately significant was the knowledge that barges , that is , wide boats , would not be allowed by the Grand Junction to pass through the Blisworth Tunnel above Stoke Bruerne . |
| 20 | The French tyre manufacturer has a key role to play in the Bugatti , and is developing the world 's first ultra-high performance tyre specifically for four-wheel drive supercars . |
| 21 | General Holomisa , the first black officer to graduate from the South African army 's War College , must have seemed to be the perfect instrument , or stooge , of such a policy . |
| 22 | On 6th May — the day on which , incidentally , it actually snowed ! — I had the good fortune to play in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major , which formed one halfofa concert in the second part of which was the first performance of Vaughan Williams ' Sancta Civitas . |
| 23 | clearly , first-time buyers will require a healthy deposit to qualify for the Lambeth deal . |
| 24 | I agree with my hon. Friend that the next important consequence to flow from the CTC programme is that the benefits of all the curriculum development work undertaken by CTCs will spread to the rest of the education system . |
| 25 | The ITSFEA 1988 is perhaps the most important legislative initiative to emerge from the US in the field of securities law in recent times . |
| 26 | The provisions pushed the bank to a $10m loss and caused a profound shock to ripple through the Midland 's executive offices in Poultry . |
| 27 | Roosevelt , furthermore , was almost certainly the most gifted man to sit in the White House in the twentieth century . |
| 28 | On the day Melrose proved why they are champions and why Russell 's words could be prophetic — now the Border League too looks a safe bet to stay at the Greenyards . |
| 29 | Nobody in the SDLP criticised Currie for his espousal of Thatcherism or for the fact that he stood against and defeated a Labour candidate to get into the Dail . |
| 30 | Although Ian Wright will be included and is likely to get another chance , Taylor has yet to be convinced he is the right man to play alongside the Blackburn striker . |