Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Karel Van Miert , the Transport Commissioner , is asking member governments to approve a plan which would leave passenger services largely in the hands of state-owned monopolies but open up freight services to competition by permitting private operators to pay for the use of publicly-owned tracks . |
| 2 | Thus an anti-communist accord was preserved in the face of one of the very few political disagreements to intrude on the fun at drinks ' time . |
| 3 | So make definite plans to deal with the fears that you can control . |
| 4 | There were various more or less half-hearted attempts to get over the finality of this selection . |
| 5 | There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone 's throw of her own modest establishment . |
| 6 | Unlike a pension fund in either Britain , America or even Japan , these interlocking shareholders have strong economic reasons to care about the performance of the firms in which they own shares . |
| 7 | Thus in the UK the Natural Environment Research Council had initiated a series of working groups to advise on the needs for future research . |
| 8 | Four former South African police officers were sought by the Namibian authorities to testify at the trial , but had refused to come forward , despite being offered immunity from prosecution . |
| 9 | It consists of two plastic wedges , with sticky surfaces to attach to the computer and rubber Feet . |
| 10 | On May 7 , the Squadron CO then took Sugar on a tour of European cities to check on the suitability of certain enemy airfields to accept Allied heavy aircraft . |
| 11 | The report , published two weeks before the 25th anniversary of King 's assassination in Memphis on 4 April , 1968 , said army units used informants to spy on the King family and other US black leaders starting in 1917 . |
| 12 | It is also a chance for home-grown designers to sell to the world . |
| 13 | VANILLA ICE was ticketed for a fire code violation in San Antonio , Texas , after inviting fans to gather around the stage . |
| 14 | The Institute 's Education & Training Directorate and the General Practitioner Board have been watching the falling numbers of students training in small firms with deep concern and both have set up working parties to look at the problems . |
| 15 | On the precise matter that he raised regarding Scotland , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has set up working parties to advise on the need for early action on the Cairngorms , Loch Lomond and the Trossachs . |
| 16 | The Fijian traditional communal system of livelihood has a tendency to restrict initiative for commercial expansion and development so that there is a need to modify commercial values to meet with the demands of modern commercialism , This , in a nutshell , is what the Yalavou project sets out 10 do . |
| 17 | The focusing device of this chapter will be the role of metaphor in the novels as a strategy for bringing specialized discourses to bear on the consciousness of the fictional character and for ‘ mobilizing ’ the discourses themselves . |
| 18 | Expert systems are the first commercial products to come from the world of Artificial Intelligence research . |
| 19 | Third party creditors could not be allowed to use the forum of the English courts to interfere with the performance of an international treaty . |
| 20 | In a few moments my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will set out our detailed proposals to deal with the problem of repossessions . |
| 21 | Anne Lennox and Liz Weeks told how the new crisis has ‘ opened old wounds ’ and said : ‘ We would n't want families of British servicemen to go through the pain we had to endure . ’ |
| 22 | It might help in advance to give certain additional information to each of the three groups independently of the others ( see above section on small group work ) : perhaps the Pied Piper is prepared to let the children free if s/he can get a good deal ; perhaps the mayor is unwilling to use any public funds to buy off the Piper . |
| 23 | But … there were tacos and pound cake from the school catering truck , a eucalyptus tree in the park at recess to nap beneath , reruns of old sitcoms to watch in the evening . |
| 24 | This is a ploy by the Chaos Warrior , which uses its tentacled legs to straddle above the doorway and evade detection . |
| 25 | Those with this type of first language may see the result as a tendency for native English speakers to talk around the subject instead of making black and white statements and decisions . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , recent protests against the compulsory use of the hijab or headscarf [ see p. 38363 ] were reported to have prompted north Tehran 's police commander , Massoud Kiumarsi on Aug. 5 to issue a warning to female employees of foreign companies to abide by the dress code . |
| 27 | No messy bottles to drip down the side of the bath or break in your sportsbag . |
| 28 | A ginger group , the Washington-based United Shareholders Association plans this month to start soliciting shareholder proxies for a motion that if approved would force IBM 's non-executive directors to call in a firm of investment bankers to advise on a plan to maximise shareholder value by spinning off or selling one or more units of the company . |
| 29 | I rang the bells for the different years to come to the hall . |
| 30 | This programme of research has already brought to light unnoticed phenomena of children 's different abilities to communicate in the classroom . |