Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | There were various more or less half-hearted attempts to get over the finality of this selection . |
| 4 | There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone 's throw of her own modest establishment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It consists of two plastic wedges , with sticky surfaces to attach to the computer and rubber Feet . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is also a chance for home-grown designers to sell to the world . |
| 11 | VANILLA ICE was ticketed for a fire code violation in San Antonio , Texas , after inviting fans to gather around the stage . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Expert systems are the first commercial products to come from the world of Artificial Intelligence research . |
| 15 | Third party creditors could not be allowed to use the forum of the English courts to interfere with the performance of an international treaty . |
| 16 | In a few moments my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will set out our detailed proposals to deal with the problem of repossessions . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This is a ploy by the Chaos Warrior , which uses its tentacled legs to straddle above the doorway and evade detection . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | No messy bottles to drip down the side of the bath or break in your sportsbag . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I rang the bells for the different years to come to the hall . |
| 25 | This programme of research has already brought to light unnoticed phenomena of children 's different abilities to communicate in the classroom . |
| 26 | She made fresh tapes to play in the car , and grinned at the luxury of traffic jams in the company of Louis Prima and Sidney Bechet . |
| 27 | So , with none of his rearguard involved internationally , Howard Wilkinson , who has constantly highlighted the shortcomings of a congested fixture list , had the luxury of 11 free days to work on the problem . |
| 28 | The inadequacies of this egalitarian approach lead some lesbian psychologists to work outside the Division of the Psychology of Women and the AWP , in feminist and lesbian feminist organizations which grant sexuality more significance . |
| 29 | Monitoring services Once the services have been arranged it is tempting for social workers to withdraw from the situation . |
| 30 | It is unrealistic to expect social workers to empathise with the child , the mother and the abuser , ’ says Bernadette Manning , head of child protection . |