Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [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 | Here had he buried his face in Sir John 's broad chest to weep for the loss of his mother . |
| 6 | They are no longer playing with it or enjoying it , but try with a numb next-door-to-crying persistence to scramble over the wall and climb the slag-bank . |
| 7 | This is the beginning of the classic route to follow on a walking tour of Zurich , starting from the main railway station through the sophisticated poise of the Bahnhofstrasse and branching off for the Lindenhof . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a refreshing change to hear of an act of goodwill rather than yet another tale of violence and vandalism , ’ says marketing manager Ken James . |
| 9 | There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone 's throw of her own modest establishment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Thus in the UK the Natural Environment Research Council had initiated a series of working groups to advise on the needs for future research . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The second point is that of course as we accept into the role of opposition indeed to give these alternative proposals , give this particulary case to come within the government guidelines . |
| 14 | Donnington now produces the only beer on the Cotswolds and , with the possible exception of Uley , is the smallest working brewery to survive in the county . |
| 15 | Try to make these positive , and if possible try to manage with the resources already available to you . |
| 16 | It consists of two plastic wedges , with sticky surfaces to attach to the computer and rubber Feet . |
| 17 | Both were hard ridden but neither flinched , and throughout the final hundred yards Commanche Run kept just ahead of his persistent challenger to prevail by a neck . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Negotiators for the European Communities ( EC ) and the USA reached an accord on Nov. 20 on a long-running dispute over farm subsidies , thus seemingly opening the way for the conclusion of a worldwide free-trade accord to bring to an end the six-year negotiations in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see pp. 38888-89 ; 38939 ; 39170 ] , although bitter divisions within the EC threatened to persist , with France denouncing the deal and warning of its intention to block its final approval . |
| 20 | The two girls were rescued from the car by their mother uninjured … she 'd run after the car in a vain attempt to pull on the handbrake . |
| 21 | Israel felt emboldened to ask America for massive extra economic aid to pay for the damage caused by the state of emergency , the prolonged military alert — and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of new Soviet Jewish immigrants . |
| 22 | The question is whether these hallowed archaisms are only a surface phenomenon which a sensible modernization of Parliament would easily sweep away , or whether they indicate a fundamental unsuitability in the traditional kind of representative institution to cope with the problems of modern democratic government . |
| 23 | There was no reason to suppose that in proceedings under Order 5 , rule 5 , it was intended to enable a named representative defendant to claim against a member of the represented class without complying with the requirements of the county court rules . |
| 24 | The Church in Wales is soon to appoint a full-time priest to help in the area . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is also a chance for home-grown designers to sell to the world . |
| 27 | VANILLA ICE was ticketed for a fire code violation in San Antonio , Texas , after inviting fans to gather around the stage . |
| 28 | At the time of his death Campbell was unsuccessfully seeking backers for a jet-driven car to go through the sound barrier . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |