Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 General Council 's action in support of the miners and wool textile workers signaled a turn in the tide , the beginning of a definite stand against the policy of wage reductions which economic conditions have enabled the employers to impose in the last four and a half years .
2 It is sufficient for our purposes to elaborate upon the first two categories .
3 He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty .
4 Use the erm , they they invited the Chislehurst May Queen , dan maypole dancers to come to the next open evening .
5 It has a number of clearly defined aims to pursue over the next three years .
6 This is because one or other must be better , and pride can not allow executives to settle for the second best — so why think of it in the first place ?
7 At least one of them surfaced , rifle in hand , as an officer in the Palestinian forces to fight against the first Israeli invasion a year later .
8 Measures to cope with the first two by traditional means worsened the third .
9 Elena has now returned for more plastic surgery and although her family does not have to pay for the treatment , there will be hefty travelling expenses to meet during the next few years .
10 Village elders voted at the lowest level instead of constituents and determined representatives to vote at the next highest level .
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