Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Supreme Court 's July ruling admitted for the first time in 16 years the right of individual states to restrict abortions during the first six months of pregnancy . |
| 2 | In addition to providing tax incentives to investors , the package required banks and insurance companies to purchase stocks over the next six months , and encouraged pension funds to do likewise . |
| 3 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 4 | The latter has limited powers to make judgments in the first instance , subject to the right of appeal to the the Court of Justice . |
| 5 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 6 | Alternative pathways at one level of description can be filtered hierarchically through attempts to build pathways at the next higher level . |
| 7 | Some records were made by both the research team and by teachers of the methods used by pupils to obtain answers to the first two questions above . |
| 8 | Who is taking positive measures to prevent mothers in the third world feeding formula made with contaminated water to their babies ? |
| 9 | Britain has worked out measures to cut costs by a fifth , by producing a lighter aircraft with fewer hi-tech flight systems . |
| 10 | The current Indian election was spread over three days to enable security forces to move from one area to another ; but even so the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are reported to have used musclemen to capture booths in the first round of the election . |
| 11 | The Leasing and Factoring Conventions , with a view to expansion of their scope , follow the model of the Vienna Sales Convention but in acknowledgment of the concerns expressed by various States all three Conventions confer a power on Contracting States to make reservations excluding the second form of connecting factor . |