Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1984 the Justice Department has had authority to prosecute terrorists who attack Americans abroad , but the FBI has had to request permission from the host countries to return them to the US . |
| 2 | In 1860 the foreign secretary urged British diplomats not to use unnecessarily " this very costly channel of communication " , and until at least the end of the nineteenth century the ministers in China and Japan , to save money , were still guided , except in serious emergencies , by despatches which took five weeks to reach them via the Suez Canal , or four if they were sent across Canada . |
| 3 | As a result , the scheme is now to be permanent and there are plans to extend it to the Appold Street and Moorgate offices . |
| 4 | Some of the houses were built on high platforms to protect them from the June floods . |
| 5 | It was certainly true that now , when at last it looked as if we might have our prahu , an increasing number of extremely sinister nakodas were approaching us with offers to take us to the Aru Islands . |
| 6 | He has resisted attempts to remove him from the Maine Road board in the past , but it has become clear that Lee 's intervention provided much greater pressure on him to step aside . |
| 7 | But after the wars were over the government cleared off the backlog of prisoners by arranging , in the 1718 Act , to pay a subsidy to merchants to take them across the Atlantic , and it also gave the judges the right to impose a sentence of up to 7 years transportation . |
| 8 | Outlining the prosecution case , John Burgess said police had found evidence at the home of Richard Duriez following the incidents … documents to connect him with the Churchill , a copy of the ALF video and press release . |
| 9 | ‘ There are no plans to show it in the UK at the moment , ’ a spokeswoman from Coca-Cola said yesterday . |