Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good illustration of this point is provided by a case in which the London Borough of Greenwich sought to challenge by judicial review the distribution by the Government of a leaflet explaining the poll tax : the Borough argued that the leaflet was inaccurate and , therefore , that its distribution was illegal . |
| 2 | V. P. Singh offered to resign as Prime Minister on July 14 . |
| 3 | But David volunteered to serve with Total Tartary . |
| 4 | John Keane opted to convey through ironic allegory the greater message of the human race , of only through waiting , with the army , in the Saudi Arabian desert , or with the RAF in the bar of the five star Sheraton Hotel in Bahrain ; a more telling topic than might be imagined , since alcohol is forbidden in Saudi Arabia . |
| 5 | John Keane opted to convey through ironic allegory the greater message of the human race , of only through waiting , with the army , in the Saudi Arabian desert , or with the RAF in the bar of the five star Sheraton Hotel in Bahrain ; a more telling topic than might be imagined , since alcohol is forbidden in Saudi Arabia . |
| 6 | A case in point was a series of devastating strikes that Finniston had to weather at British Steel in 1974 . |
| 7 | In spite of the increasing stiffness in the handling of the verse , Wordsworth continued to experiment with varied stanza forms , and also , I feel , with language : but the aureate diction frequently conceals the tritest sentiments . |
| 8 | Mr Mowatt agreed to look into current printer problems — three laser printers are now unable to print £ signs after installation of font cards . |
| 9 | In March 1934 Mussolini began to talk about natural expansion and the ability of Italy to civilize Africa . |
| 10 | Tension between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over administration of the bitterly-disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 11 | Fifa set to stamp on pro foul . |
| 12 | In 1851 Cheyney began to act as unofficial consultant to the trustees of the National Gallery about the quality and availability of pictures in Italy , sometimes contradicting the purchases proposed by John Ruskin [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | In a bid to diversify their business G & J Weir decided to move into light engineering . |
| 14 | The fact that a Labour government collapsed as a result of the economic and unemployment situation , caused a precipitate decline in Labour fortunes once Ramsay MacDonald decided to continue as Prime Minister at the head of a National government . |
| 15 | With a traditional power base in the provinces and an estimated membership of 25,000 , the populist HDF appeared to benefit from nationalist outrage at the violence against ethnic Hungarians in Tirgu Mures , Romania , immediately before the election [ see p. 37327 ] . |
| 16 | Although Watson wanted to go beyond mere taxonomy , he adopted an essentially descriptive approach to geographical studies and saw no point in advancing speculative explanations of how things came to be in their present state until much more data were available : |
| 17 | Then Miss Frances Younghusband came to lecture in general sociology . |
| 18 | Johnny Marr began to slide towards potential alcoholism , drinking a bottle of Remy Martin a night , and the band began to drift apart . |
| 19 | More trouble appeared in the shape of an ill-judged television film , which Charles and Diana agreed to make for Independent Television News in 1985 : seemingly innocuous , with a bland , not to say sycophantic , interviewer in the shape of Sir Alastair Burnet . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , tension in the Gulf continued to rise despite frantic mediation efforts by King Hussein , the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal , and the PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat . |
| 21 | Stuck behind Patrese , Berger had to cope with high water temperatures and a loss of power until a fuel pump failure caused retirement on lap 37 . |
| 22 | Worsley continued to write on general policy questions , but he also tried to turn his knowledge to profit . |
| 23 | Representing the ‘ degenerate youth ’ in Mrs Whitehouse 's litany of folk devils was Richard Neville , who , as one of the defendants in the OZ trial , represented the antithesis of all that Mrs Whitehouse wished to see in modern youth . |
| 24 | The Autonomous Region of South Ossetia continued to come under heavy attack from Georgian forces sited outside its capital , Tskhinvali , which was cut off from aid ; there were reports of hostage-taking . |
| 25 | Romany King set to reign with likely course record |
| 26 | MOSCOW ( Reuter ) — Armed insurgents were reported yesterday to be setting up camps in the hilly terrain of Nagorny Karabakh as tensions between the Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan threatened to erupt into full-scale confrontation . |
| 27 | Not because the decision in Spain weighed on him , but because while Niki 's Ferrari continued to perform with unfailing reliability , his own car , due to minute adjustments to accommodate new regulations , was turning into a pig : proof once again that even the tiniest changes in a car can gravely affect its performance and that it is the smallest defects that are the hardest to detect . |