Example sentences of "[noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he found that television is far less violent than in Japan , the United States , France or West Germany , Dr Tadecki intends to campaign with Mary Whitehouse to curb violence on the screen . |
| 2 | Dundee had received a commission from the deposed James II as his Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , and fled into the Highlands to gather support among the clans . |
| 3 | Talks held on July 23 between the deputy chairmen of the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments , Yury Yazov and Vasiliy Dudinets respectively , ended with a decision to set up a joint parliamentary commission based in Sevastopol to supervise observance of the Dagomys agreement . |
| 4 | EC monitors had extended their activities to Hungary to monitor compliance with the arms embargo on Yugoslavia , having signed a protocol to this effect with Hungary on Jan. 16 . |
| 5 | Children are invited again by Anne Blackwell to submit work on the idea ‘ Where is God ? |
| 6 | I am sure you will be interested to know the outcome of the application by Lucy to use part of the North Yard as a temporary training organisation in construction worker skills , for previously unemployed adults . |
| 7 | Sotheby 's B shares carry ten votes each and this , of course , will enable Taubman to retain control of the auction house which he purchased for £80 million in 1983 , unless the bank forecloses on the debt of Mr Taubman 's affiliate ( assumed to be his investments in the troubled retailing sectors ) for which 11 million of his Sotheby 's B shares stand guaranty . |
| 8 | Another thing they have in common , sadly , is violence at screenings ; one kid was shot dead outside the cinema on Juice 's opening night and it caused distributors Paramount to withdraw advertising for the movie . |
| 9 | After five terms I moved into Surrey to become head of the history department in Wallington County Grammar School for Boys and to work away for five years at doing what grammar schools were most proud of : helping boys to win awards at Oxford or Cambridge , urging ever-growing numbers of them successfully through public examinations , encouraging that sense of discipline and order which characterized the traditional Public and grammar school , wearing a gown , sustaining the prefect system . |
| 10 | Participation in the Diamond Syndicate , set up in 1926 , by Sir Ernst Oppenheimer to bring stability to the diamond industry , secured JCI 's interest in this industry . |
| 11 | In April 1914 , Mr. Wray left the S.M.E.T. to become Manager of the Gravesend & Northfleet Tramways . |
| 12 | There were several reasons why Adenauer pursued such a line of argument : it might be a way of helping the new West German state to achieve equality in the international order ; it might placate West German annoyance over the role of the International Ruhr Authority ; and it might in time offer an opportunity for West Germany to regain sovereignty of the coal and steel producing Saar , which still remained in French hands . |
| 13 | When Celtic equalised , bringing about a result that caused Aberdeen to lose ground in the championship race , there was that involuntary twitching movement , spreading from Aitken 's head to his toes , which signals that he is on the verge of doing someone a mischief unless he gets a satisfactory explanation in a very short space of time . |
| 14 | On July 20 a group of French inspectors arrived in Ukraine to monitor implementation of the treaty , marking the start of an intensive 120-day period of mutual " baseline inspections " to establish current holdings in each country . |
| 15 | The London governors were by now contemplating extreme measures but they could not persuade the Royal Agricultural Society of England to provide support of the kind Dick was getting in Scotland and their veiled threats in the petition were likewise unsuccessful . |
| 16 | He was consecrated by the cardinal-bishop of Ostia and Velletri before 15 June , returned to England to profess obedience to the archbishop of Canterbury on 1 August , was granted the temporalities of the bishopric on 11 August , and was enthroned in his cathedral church in September . |
| 17 | It 's the first school in Scotland to receive permission from the government to become self-governing and has raised deep concerns in the local community . |
| 18 | It 's the first school in Scotland to receive permission from the government to become self-governing and has raised deep concerns in the local community . |
| 19 | She hesitated , as if expecting Loretta to pour scorn on the suggestion . |
| 20 | And speculation was fuelled in the last 10 minutes of South Africa 's second innings when West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor called up Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin to discuss damage to the ball . |
| 21 | Ellen Galford joins the queues in Scotland to buy heritage over the counter |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the father of James Kelly said his son had been forced to go to England to escape harassment from the security forces . |
| 23 | The release of a number of Palestinian prisoners from Syrian prisons in March 1991 indicated that a possible thaw in relations was under way , although some commentators claimed that the move was part of a plan by Assad to wrest control of the PLO from Arafat . |
| 24 | Nitrogen deposition from air pollution ( which starts out as NOx or ammonia ) is now also sufficient in parts of East Anglia to put groundwater over the EC limit . |
| 25 | INJURY forced Ivan Lendl to concede defeat in the final of the US Indoor tournament against unseeded Australian Mark Woodforde in Philadelphia . |
| 26 | It was expected to ascertain whether the Uttar Pradesh government had violated two court orders by granting permission to Hindu militants in July to start work on the construction of a Hindu temple [ see p. 39008 ] . |
| 27 | Paladino , 27 , runs a taxi business by day , becomes a club bouncer at night and is currently thinking over an offer from Midlands promoter Ron Gray to turn pro in the boxing game ! |
| 28 | He was also invited to attend a seminar in Leningrad to review progress in the recovery of materials damaged in the disastrous fire in the Academy of Sciences Library in 1988 . |
| 29 | It is clear from the man 's record that he was an ally of a man who escaped from Northern Ireland and who is wanted in Northern Ireland to pay part of the price for the crime that he committed . |
| 30 | Legislative changes are consequent upon the Housing and Planning Act 1986 which will repeal the requirement on the NCB to seek authorisation from the secretary of state for their opencast coal activities . |