Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 2 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 3 | The Science Reference and Information Service of the British Library has just published Guide to Libraries in Central and Eastern Europe ( ISBN 0 7123 0795 8 ) , compiled by the information specialist Maria Hughes , from data not widely available . |
| 4 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 5 | Like other frontier peoples , the French Basques have not always seen eye to eye with Paris . |
| 6 | We may not have always seen eye to eye in the past but I have great respect for him nevertheless . ’ |
| 7 | Australia formally resumed aid to Vietnam on April 13 , ending a 12-year embargo with a US$100 million package . |
| 8 | Financial collapses , major frauds , litigation , environmental responsibility , all have understandably given rise to demands for companies to strengthen their control over their business and their public accountability . |
| 9 | The HCIMA helped to man the Industry Careers stand at Careers ‘ 92 in Manchester and London , and also provided advice to visitors to the Caterer & Hotelkeeper Careers Fair at the Connaught Rooms in October . |
| 10 | THE acoustics at the Anglican Cathedral have often given rise to speculation about its suitability for Philharmonic concerts . |
| 11 | But that is explained , partly , by the fact that Mike did the negotiations himself and they were often done face to face with Jefferson . |
| 12 | With the backing of the BBC , the guarded co-operation of the couple and the collaboration of a fine screenwriter , Andrew Davies , a full-length film drama was prepared and Gerard even secured permission to film in Cape Town . |
| 13 | Since the late 1970s feminist sociologists have increasingly drawn attention to gender as a dividing principle too . |
| 14 | His decision was prompted by Mrs Thatcher 's vehemently expressed opposition to proposals for monetary union at a recent European Community summit in Rome and a strident populist performance in Parliament in which she displayed considerable hostility to the idea of European integration . |
| 15 | Hey ( 1979 ) suggests that Seebohm employed a variety of understandings , shifting from concentration on closely defined function to notions of distinctive competence . |
| 16 | TopLog International has not yet put pen to paper with Univel Inc to support Unixware , as reported last week ( Ux No 399 ) . |
| 17 | A previously planned visit to Spain by the Moroccan king had been cancelled after Spain voted in November 1988 in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution proposing the organization of a referendum [ see p. 36780 ] . |
| 18 | The processes of school internal evaluation are recommended by the Hargraves Report , ‘ Planning for School Development : Advice to Governors , Headteachers and Teachers 1989 ’ , as the way to organise School Development Planning , a widely endorsed approach to management for the effective school of the 1990's . |
| 19 | Indeed the legendary ‘ Hawk ’ had led Dave Forbes on the never revealed mission to Iran in 1980 to rescue a British hostage . |
| 20 | Acer UK Ltd 's Christopher Hay says the company is ‘ comfortable ’ with SCO 's recently declared intention to edge towards Unix SVR4 and says Acer 's collaboration in the ACE initiative has provided the firm with the experience of RISC and Microsoft NT should that be required in the future , though it only has Intel 's P5 part in its sights at present as far as chip technology goes . |