Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported on Feb. 20 , however , that the government had decided to meet the CNG for exploratory peace talks , without demanding that the guerrillas declare a ceasefire in advance . |
| 2 | The SPD , for example , had refused to support the CDU in its desire for electoral reform . |
| 3 | The Kazakh Justice Ministry had refused to register the CPK in April on the grounds that its statutes opposing the dissolution of the Soviet Union breached Kazakhstan 's Constitution . |
| 4 | Leona Benten , 29 , acting with the support of abortion-rights activists , had attempted to enter the USA with a number of the pills on July 1 . |
| 5 | In the first decade of his reign Selim had attempted to appease the Serbs by granting them a degree of self-government . |
| 6 | Although he had managed to get the Lancaster onto a fairly level plane , it was still pitching forwards and was uncontrollable . |
| 7 | The Israeli government , reportedly taken by surprise by the Syrian move , had failed to provide the USA with a similar positive response as of the end of July . |