Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun pl] with [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ministers approved a budget of 192,000,000 ECU for the period to 1992 , more than double the award for the expiring two-year phase ; they also agreed to open talks with the EFTA members with a view to extending the scheme . |
| 2 | Both seemed to have difficulties with the stage , and slipped and tripped here and there , but they were so magnificent that nobody minded in the least . |
| 3 | He also vowed to maintain ties with the United States while continuing to improve relations with the Soviet Union . |
| 4 | The ICI soda ash business began to face problems with the recession caused by the oil crisis of the 70s , combined with the development of natural ash deposits in Wyoming , USA . |
| 5 | The information retrieval section needed to check facts with the IPG about the position of claimants so that it could feed into the debates about take-up campaigns and potential losers . |
| 6 | Power seemed to be moving towards Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani who was arguing that his country needed to mend bridges with the rest of the world in order to rebuild Iran , following the end of the long war with Iraq . |
| 7 | He often went to discuss matters with the Lord High Admiral , James , Duke of York , only to find that the Duke had gone hunting . |
| 8 | Aqib , 20 , visibly upset by the decision , appeared to exchange words with the umpire and took some time before continuing his over . |
| 9 | One of his students at Simmons was the daughter of Frank Francis , Director of the British Museum , and this led to close contacts with the printing and publishing world in Britain . |
| 10 | Ali 's territory is the Coptic graveyard so he had to make arrangements with the gangs in the Moslem graveyard . |
| 11 | In February 1989 six non-OPEC ( NOPEC ) countries agreed to limit exports with a view to helping stabilize oil markets ( see p. 36478 ) , while in early March the Soviet Union also indicated that it would reduce exports by 5 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 12 | One innovation was a weekly commentary on current events intended to provide listeners with a background to the news of the day . |
| 13 | The Structure of Modern English : an introduction intended to familiarise students with the scope and techniques of Modern Language study . |