Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | More important , the CGLI argued that the latest proposal from the DES would break undertakings given to it in 1973 , when it agreed to provide the administrative services for TEC , that the latter would be confined to technician occupations and would not be used as an instrument of government policy . |
| 2 | B. Managers tried to find the best places for iron and steel works , in order to keep transport costs as low as possible . |
| 3 | Labour reacted by attacking the government for these conditions ; stung by accusations of heartlessness , the Conservatives tried to mobilise the active citizen for the amelioration of the problems . |
| 4 | The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake . |
| 5 | Harriet tried to ignore the possible reason for the marriage which had sprung , unbidden , to mind soon after their arrival . |
| 6 | Sweetman turned and pretended to notice the sports-fishing boat for the first time . |
| 7 | These figures are for those researchers actually finishing their work and submitting a successful thesis , and they do not include those who failed to complete their research , or who failed to reach the required standard for the granting of the Ph D degree . |
| 8 | These figures are for those researchers actually finishing their work and submitting a successful thesis , and they do not include those who failed to complete their research , or who failed to reach the required standard for the granting of the Ph D degree . |
| 9 | In time , this economic function may have grown strong enough to draw yet more people to it , so that it came to overshadow the original cause for the settlement 's foundation . |
| 10 | I endeavoured to interest the National Council for Civil Liberties in the Black case . |
| 11 | She caught him up in a breathless embrace , then gave a little gasp of alarm as she seemed to notice the two policemen for the first time . |
| 12 | Geraldine Ferraro , who had been the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 1984 , once again suffered because of her husband 's alleged connections with the Mafia and failed to win the Democratic nomination for a Senate seat for New York . |
| 13 | The group 's factory and offices in Coventry are currently being re-equipped and refitted to provide the necessary facilities for further growth in the sportswear and equipment market . |
| 14 | By 1989–90 the budget was £15.54 million ( 0.53 per cent of the total government expenditure on civil science and technology research and development ) , with an additional £760,000 over two years for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and £5 million pledged to fund the new centre for the prediction of climate change announced by Mrs Thatcher in her UN speech on the environment . |
| 15 | I hated to exchange the basic wraparound for a tailored suit , but I had priorities . |
| 16 | As the trucks made to leave the following day for the final part of the journey to Arcady , Cabochon asked Ari if he could speak with her , and then told her about what he feared waited in Arcady for him . |
| 17 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
| 18 | The produce of the Bengal , as of the East African , fisheries was handled by the Madras market which served to satisfy the Indian demand for pearls for jewellery and decorating clothing . |
| 19 | By the 1660s , Rome had given up all thoughts of the forcible deposition of the English Protestant monarchy ; indeed , in the 1670s its cautious and reluctant response to the proposed marriage of the heir to the throne James and the Catholic noblewoman Mary of Modena threatened to block the best route for a peaceful end to the English schism , and Rome continued to offer only lukewarm support to James both before and after 1685 . |
| 20 | Then , slowly at first , he began to prepare the little boy for this possible destiny . |
| 21 | Matters came to a head on 19 June 1991 when the local authority decided to remove the four children for assessment on 26 June , whereupon the foster mother required that they be removed immediately . |
| 22 | Gerard Fusil , relieved that so many teams had made it across Costa Rica , decided to make the parachuting stage for fun only , making GIGN the winners at the end of the ride 'n' run . |
| 23 | After a hose-down , the serial numbers were still intact and Jean 's bank agreed to swap the soiled £65 for crisp new notes . |
| 24 | Mr Mukhametshin went to see the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London . |
| 25 | Marketers from all branches of the industry gathered to hear the 1992 Awards for Marketing , sponsored by Marketing Week , the Marketing Society and the ITV companies . |
| 26 | Towards the end of the 3-day FFA meeting , the Japanese , ‘ in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation' ’ , offered to hold the drift-net fleet for 1989–90 to the same level as the previous season — 60 vessels . |
| 27 | The summit failed to approve the Malaysian proposal for the establishment of an East Asian Economic Caucus ( EAEC ) . |
| 28 | Although the move was defeated and the renationalisation policy endorsed , party members voted to remit the controversial proposal for further consideration . |
| 29 | At the time they appeared to offer the greatest opportunities for the cities , yet ten years afterwards they appear to reflect a lost age . |
| 30 | I wish I was doing more hours , though really , cos like , I got to take the whole day for it , |