Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ANC 's letter described it as inconceivable that the authorities lacked the capacity to stop the factional fighting , in which 1,200 people had died in the past seven months . |
| 2 | It was recognized that accurate message construction presupposed the capacity to identify the critical features of an item-that is , those features that uniquely identified the target . |
| 3 | If the Maltese expected the match to have the friendly atmosphere of a schoolboy international , however , then they were in for a rude awakening . |
| 4 | When the marriage broke down the husband asked the wife to leave the matrimonial home . |
| 5 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 6 | And then we added eight two , which asked the director to explore the long-term viability of the estate , now we made that , and I said so at the time , the answer to that could be either positive or negative . |
| 7 | The court asked the Commission to answer the following question : |
| 8 | DRDOS seems to have drivers only for 286 and upwards machines but I eventually got EMM.SYS which was also to be found locked away in my ROM and got the machine to recognise the expanded memory . |
| 9 | And er we 'd done quite a l we 'd he 'd refurnished his who Th You know they got the contract to furnish the whole house and it was beautiful you know . |
| 10 | Anthony Coburn got the commission to write the first story by a notable stroke of good fortune . |
| 11 | The increases were met by a series of strikes and protest demonstrations which , together with the threat of a national strike , led the government to withdraw the second price rise on Dec. 10 . |
| 12 | This broad philosophical sweep led the Committee to consider the following areas : |
| 13 | It was the Press which led the battle to cut the Civil List and persuade the Queen to pay tax . |
| 14 | Lack of any firm action by the police even led the Board to take the whole issue to the High Court . |
| 15 | This provided the opportunity to widen the High Street . |
| 16 | Following the UNCED Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , the AIA modified the theme to reflect the post-Rio interest in ‘ sustainability ’ . |
| 17 | Sales of state assets helped the government to reduce the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 18 | Kenny then excelled in the higher sphere and helped the Palace to gain the 2nd Division championship with the club 's best-ever defensive record , and to reach the top of the Football League in September 1979 . |
| 19 | On Sept. 12 Iraq described the decision to transfer the Arab League 's headquarters as " highly dangerous " and one not taken for administrative , technical or professional reasons , but " by virtue of Egypt 's position towards Israel and the US invasion of Najd and Hejaz " ( Iraq 's current title for Saudi Arabia ) . |
| 20 | Gramsci saw the dichotomy between the two not as a centre-periphery relationship but rather as an aspect of the way in which the interests of monopoly capital used the state to keep the undeveloped areas repressed and passive ; Gramsci describes the south variously as ‘ a semi-colonial market ’ , a ‘ source of savings and taxes ’ and a ‘ pool of cheap docile reserve labour ’ . |
| 21 | Rejecting medical evidence that he had suffered a heart attack brought on by stress and aggravated by a syphilitic condition , the Nazis used the funeral to turn the dead man into a Nazi martyr . |
| 22 | Somehow she found the courage to hold the gleaming brilliance of his gaze with her own , as if by this encounter of eyes she could mesmerise , draw him to her . |
| 23 | Bill received the medal to mark the 40th anniversary of the ending of the second world war . |
| 24 | Mr. Graham : Perhaps they are the professional advisers who advised the Government to sell the royal ordnance factory in my constituency for a pittance to people who later recouped the price in one sale . |
| 25 | The need to secure approval under US competition law encouraged the company to issue the new shares in two stages . |
| 26 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 27 | Melissa turned the plate to admire the delicate rose design . |
| 28 | According to the Middle East Economic Digest of March 16 , however , the SPC authorized the government to revise the educational curriculum to include Islamic studies , as well as to establish an Islamic institute , publish a religious affairs magazine and expand religious coverage on radio and television . |
| 29 | They applauded the attempt to cross the sectarian divide to stress the problems common to members of the working-class in both communities . |
| 30 | The Maldives government also claimed the right to host the fifth summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) instead of Sri Lanka , which as current chair had been due to do so in 1989 , but which had refused owing to the continuing presence in Sri Lanka of Indian troops [ see also p. 37357 ] . |