Example sentences of "[vb past] an [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the ruling Labour group proposed an amendment asking the council chief executive to review the authority 's policy on apartheid and report back . |
| 2 | The third case involved an attempt to transform the client 's chosen outcome by persuading the client to accept a ‘ reasonable ’ objective . |
| 3 | The Endeavour Accord , signed by the two sides on Aug. 5 , involved an agreement to defer the implementation of the independence declaration in return for a lifting of the government blockade [ see p. 37658 ] . |
| 4 | In June 1982 Israel 's invasion of Lebanon provided an opportunity to destroy the PLO and mould a new Lebanese state free of Syrian , Palestinian and Soviet influence and by implication dependent on the United States . |
| 5 | Tacoma Art Museum provided an opportunity to see the work of Faith Ringold : a survey of her work over 25 years and an opportunity to hear such an important artist speak . |
| 6 | The seminar also provided an opportunity to discuss the guidelines for the additional assessment outlined in the SCOTVEC document , Implementing general SVQs : the additional assessment . |
| 7 | On Dec. 23 the Israeli High Court rejected an appeal to reverse the deportation orders . |
| 8 | The Assembly also adopted an amendment extending the amnesty to people convicted of slandering the state ( Article 157 ) . |
| 9 | Upjohn J. granted an order restraining the defendants from infringing Chappell & Co. 's copyright . |
| 10 | In the absence of earlier cases to rely upon , the judge simply invented a new tort , and granted an injunction compelling the union to call off the pickets . |
| 11 | He granted an injunction restraining the defendant from using and/or disclosing confidential information but qualified it so that it did not apply to communications made by the defendant either to FIMBRA or the Inland Revenue in respect of the matters identified in the defence . |
| 12 | The judge also granted an injunction preventing The Sun from repeating any of the libels . |
| 13 | He granted an injunction preventing the institute from publishing similar advertisements in Australia . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) Whether the customer received an inducement to accept the exemption clause . |
| 15 | After just a week of stroking , Brussels sprouts infested with aphids showed an ability to reduce the pests ' multiplication rate . |
| 16 | In establishing funding for the National Endowment for the Arts , the Senate on Sept. 30 , 1989 , approved an amendment prohibiting the use of federal funds " to promote , disseminate , or produce obscene materials " . |
| 17 | The National Bank said that for 1990 it had to adhere to a strict monetary policy aimed at keeping the hard currency account deficit under $550,000,000 , that of the state budget under 10,000 million forints and inflation under 19 per cent — conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) when it approved an agreement to pave the way for additional foreign loans to maintain the country 's creditworthiness . |
| 18 | The plaintiffs obtained an injunction to restrain the defendants notwithstanding that the product in question ( a swizzle stick embossed with the name of the ship upon which it was to be used ) was available to anyone who happened to take a cruise on that ship . |
| 19 | The Committee signed an accord reaffirming the October 1991 Yammoussoukro IV peace agreement [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 20 | In Kalmykia on July 23 he signed an agreement allowing the republic to keep half of its foreign currency-earning production ( such as oil and furs ) . |
| 21 | In 1958 they signed an agreement to form the Bureau de Liaison des Associations Guides du Luxembourg . |
| 22 | The United Kingdom and Spain on June 26 , 1989 , signed an agreement to extend the powers of the police to combat drug trafficking in each other 's country . |
| 23 | On Jan. 29 , following the mediation of the Catholic Church and pressure from the President 's Office for a settlement , the government and the COB signed an agreement to end the labour dispute . |
| 24 | The Courage League First Division title-chasers , awash with international class , must lay their reputations before a 2,000 crowd — Tabard declined an offer to play the tie at Franklins Gardens — and Richards ca n't wait . |
| 25 | It also brought an unsuccessful action for the annulment of the arbitration proceedings in the Swiss Courts , and instituted an action to annul the award . |
| 26 | A very tired and dishevelled Schisgal appeared and they spent an hour discussing the problems with him . |
| 27 | Bob Monkhouse , best known as a comedy writer and actor for television and radio , and playing his first straight acting role in the West End , as Buddy 's elder brother , Alan , spotted Crawford 's comedy potential and invited him to his home , where they spent an evening reading the play . |
| 28 | They made an order quashing the decision and made a declaration that |
| 29 | On 30 November 1990 Mr. Registrar Buckley made an order granting the administrators liberty to serve the originating application by post upon the bank at 13 , Broad Street , St. Helier , Channel Islands . |
| 30 | ‘ The sheriff made an order placing the girl into the care of the local authority 's social works department . ’ |