Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] to the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the comments of the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , when he was Secretary of State for the Environment , that national parks were the jewels in the crown , does the Minister not think it fair that that should apply to the entire United Kingdom , not least to my constituency which contains Loch Lomond which is facing ecological disaster as a result of the political intransigence of the blockheads in the Scottish Office in Edinburgh ? |
| 2 | Part of the credit must go to the 225/55 Dunlops , the remainder to the multi-link rear suspension . |
| 3 | Considerable credit must go to the superb Gary Moore and his band for underpinning the whole evening with some musically adept ducking and diving , particularly during the unpredictable Buddy Guy 's set . |
| 4 | Once the stage of lexicographic activity is complete all current entries should belong to the New OED . |
| 5 | Nothing so commonplace could happen to the crazy Demdykes . |
| 6 | The first of Miller 's important tackles came after twenty two minutes , as Town 's defence was caught wide open , but before Loud could pass to the unmarked Patterson , he dropped him superbly . |
| 7 | My old man occasionally joined us on a Saturday morning , but only to get some cash off Granpa so that he could go to the Black Bull and spend it all with his mate Bert Shorrocks . |
| 8 | The United States , faced with an allocation problem , began a review of its defensive commitments that led it to the conclusion that in the event of a military confrontation with the Soviet Union in Europe , the resources it could commit to the fledgling NATO alliance would be insufficient . |
| 9 | To legitimise their activities in Lebanon , the PLO could point to the 1969 Cairo agreement , a dubious document drawn up in Egypt between Arafat and the Lebanese army commander which permitted any Palestinian in Lebanon ‘ to participate in the Palestinian revolution ’ and to assist in guerrilla operations by safeguarding ‘ the road to the Arkoub region ’ , the great volcanic escarpment in south-east Lebanon that was now largely controlled by Arafat 's Fatah gunmen . |
| 10 | Eddie McGrady of the SDLP , who vanquished Mr Powell five years ago , could lose to the official Ulster Unionists on a swing of less than one per cent . |
| 11 | The vote followed a coalition agreement of Oct. 13 favouring a constitutional amendment which would refer to the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees . |
| 12 | Shah was setting in motion a chain of events which would lead to the bitter Wapping strike , when Murdoch took on the print unions — previously assumed to be invincible — and won . |
| 13 | The Prosecution would point to the 1991 Currie Cup Final and ask for some evidence of the power of South Africa . |
| 14 | The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close . |
| 15 | All the proceeds from the concert will go to the local Cinderford Forge Appeal for the Blind . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , several groups continued to work on nomenclature problems and one can point to the French Saint-Etienne meeting of 1897 , and the independent work of Hantzsch , Widman and von Baeyer , which laid the foundation of modern organic nomenclature . |