Example sentences of "settle [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The allocation of ore was settled for the next two years in America 's favour , but the compensating exchange of information was far less liberal than the British negotiators had hoped . |
| 2 | And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human . |
| 3 | But , since Cara was supposed to be with her in Czechoslovakia and had said that she 'd be doing her a favour if she did n't ring them , Fabia settled for the next best thing . |
| 4 | They settled upon the last Friday in June , and began to make their preparations . |
| 5 | Promotion and relegation issues are invariably not settled before the last week of the season , so there would be no point in clubs signing players only for them to kick their heels after the deadline . |
| 6 | The form of the system would be settled within the next three to six months he said . |
| 7 | They appear to have been settled in the seventh century in areas now known as Kosovo , Montenegro and Bosnia . |
| 8 | Brian Roberts has been able to show how the Forest of Arden in north Warwickshire was systematically settled in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , with hundreds of new moated farmsteads being created . |
| 9 | Yes we could do so it would be a matter of judgement for the er er for the Home Secretary how far to take it and he would have to balance the likelihood of er other countries all ratifying and the inconvenience to those taking part in the election here er if er there is some uncertainty to the end and maybe having to revert to the current constituencies , er I hope and expect that these matters will be settled in the next few weeks . |
| 10 | Its form was settled in the fifteenth century , and well before 1485 there was no longer any doubt that the House of Commons was an integral part of Parliament , as necessary to its existence as the Lords : no statute was valid without its consent . |
| 11 | Until this time , any bidder may retract his bid , and this was settled in the 18th century case of Payne v Cave ( 1789 ) 3 TR 148 . |
| 12 | In military terms the problem should have been settled on the first day . |
| 13 | A second round of polling on April 8 would determine the final distribution of seats , and in the event only five constituencies had results settled on the first round . |
| 14 | He pushed some coins across the counter and settled on the next stool to Albert . |
| 15 | The green eye flashed at Culley then settled on the next drink . |
| 16 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 17 | But the working group settled on the third satellite : the Infrared Space Observatory ( ISO ) . |
| 18 | The match hinged on the confrontation between Christy O'Connor Jnr and Mark James and it was effectively settled at the first hole . |
| 19 | The match seemed as good as settled by the first evening . |
| 20 | If the uplands and woodlands were apparently settled by the twelfth century , other colonisation probably merely filled in the gaps . |
| 21 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 22 | This is because one or other must be better , and pride can not allow executives to settle for the second best — so why think of it in the first place ? |
| 23 | Some people may feel that Rawls ' original position is already a description of a process of compromise , of settling for the second best . |
| 24 | Settling into the first interview is usually quite a tense period . |