Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dundee had received a commission from the deposed James II as his Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , and fled into the Highlands to gather support among the clans . |
| 2 | It was left to the Hercules to unload help to the hungry . |
| 3 | Since Siegfried Gohr left the Kunsthalle to become Director of the Ludwig , the Kunsthalle has become a mere exhibition space without a director and without a programme . |
| 4 | In April 1914 , Mr. Wray left the S.M.E.T. to become Manager of the Gravesend & Northfleet Tramways . |
| 5 | In July 1989 her party secured a huge electoral breakthrough by causing the LDP to lose control of the upper chamber of the Diet for the first time in its history . |
| 6 | Legislative changes are consequent upon the Housing and Planning Act 1986 which will repeal the requirement on the NCB to seek authorisation from the secretary of state for their opencast coal activities . |
| 7 | Issued to 144 Squadron ( becoming ‘ PL-K ’ ) at Leuchars , the unit trained-up and ferried out to Vaenga I in the USSR to give support to the convoy lifeline around the top of Norway . |
| 8 | However , the Yugoslav Presidency and the Federal Assembly condemned the EC 's proposals and on Dec. 27 the Presidency requested the UN to take control of the peace process . |
| 9 | We did not want the ANL to claim credit for the march by swamping it with its placards ( as it has done in the past ) when it played no part in the march 's organisation . |
| 10 | Sir Ian Trethowan slid comfortably out of the director-generalship of the BBC to become chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board because the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , happened to know he was interested in racing . |
| 11 | Thus it is not an easy task facing those working in the UK to raise awareness about the causes of world poverty , and the dangers to the planet of Western hegemonic over-development , and the present economic order . |
| 12 | That caused a series of hiccups in the process , and the ripples allowed the Ardakkeans to get wind of the theft . |
| 13 | A Roman Catholic priest who had been in charge of the church 's Beirut aid mission to orphans and refugees in the Middle East while Coleman was out there , Msgr Esseff had returned to the US to become director of the pontifical Mission Aid Societies , responsible for Catholic aid and refugee work globally . |
| 14 | It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional . |