Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Group of Rio originated from the Contadora group seeking a Central American peace formula in 1984-85 [ see pp. 34032-33 ] , subsequently evolving into a permanent forum to discuss inter-regional affairs . |
| 2 | Rolling over a little — at great cost in terms of pain — Patrick saw the Lynx helicopter hovering a hundred feet above the adjacent dell . |
| 3 | The decision by US President Bush in early November 1989 to reject a petition from the Timex Corporation challenging the duty-free import of watch movements for assembly in the Virgin Islands ensured the survival of about 600 jobs on St Croix . |
| 4 | He urged the Government to listen to the representations of the 60,000 people of the Down area seeking a new hospital . |
| 5 | Another example of gentrification is the Yuill 's development of ‘ St John 's Green ’ between Percy Main and the Meadowell Estate using an Urban Development Grant . |
| 6 | Yesterday Botham marched along the Paignton seafront clocking the incredible time of six hours and 12 minutes over the 26.4 miles . |
| 7 | After taking over the Tramways Department following the sudden death of Lancaster , Charles Furness became responsible for several innovations . |
| 8 | Among the financial disasters of this policy were the state 's attempt to rescue the failed Rothwell merchant bank , and a joint venture with the Bond corporation involving a petrochemical plant which was never built . |
| 9 | Two private domestic companies in the controlling consortium , Amadeo Rivas and Construcciones Devicenzo , now owned 36 per cent of the capital , with the Aerolíneas workforce retaining a 10 per cent stake and the government 5 per cent . |
| 10 | The award goes to the Cranfield student presenting the best dissertation relevant to Courtaulds ' activities . |
| 11 | A 90 's version of the Morris Minor using the latest Metro as a starting point ? |
| 12 | We have seen the Chicago School making the important distinction between the biotic and cultural levels of human behaviour , and we have seen them attempting to combine these understandings of individual and social behaviour in the study of the ‘ natural area ’ . |
| 13 | Faced with the possibility that IBM Corp is to reduce the royalties for using its Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking code , and despite its membership of the APPI Forum backing the proposed open Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking standard , Westborough , Massachusetts-based Proteon International Inc believes that APPN is set to become the industry standard . |
| 14 | The SNC agreed to issue an appeal to the UN Secretary-General proposing the quick dispatch of the first group of troops of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia ( UNTAC ) . |
| 15 | She won a competition run by the BBC programme offering a free trip abroad and the chance to appear on national television . |
| 16 | It is hard to imagine the C.-in-C. of the Warsaw Pact addressing a Vietnamese colleague as Marshal Grechko once spoke to the Czech Defence Minister : ‘ When I am thinking , you be quiet . ’ |
| 17 | The dissidents reportedly included former Liberian soldiers who had fled abroad after a failed coup attempt in 1985 [ see p. 34147 ] , when pro-Doe Army units exacted retribution against civilian inhabitants in the Nimba area Following the initial clashes between rebels and troops , the January 1990 fighting assumed a tribal nature , with rebels attacking members of the Krahn ethnic group ( to which Doe belonged ) , while regular forces sent in from Monrovia ( the capital ) retaliated against the principal Nimba tribe , the Gio . |
| 18 | Competition of the specific complex formed on SSB by both the double stranded WT and complementary SSA in both cases is the result of the complementary strand binding to the SSB oligonucleotide forming a double stranded oligonucleotide for which the protein has little or no affinity . |
| 19 | A new development is the QUANT/NMR option providing an integrated solution for spectral processing , analysis and molecular modelling for the NMR spectroscopist using the unique X-PLOR package as the compute engine for handling distance geometry , relaxation matrix refinement and simulated annealing in addition to its more traditional role as a unique refinement tool for protein engineers . |
| 20 | My route was from Red Hall to the Havelock pub using the old railway track , soon to be another noise and fume-filled racetrack , courtesy of Durham brains and Darlington apathy . |
| 21 | The EC will now be in a position to ratify the Basel Convention governing the international movement of toxic waste , which came into force in May [ see ED 58 ] . |
| 22 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 23 | Further food for thought : Cohen Griffith , the winger Kettering signed for £3,000 from Leicester United last season , has joined Cardiff for 20 times that amount ; the GM Vauxhall Conference leaders Darlington will defend a 10-match unbeaten start , the best in the competition 's 10 years , tomorrow at Enfield ; and Dunstable have withdrawn from the FA Cup following the 38th-minute abandonment of the tie with Staines when what was left of their team walked off after the dismissal of three colleagues . |
| 24 | This drift of thought was emphasized in the 1940s by the Beveridge Report recommending a comprehensive pattern of welfare organized on a national basis , by the new emphasis on Keynesian planning and by Herbert Morrison 's concept of the large national corporation as the best method of organizing nationalized industries . |
| 25 | The distinct possibility of a Turkish equaliser must have sent the Wapping Contingent scouring the bottom drawer for elegant headlines like ‘ Wot A Load of Turkeys ’ , or ‘ A Squawking Great Balls-up ’ . |
| 26 | The initial drive for a single European market came largely from the Thatcher government following a major policy speech at Chatham House in March 1984 by Sir Geoffrey Howe , the then Foreign Secretary . |
| 27 | Make a steep descent to the Llanthony Valley following the zig-zag outline of the forestry estate to the left across a forestry track and past Toed-y-rhiw-gou Mill . |
| 28 | One logging company placed a full-page ad in The Borneo Post congratulating the Barisan Chief Minister Taib Mahmud on his ‘ Victory for Sarawak . ’ |
| 29 | In early October the UN had rejected a formal request by Iraq to postpone the forthcoming inspection " to avoid the possibility of the US administration exploiting the proposed visit for their own ends " . |
| 30 | Despite the Gulf War dealing a major blow to the Japanese hotel industry , new hotel construction has not been affected much by short-term influence . |