Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His 1541 parliament issued a string of acts seeking to underwrite the authority of the pope ( despite his own highly cavalier and damaging treatment of the papacy ) , to insist on greater respect and reverence for the sacraments , for the Virgin and saints , and for statues and images , and to reform ‘ kirks and kirkmen ’ so that divine service might be properly held , and churchmen better equipped to hold it . |
| 2 | Indeed , where it has found that the statement of reasons fails to fulfil the requirements of Article 190 , the Court has in a number of cases annulled the measure in question . |
| 3 | It will be spent on a number of projects intended to make the town centre the hub for commerce and culture . |
| 4 | It was in the wake of the London conference on Germany that the Americans , British and French initiated a number of policies designed to resolve the future of Western Europe without Soviet interference . |
| 5 | The range of policies needed to counter the root causes that have given rise to the underclass and keep it firmly in place at the bottom of the social hierarchy are examined in Part IV . |
| 6 | The financial circumstances of the company will determine which it is to be ; a creditors ' winding up will normally occur where the directors fail to register a declaration of solvency and the majority of creditors agree to petition the court for a dissolution of the company . |
| 7 | All other objections apart , the equalization of preferences suffices to condemn the STV . |
| 8 | A swarm of midges decided to make the climb with me , enjoying the fresh blood of an Englishman . |
| 9 | They were exactly characteristic of the era of ‘ modernization ’ ( I am grateful to Tim Blackman , 1987 , for this usage ) in which the leadership of the local Labour and Trade Union movement actively collaborated with regional capital , regional representatives of trans-national capital and the central state in promoting a series of strategies designed to facilitate the operations of trans-national capital , while simultaneously providing jobs and improving the environment . |
| 10 | Such was this sailor 's quality of draughtsmanship that he had to develop a technique of etching and aquatinting to multiply the number of views required to satisfy the demand . |
| 11 | The decision caused uproar , with thousands of Anglicans threatening to leave the church . |
| 12 | The debris scores were totalled and divided by the number of surfaces scored to obtain the debris index . |
| 13 | And er and that that 's They had to take the top off to make it safe , that 's why I say a couple of hours work to put the top back on , erm makes balance . |
| 14 | The sphere of institutions undertake to maintain the process which aims at reproducing the idea of a common consciousness among the people . |
| 15 | Details of the bonus scheme for the station 's senior management emerged yesterday at a special meeting of shareholders called to approve the departure of Mr Arthur Price , former head of MTM , TVS 's loss-making US production arm which it bought 18 months ago for £190million . |
| 16 | Details of the bonus scheme for the station 's senior management emerged yesterday at a special meeting of shareholders called to approve the departure of Mr Arthur Price , former head of MTM , TVS 's loss-making US production arm which it bought 18 months ago for £190million . |
| 17 | Top mountaineer MARK MILLER , 31 , was flying out to lead a party of climbers aiming to reach the peak of Makalu 2 in the Himalayas . |
| 18 | Members are aware of the above called-in planning application and of the schedule of meetings arranged to consider the matter . |
| 19 | Finally , the increased use of biogas serves to reduce the use of wood as a fuel . |
| 20 | Those writers collaborating with the bourgeoisie , intent on defending a " classical " position , produce an irresponsible literature of resistance to change which in a variety of forms seeks to mask the reality of existence . |
| 21 | The use of forms helps to standardize the recording procedures , and also serves as a reminder of what observations to make and what to look for . |
| 22 | In the foam plastics industry , a number of manufacturers aim to reduce the amount of CFC used in foam blowing by 50 per cent by the end of 1990 . |
| 23 | Like many others during his age , Spenser developed a variety of tactics to try to fudge the fact that England was ruled by a woman . |
| 24 | A change in input prices of goods and services used and financed by the business will affect the amount of funds required to maintain the operating capability of the net operating assets , i.e. fixed assets , stock and monetary working capital . |
| 25 | Birds of prey , such as this tawny owl ( opposite , bottom ) swooping down on a mouse , are at serious risk in many parts of the world because of pesticides employed to eliminate the pests on which they rely for food . |
| 26 | The Ford swung sharply into East 34th Street , mounted the kerb , and narrowly missed a couple of teenagers waiting to cross the road . |
| 27 | Quite often all these sorts of considerations interact to influence the operation of discretion , as illustrated by the following incident , which concerned a road traffic accident ( an RTA ) towards the end of a shift . |
| 28 | The vast majority of readers chose to take the option of voting for two favourite animals , but those few who voted for just one ( which was then counted twice in the tallying up ) tended to favour the elephant , specifically the African elephant , followed by tiger , otter and pig . |
| 29 | The infrastructure of a modern state — for example , transport , post , banks — was created , and a variety of methods used to promote the building of a modern industrial sector and the exports to help pay for the undertaking . |
| 30 | Figure 2.4 : Comparative plans of halls from early Anglo-Saxon settlements showing the variety of methods used to construct the foundations |