Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pentagon declined to state the number of weapons or troops affected by the plan , or to indicate the savings involved . |
| 2 | finally it 's back to the Manor Ground to pick the winners in our competition to pick the new Oxford manager … who better to make the draw than the new man himself |
| 3 | Soon after the EEC had adopted the plan a Soviet statement anticipated that this ‘ patently unrealistic ‘ initiative ’ ' would be used ‘ to launch another round of propaganda attacks on the USSR ’ by Westerners who simultaneously strike ‘ a pose of peacemaker and champion of a settlement ’ . |
| 4 | The EEC has banned the marketing of cosmetic products containing mercury in its own member states . |
| 5 | The DNSF did win the vote , however , on simultaneous legislative and presidential elections , whereas Petre Roman 's rival National Salvation Front had called for separate election dates . |
| 6 | Referring to appeals before the Transport Tribunal in 1984 and early 1985 , the LA had to consider the use of an operating centre as a place to keep authorized vehicles ‘ when not in use ’ , an expression unfortunately not found in the Act or regulations . |
| 7 | The RAF had killed the banker Alfred Herrhausen in November 1989 [ see p. 37049 ] ; carried out an unsuccessful car bomb attack on July 27 , 1990 , against Hans Neusel , state secretary at the West German Interior Ministry ; and fired shots at the US embassy in Bonn in January 1991 [ see p. 37990 ] . |
| 8 | This was the third time the RAF had hosted the competition in Britain . |
| 9 | But in their Spitalfields Tartan Collection , the Stewarts have done the work for you ; silks , cottons , wools all match up so that it is possible to choose as much or as little tartan as you like , whether it 's for a few cushions or for some big and bold project . |
| 10 | Oliver could hardly see where he was going , but the Dodger seemed to know the way , and helped Oliver up . |
| 11 | The CP resolved to leave the CPSU on Aug. 29 . |
| 12 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |
| 13 | Signifying that the Vatican had accepted the basilica in return for a government undertaking to spend more on health and education , the Pope on Sept. 10 also blessed the foundation stones of a hospital and a Catholic university . |
| 14 | A more controversial moment may come when he visits East Timor , since the Vatican refuses to recognise the annexation of the island by Indonesia . |
| 15 | And the Vatican has held the secret to this very day . |
| 16 | Anybody who supposes that the events of 1983 in the Caribbean have left the humbug of the Commonwealth unscathed is as self-deceived as those who imagine that the humbug of the United Nations has been unscathed by the events of 1982 in the South Atlantic . |
| 17 | The Mackenzies had invited the Keiths and their children , two-year-old Billy , and Roberta Keith , born only a few months before and named after Robert in Sydney , to join them for the festive season . |
| 18 | Fighting begins when they learn the Daleks intend to pollute the atmosphere with even more radioactive fallout , which will kill the Thals . |
| 19 | In the intervening period , of course , the Daleks had changed the face and destiny of the show forever . |
| 20 | Back in the forest the Doctor discovers the Daleks have taken the piece he sabotaged from the TARDIS . |
| 21 | The Daleks have surrounded the TARDIS , so the time-travellers are forced to make their escape in the space yacht belonging to Mavic Chen . |
| 22 | There is a good account of the way in which the TPLF tried to improve the conditions of women by allowing them to form associations such as the Adi Hageray Women 's Association . |
| 23 | Ahmed Ali denied on July 23 , in an interview with BBC radio , a claim made by the Sudanese ambassador to Djibouti four days earlier that the SNM had revoked the secession in an agreement signed with the Sudanese government . |
| 24 | When Keynes had talked of the ‘ euthanasia of the rentier ’ he had not been thinking of cricket , but the MCC had to face the reality of the decline of the leisured classes . |
| 25 | The ACCA refuses to sanction the event at any other location , and Sydney , despite claiming rights to stage the race for the next four years , has yet to build a Grand Prix circuit . |
| 26 | Britain , West Germany and the Netherlands want to reduce the scientists ' pay by 4½ per cent over the next three years . |
| 27 | The PFA wants to extend the rally from three days to five , making it still more lucrative . |
| 28 | By June 17 the WFP had secured the co-operation of the Sudanese authorities in allowing relief into the area by river barge and by air from northern Kenya . |
| 29 | The ECJ chose to answer the question by accepting the second argument . |
| 30 | This had brought Nevzorov international media attention because of a suggested link to mafia-style organized crime and public expressions of concern from Gorbachev , but increasingly there were suspicions that Nevzorov worked for the KGB ( State Security Committee ) , and that the KGB had staged the shooting to enhance his reputation as an heroic investigative reporter . |