Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The AWCC preferred to concentrate on environmental issues and gentrification .
2 It was not until 1950 ( three years after a similar set had been commissioned in America ) that the BEA decided to go for some of these gains from larger scale by ordering an advanced 100MW set for 1955 .
3 In an unusual move , the Bundesbank agreed to join with Scandinavian central banks to support the Finnish currency .
4 The statement went on to give full support to APEX 's decision to limit the number of pickets ; the TUC wished to stress to all trade unionists that any action by them should be at the union 's official request .
5 The UK proposed to argue for more ‘ discretion ’ for individual governments , for example ‘ aiming ’ to reduce nitrate levels while being allowed to set its own rates of application of manure .
6 Meanwhile , tension in the Gulf continued to rise despite frantic mediation efforts by King Hussein , the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal , and the PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat .
7 To succeed , the CMHTs needed to engage with local communities , develop new services on the ground , and also exert ‘ bottom up ’ pressure on strategic planning processes .
8 The AA had to call in extra patrols from North Yorkshire and Cumbria to cope with the demand in County Durham .
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