Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will have a great deal of expertise to offer within the administrative support function . |
| 2 | Is not it time that some urgent policy measures were introduced by the Ministry of Defence to deal with the major problem from 1992 onwards ? |
| 3 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 4 | When I visit the veterans , they have such a wealth of experience to tell of the old days , some I may add , from before I was born , and it does seem such a shame they never get an invite to look behind the scenes of a present day JS branch . |
| 5 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 6 | But now the club have found that on applying for renewal of permission to play at the same venue next season , the pitch has already been allocated . |
| 7 | Loss of opportunity to respond to the unexpected can be dealt with only by striving to eliminate it . |
| 8 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | The motion , eventually approved by a clear majority of 101 votes , declared that it was " in Britain 's interests to be at the heart of the European Community " but called on the UK government at Maastricht to pursue a policy which would avoid " the development of a federal Europe " and enable it " to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the community while preserving the right of parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency " . |
| 10 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 11 | Alternatively , they may continue to worry about their initial error of judgement instead of making a revised plan of action to get into a good position for the base leg and approach . |
| 12 | Public disorder incidents are frequently transitory and fleeting events ; the constable has to make quick decisions as to what course of action to adopt for the best . |
| 13 | One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career . |
| 14 | TEN City executives and a solicitor were yesterday bailed for a total of £1.1million after appearing at Guildhall magistrates court on charges of conspiracy to defraud in the Blue Arrow rights issue . |
| 15 | MONICA SELES was forced into a dramatic change of tactic to see off the stubborn challenge of Jana Novotna and reach the semi-finals of the Virginia Slims Championship in New York . |
| 16 | And while British viewers do n't have to live in Salford or Walthamstow to relate to the problems faced by characters in Coronation Street or EastEnders , few have the terms of reference to identify with the mythical world of Eldorado . |
| 17 | For the people of Bira , however , it is a point of honour to scythe through the troubled gap between the whirlpool and the rocks . |
| 18 | In Chapter 14 we saw that risky activities on average will need to earn a higher rate of return to compensate for the higher risks involved . |
| 19 | ‘ I know it 's going to be a hard year and we 've still got a lot of work to do before the first European GP . |
| 20 | 1 This farmer has to get his dog , a duck and a bag of corn to market on the other side of the river . |
| 21 | Those days Rose dreaded and fretted through and it was a kind of peace to turn to the two girls and the boy . |
| 22 | Her own afforded her nothing but a transient thrill , but mine supplied another dose of semen to chuck at the uterine wall where , sooner or later , she reckoned , some of it must stick . |
| 23 | He survived the perils of infancy to live to the ripe old age of 74 , but sadly he inherited none of his father 's musical talent . |
| 24 | Britain 's native flora and agricultural crops are likely to be transformed by global warming , with the present emphasis on special sites militating against the ability of nature to adapt to a warmer climate . |
| 25 | Greece is not , on the evidence of the past , the sort of place to carry through the democratic reconstruction it now needs . |
| 26 | It is easy with the advantages of hindsight to think of the political structure of eighteenth-century England , with all its defects , as the best in Europe . |
| 27 | FEARS were expressed last night that Cheshire County Council could be £10m short of cash to care for the elderly . |
| 28 | The fisherman reached the shore unharmed and took a piece of tentacle to show to a local naturalist called Moses Harvey . |
| 29 | During the year a working party was set up under the Chairmanship of QC to look into every possible way in which the financial burden of young entrants to the Bar can be eased . |
| 30 | A significant contemporary manifestation of that belief , and a vivid instance of how ‘ modern ’ sexuality became a surrogate religion , somewhere for an essentially religious notion of integrity to survive in a mutated and displaced form , was at the prosecution for obscenity of D. H. Lawrence 's Lady Chatterley 's Lover ( 1960 ) . |