Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by then he had already come to doubt whether Parliament shared the commitment he felt , with Harrison , to the kingdom of Christ on earth . |
| 2 | ‘ I will want Parliament to see the report the Government has got . |
| 3 | ‘ We have a real chance in the lifetime of the next parliament to see an end to the hunting of live animals with dogs for fun . ’ |
| 4 | Two moles of CO2 have a mass of 88 grams and n moles a mass of n X 44 grams . |
| 5 | The ‘ she-male ’ character of the Bessy is not merely a woman impersonated by a man , but denotes a combination of both male and female , a total unity encompassing the whole in primitive man 's attempt to understand the universe . |
| 6 | Routine monitoring represents a compromise between surveillance focused on the potentially troublesome and the need to be prepared for rule-breaking from an unexpected quarter . |
| 7 | I kept one hand on my sword hilt and the other on my wallet as I mentally phrased the letter I intended to send to Cardinal Wolsey demanding the graveyard be cleared of such a collection of villains . |
| 8 | In 1635 Warner sought the patronage of William Cavendish , first Duke of Newcastle , and his brother Sir Charles Cavendish [ qq.v. ] , to whom he sent tracts on telescope construction and concave and convex glasses , receiving a reward of £20 . |
| 9 | Aldridge made no sign or sound as he went through to the airing cupboard to get himself a fresh towel . |
| 10 | Two scrutinies , in particular , were crucially important : the first in 1979 led to the decision to implement a management information system for ministers ( MINIS ) in the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) . |
| 11 | The circular makes clear that a decision to implement the contingency plans would be ‘ subject to collective ministerial authority ’ . |
| 12 | This criticism was also echoed by Dr Mudthir El Tinquawi the former director of Khartoum University who accused the Government of making a political decision to implement the concept of ‘ arabisation ’ in the country 's universities , while failing to provide financial support . |
| 13 | Prime Minister V. P. Singh 's decision to implement the reservation scheme generated widespread civil disorder throughout northern India , and his determination to go ahead with the plan despite the unrest was a major political gamble . |
| 14 | The government had announced in early August its decision to implement the Commission 's recommendations to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , a decision which had resulted in widespread civil disorder and had exacerbated the already tense political situation [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ] . |
| 15 | DAREDEVIL blind pensioner Joe Collier ( 74 ) is making plans to perform a charity bungee jump at a secret location outside his home area to beat local councils which blocked his spectacular leap . |
| 16 | DAREDEVIL blind pensioner Joe Collier ( 74 ) is making plans to perform a charity bungee jump at a secret location outside his home area to beat local councils which blocked his spectacular leap . |
| 17 | Accordingly , the level of bargaining influences the distribution of internal union power . |
| 18 | Nenna made the tea and lit the wood stove . |
| 19 | So it may be that IgE-mediated allergy plays a role in more than 20 per cent of cases , when other types of allergen , besides food , are taken into account . |
| 20 | One full-timer and three part-timers led the move , with a former guest editor and the ever-present — they had little else to do Hell 's Angels . |
| 21 | While this story represents a departure from tradition , it already exists , in fact , to a greater or lesser extent in every well-run American and Japanese corporation . |
| 22 | That could reinstate plans to include a centrifuge . |
| 23 | In most countries north of the Alps wine was the luxury of the rich , even though most of the wine drunk at this time was what we should call ‘ vin ordinaire ’ ; and even communion wine ( which had done so much to foster the growth of the northern vineyards ) was drunk less and less by the laity in these centuries , until communion in one kind became the rule . |
| 24 | For example , O supplies a car to P on hire purchase terms and P , before he has finished paying off his instalments , sells the car to a bona fide private purchaser , Q , who is unaware of the hire purchase agreement . |
| 25 | Projects using the expertise within the group have included the Falkirk and Stirling environmental geological mapping projects , the East Grampian project and the DOE sponsored West Birmingham and Fuller 's Earth projects . |
| 26 | The total is slightly up on 1991 when DEC sold a total of 5,225 workstations in the UK worth £47.9m — 3,855 of which were VAX/VMS workstations worth £33.1m , against just 1,470 Unix systems valued at £47.9m . |
| 27 | However , although the parliament on May 26 called on foreign states to support the demand for the withdrawal of the 14th Army , it hesitated to back Snegur 's demand . |
| 28 | Indeed , the Angolan constitution contains a provision prohibiting the installation of foreign military bases . |
| 29 | On 8 October , the Swedish government seems to have side- stepped its own strict wolf protection laws by pressuring the National Environmental Protection Board to issue a licence for her to be taken into captivity . |
| 30 | Given the constraints on space and the existence of two universities within the city , the University operates an informal zoning agreement with Oxford Brookes University , so that , for example , the University made no bid for a major site which was recognised as being crucial for the development of Oxford Brookes University . |