Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat in silence , watching William play and listening to the sound of insects . |
| 2 | We beat a retreat from the Queen Victoria Suite and climbed the stairs towards the second floor . |
| 3 | There is , however , a difference between making an assessment of conduct in a professional negligence case and evaluating a business decision . |
| 4 | But problems could arise if an exchange adopted a rule at board level but failed to publish it , or if a member joined the exchange after rules bulletins 1 – 50 had been issued , was not then supplied with those bulletins by the exchange , and such bulletins were not readily available on request . |
| 5 | As you start , therefore , concentrate on keeping the board level and getting it to move as quickly as possible . |
| 6 | During their captivity , in late 1951 , a member of the KGB called Gregory Kuzmitch arrived at their internment camp and attempted to convert them to Communism . |
| 7 | At this time , the payroll activity , with the exception of salaries and the London weekly payroll , was within the Finance Directorate reporting to site accountants whilst personnel was within the Personnel Directorate and reporting to Site Personnel Managers ( see figure 2 ) . |
| 8 | BridgeCare , with a staff of 25 based in Market Street , forms the other part of the Projects Division and attends to the maintenance of existing bridges and retaining walls as well as the design on new structures for roadworks . |
| 9 | 200ml/7fl oz vegetable or sunflower oil |
| 10 | TWO men have appeared in court in connection with a gang fight and shooting at the Market Trader pub in Kirkby . |
| 11 | TWO men have appeared in court on charges following a gang fight and shooting at the Market Trader pub , Kirkby . |
| 12 | Mama wrapped the baby in a big blue flannel blanket and sat down in the kitchen armchair to nurse . |
| 13 | Cross the road at the Makarská vinárna and turn right into Karmelitská Street . |
| 14 | Pineau informed de Gaulle about the strongly republican and socialist trend of resistance ideology and tried to persuade him to abandon his political reticence , which was causing concern among resisters . |
| 15 | These management statistics are going to have an increasingly important rôle in determining university funding and spending in the coming years , and it is to be hoped that figures for all disciplines will be available in future . |
| 16 | Opponents resented the cuts in university funding and complained that the government was hostile to higher education , particularly to studies of the humanities , which fostered a critical spirit of enquiry . |
| 17 | May I draw to the attention of the Secretary of State the case of a Wakefield man who was refused expensive injections for infertility by a fund-holding GP and told to apply for that treatment to a non fund-holding practice in Wakefield ? |
| 18 | THE San Francisco 49ers took a big step towards the Super Bowl by clinching the NFC West division and securing home advantage throughout the play-offs with a 21-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . |
| 19 | Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy and Chairperson of the Department of Sociological Studies at Sheffield University and has published numerous books and articles on ageing and social policy . |
| 20 | Compaq is eschewing the Overdrive approach for its desktop machines in favour of supplying a whole new processor board that includes the Triflex bus and new base memory . |
| 21 | She is currently re-taking her mathics mathematics O level and hopes to obtain a grade C. She is diligent in all her studies with a determination to do as well as possible , while her powers of expression are adequate , she has a fine sense of initiative and can organise her material persuasively . |
| 22 | What makes Ross Perot think that he can get a handle on the US budget deficit that has defeated the last two administrations ? |
| 23 | On Feb. 17 Finance Minister Karol Lutkowski resigned in disagreement with the new socio-economic policy , citing fears that relaxing monetary controls could refuel hyperinflation as well as lead to a greater budget deficit than targeted . |
| 24 | Belgacom , the Belgian state phone company , is terrified that the government , which is in such a panic to cut its budget deficit as required by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty that it tendered its resignation to the king , who declined it , will rush to raise cash by privatising the phones : ‘ It is only when the company 's reorganisation and internal restructuring is complete that a new change to its statutes could be undertaken , ’ the board said , warning ‘ It takes time to transform an administration into an efficient and dynamic company . ’ |
| 25 | Commentators judged that the aid and trade cuts would worsen Vietnam 's already steep budget deficit and increase shortages , inflation and unemployment . |
| 26 | Notice that throughout the 1980s , the objectives of the MTFS have remained the same : that is , to control inflation , to reduce the government 's budget deficit and to lay down the foundation for sustainable economic growth . |
| 27 | A reforming government first needs to ‘ stabilise ’ its economy — ie , cut its budget deficit and stop printing money in order to finance whatever deficit remains . |
| 28 | This , after all , is a programme designed to cut the US budget deficit and boost the economy . |
| 29 | On July 4 the government drew up a budget for 1991 which was described officially as designed to curb inflation , reduce the budget deficit and maintain economic growth . |
| 30 | The Nationalist Party government of Prime Minister Jim Bolger , elected in October 1990 after six years of Labour rule [ see p. 37781 ] , aimed to reduce the budget deficit and to tackle what Finance Minister Ruth Richardson characterized as a burden sapping the country 's energy . |