Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are travelling to play Oulton in a friendly this Saturday to get acclimatised and each player has been given a personal training programme to get ready for three games in three days . |
| 2 | Systems Center will hold a conference for printer manufacturers this November to discuss that industry 's requirements . |
| 3 | IT IS always worth timing visits to the French Alps to avoid French school holidays . |
| 4 | Cardinal Agagianian brought the debate to a sudden close on 30 October to forestall further public discussion outside the Council . |
| 5 | ‘ We feel that the whole country is willing Tim to win this battle and it really does help us because without that we would have started to disintegrate over this last couple of days . |
| 6 | He said the thieves were mostly from Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear and they travelled north each February to raid golden eagle nests . |
| 7 | First , the Act required LEAs to delegate important responsibilities to the governing bodies of all but the smallest schools and colleges , in particular the responsibility for managing a school 's budget and setting its own spending priorities , and for appointing ( and dismissing ) members of staff . |
| 8 | 12 full-colour Wallcharts to accompany each level . |
| 9 | It is anticipated that Lothian Region will be issuing forms in early December to collect all the necessary data to enable correct bills to be issued in April 1993 . |
| 10 | The opposition Awami League opposed the motion , which followed attempts in early July to restore parliamentary rule and to ratify the appointment of acting President , Shehabuddin Ahmed , and all actions taken by him during his tenure . |
| 11 | Huge stands will be erected around the main grass court in early July to ensure more spectators than ever get a chance to witness the talents of some heroes and heroines of yesteryear . |
| 12 | The Duke of Edinburgh will review 40 warships from 16 nations and ships from the Merchant Navy off Anglesey on 26 May to mark 50 years since the end of the 4-year battle . |
| 13 | In Germany the government decided in early February to send two anti-aircraft batteries of Roland and Hawk missiles to Turkish air bases to defend the Alpha jets sent in January [ see p. 37941 ] . |
| 14 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 15 | One day when great big pink flowers opened up in William and Jenny 's bowls Mum took Wee Joe to have another look at his one in the cupboard . |
| 16 | the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) agreed in early August to resume economic aid , suspended in January [ see p. 38026 ] , worth US$2,900,000 having recently extended US$5,000,000 in food aid . |
| 17 | The programme was set up to enable publishers from eastern and central Europe to visit British houses for short working attachments . |
| 18 | The Declaration of Puntarenas contained joint commitments to ( i ) strengthen the mandate given to the Central American Security Commission in Antigua , Guatemala [ see p. 37526 ] , on arms limitation and troop numbers while recognising the " specific tasks " of armed forces in supporting the civilian authorities for the implementation of " social and environmental protection programmes " ; ( ii ) to establish a five-member committee of eminent Central American civilians appointed by " national reconciliation commissions " to verify the political commitments made as part of the Esquipulas II or " Arias " peace process [ see pp. 35440-42 ] , and to seek multilateral and bilateral support to establish an Association for Democracy and Development in Central America to promote regional peace , democracy and economic development ; ( iii ) to build on the progress made under the Economic Action Plan for Central America ( PAECA ) [ see p. 37526 ] , extended by the UN General Assembly for three more years , in order to realize a Central American common market ; ( iv ) to begin talks on a comprehensive Central American customs and tariffs policy by March 31 and to have a regional " anti-dumping code " in place by Dec. 31 , 1991 , and an effective and uniform custom and tariffs system by Dec. 31 , 1992 ; and ( v ) to persuade multilateral lending agencies to promote increased regional development and integration programmes , to write off significant portions of debt and reschedule the remainder in line with the " economic realities " of the region 's countries and to simplify mechanisms for the negotiation of and disbursement of future loans . |
| 19 | On the 24th November we leave the Kings Lodge to lead a team of 17 students ( adults ) and 6 children to Hyderabad in Central India to share some of the things we have learned over these last three months of lectures . |
| 20 | SPHINX used multiple code-books , generalised triphones and function-word HMMs to obtain high accuracy speaker-independent performance of the same task . |
| 21 | April might have forbidden Wee Charlie to have any more lemonade , but she 'd said nothing about sweets . |
| 22 | Ronnie returned to his native Midlands to become senior coach at Wolves in March 1965 , have completed exactly 100 League games for us and having made himself a popular fellow here at Selhurst Park . |
| 23 | The section of the Education Reform Act 1988 , which forces all LEAs to devolve financial power to the schools in the form of Local Management of Schools , is only one of the many new initiatives designed , apparently , to bring about an increase in quality . |
| 24 | Bishop West arrived back in Rangoon on 9th July to find that army chaplains and volunteer workers from the forces were hard at work to clean up and restore the cathedral , which had been used throughout the occupation as a factory for sauce and saki . |
| 25 | Cities in Greece , Italy and Spain , including the country 's capitals , Athens , Rome and Madrid , imposed traffic bans and other temporary measures in mid and late January to counter high levels of smog . |
| 26 | My right hon. Friend met representatives of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on 11 November to discuss various motor industry issues . |
| 27 | They are returning the stare in the hope of forcing the powerful Serbs to blink first and let them leave . |
| 28 | Such proposals include : ( i ) longer term agreements so that the full benefits of the scheme can be realised ; ( ii ) greater incentives for water level management ; ( iii ) developing a tiered system of payments in all ESAs to reflect different levels of environmental quality ; ( iv ) ensuring that farmers only enter the scheme if they can achieve the specified standards of water management etc . |
| 29 | ‘ You were looking for us ? ’ he demanded , his tone not encouraging Ralf to waste any more time in pleasantries . |
| 30 | He arrived at Arenenberg on 4 August to find that Hortense , suffering from a cancer , was in fact dying , although she lingered until 9 October . |