Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The circular makes clear that a decision to implement the contingency plans would be ‘ subject to collective ministerial authority ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ] . |
| 8 | Accordingly , the level of bargaining influences the distribution of internal union power . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Indeed , the Angolan constitution contains a provision prohibiting the installation of foreign military bases . |
| 11 | The answer to that may be that lowering cholesterol influences the level of serotonin , a neurotransmitter which affects mood . |
| 12 | A previous Tory Home Secretary wrote in the White Paper : ’ Since the Prior committee 's report was published , the Government 's Public Order Bill has been put before Parliament Given the restructuring of public order offences in the Public Order Bill , the Government 's view is that there is no need for a further public offence of prison mutiny . ’ |
| 13 | I have already argued in this chapter ( p. 79 ) that the rat 's level of arousal can help determine the vigour of the OR ; and , theoretically more important , in this and in previous chapters I have argued that the decline of this investigatory response represents the operation of a process of habituation . |
| 14 | What is needed is at least 100 MPs present to support the Bill . |
| 15 | A pointer is touched against each point of intersection on the grid and the digitizer records the position in the computer . |
| 16 | After Charibert 's death Leudast made the mistake of wishing to see Tours transferred to the kingdom of Chilperic . |
| 17 | The taxpayer transmitted the case stated to the High Court out of time and the Court was thus deprived of its jurisdiction to hear the appeal . |
| 18 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 19 | As it is , a different worry confronts the West : how best to get the Bosnian Serbs to change their minds . |
| 20 | These repeated the proposals of the earlier memorandum and in addition recommended the disbanding of the National Advisory Committee , the suspension of the 1937 League conference and the replacement of the New Nation by a bulletin for League branches prepared by the National Organizer 's office . |
| 21 | Few of the specifics of the James proposals were implemented in the forms envisaged , but government acceptance of the principle of a degree structure to replace the certificate became the focus of debate and planning in the colleges and departments of education . |
| 22 | You 've got some mate , do n't worry Mm , lovely bread mm , mm , mm Mum thinks the decoration it 's lovely , she said tell him you 've done a really good job , shush |
| 23 | David Checketts was his first private secretary , a former squadron leader in the RAF who had been equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh , and was the perfect person to help the Prince make the transition from the armed services into a full-time working member of the ‘ family firm ’ . |
| 24 | Did the runner bringing the news from the battlefield run straight past him when he reached the town ? |
| 25 | Then on Friday they would stream back to Cork from all over the province of Munster to clean themselves up , don their best clothes , and go to synagogue to greet the Sabbath . |
| 26 | There is no sense that the audience at either play represents the cutting edge of unorthodoxy , buzzing with the enjoyment of dissent . |
| 27 | The driver led the way , turning around periodically to check that the others were with him . |
| 28 | You only need the handset , so if complete telephone instruments have been bought , you will need to do some minor dismantling to disconnect the handset wires from the terminals inside . |
| 29 | It was , however , a lucky surprise for the residents of the Masham almshouse who were hurriedly summoned by the vicar to enjoy the breakfast instead . |
| 30 | His violent death was only a matter of course given the way he lived . |