Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That could reinstate plans to include a centrifuge . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The business interests of the group were consolidated in 1924 under the name of The Wellcome Foundation Limited and the Company aims of today still correspond very closely to those of its founders , namely the discovery , development , manufacture and sale of products to promote the health and hygiene of man and animals . |
| 6 | The comprehensive nature of the local groups is evident from a list of their duties , which were to focus the efforts of different agencies dealing with juvenile employment ; to organize methods of collecting information about the character , education , and home life of school-leavers , usually with the assistance of teachers and school care committees ( SCCs ) ( which were under the control of the education offices ) ; to form subcommittees or rotas to attend the labour exchange for the purpose of interviewing applicants and parents ; and to organize a system of ‘ after-care ’ in co-operation with SCCs , clubs , and other similar organizations . |
| 7 | From May 1985 this included a trade embargo and an economic blockade , mining Nicaraguan ports , large-scale support for the Contras and various undercover operations to disrupt the economy . |
| 8 | The company 's attempts to mislead the public simply highlight how it profits by wrecking one of the Earth 's greatest natural treasures . " |
| 9 | The Town and Country Planning Association has been in the forefront of plans to promote a change in government policy on the North-South Divide . |
| 10 | HEIGHTENED tension in Natal province forced the ANC leader , Nelson Mandela , to cancel plans to attend the funeral of six children killed in an ambush ten days ago , African National Congress officials said yesterday . |
| 11 | Age Concern is so worried about the impact of cash restraints on assessments , it has asked its 1,000-plus member groups to monitor the situation . |
| 12 | The design of the Panopticon represents Bentham 's contribution to contemporary attempts to assure the quality of time used . |
| 13 | They will not reveal any plans to demolish the house next door and erect a block of flats in its place . |
| 14 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |
| 15 | Mr Paddy Ashdown appeared on two television programmes to emphasise the importance of stability in government . |
| 16 | Where this is not feasible , it may at least be possible to arrange for the experts to see the child together . |
| 17 | The MP added : ‘ I 'm calling on Saville 's to withdraw as quickly as possible from the deal and allow the local authorities to acquire the land . |
| 18 | That is why the police have to secure the free passage of the highway , to assist industrial pickets to enjoy the right to communicate to workers , to protect public speakers who may arouse indignation or worse , and so on . |
| 19 | Helena Kennedy , a barrister , said the law should be changed in rape cases to compel the defence to ‘ reveal their hand ’ , in relation to any attack made on an alleged victim 's character . |
| 20 | The majority of Scottish governing bodies of sport have now introduced drug testing programmes to combat the misuse of drugs in sport . |
| 21 | It is often complained of by many that a meeting will take five minutes to agree the expenditure of ten million and two hours to debate a minor item worth only a few thousand . |
| 22 | So , by the end of the nineteenth century , there was little in Co-operation , or in trade unionism , that Owen could have identified directly with his proposals to reconstitute the state as an industrial democracy and to create the productive classes , master-manufacturers and work-people , into a great estate of the realm . |
| 23 | When a man attempts to combat the principle of utility , it is with reasons drawn , without his being aware of it , from that very principle itself . |
| 24 | The main ‘ mistakes ’ were : the Communist Party 's forcible suppression of opposition in 1948 to establish a political dictatorship in Hungary ; the Stalinist era 's ‘ unrealistic pace of military preparation , ill-conceived industrialisation and the forced collectivisation ’ ; Stalinist ‘ harassment of millions of people , the mass violation of rights and intimidation ’ ; the violent Soviet suppression of the 1956 Hungarian revolt , which is now now officially defined as a popular uprising ; and the party 's inability from the mid-1970s to continue the decentralisation of economic reforms launched in 1968 . |
| 25 | This triggers a conformational change of the toxin , revealing the hydrophobic core of Domain I α 5 ( which is apparently the ‘ business end ’ of all the δ endotoxins ) and causing the helices to penetrate the membrane . |
| 26 | These technical skills have to be allied , however , with social skills to enable an enforcement agent to predict the likely source of trouble . |
| 27 | He asked Office minister David Mellor whether he still wished or instructed local authorities to enforce the law as it now stands . |
| 28 | In another move , environmental groups will be allowed to apply for legal status and funds to " assist " the authorities to enforce the law . |
| 29 | Meanwhile in Britain one encouraging development at local level is an increasing willingness to engage in policy-planning exercises , involving the general public , on the part of participation-minded local authorities such as Sheffield MDC , in its pursuit of alternative strategies to combat the recession and the centripetal tendencies of central government . |
| 30 | The conference report condemned genital mutilation and provided practical strategies to combat the practice in this country . |