Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his wife Beryl discovered churchgoers had gathered to see the two plant a beech tree to celebrate the vicar 's anniversary which falls on Easter Sunday . |
| 2 | Both measures were intended to curb the 1991 budget deficit after initial projections had put it at Rbs250,000 million . |
| 3 | Left home earlyish for his visit by rail to London to see his publishers ; been picked up by taxi at about 7.20 a.m. , almost certainly to catch the 07.59 , arriving Paddington at 09.03 ; obviously with only some fairly quick business to transact since he 'd appeared confident of meeting his commitments with the tourists at lunchtime at The Randolph , and then again during the afternoon ; likely as not , then , he would originally have intended to catch the 11.30 from Paddington , arriving Oxford at 12.30 . |
| 4 | They were expected to support the M-19 coalition . |
| 5 | Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added . |
| 6 | Straight chemical fertilizers are for the most part designed to provide the three major elements nitrogen , phosphate and potash , and seldom if ever contain any of the minor elements . |
| 7 | Our range of sleeping beauties have all been especially designed to meet the two highest standards there are : you and your child 's . |
| 8 | The water from two rivers which sweep through the estate was harnessed to provide the five lakes strategically placed around the course . |
| 9 | At current production rates , production from the Wytch Farm field was expected to pass the 100 million barrel mark in early October . |
| 10 | When combined , these enhancements are expected to increase the II 's floating point to a integer ratio . |
| 11 | When they are combined , these enhancements are expected to increase the SuperSparc-II 's floating point to a integer ratio . |
| 12 | It said that the move is not expected to impact the 1,100 employees that Sun has in the state . |
| 13 | According to press reports on Feb. 12 , a confidential Commission memorandum revealed that agricultural spending was expected to exceed the 1988 " guideline " by ECU880 million in 1990 and by ECU2,000 million in 1991 if trends continued . |
| 14 | Two interlocking cycles were recommended to cover the seven year primary course : |
| 15 | Union des Assurances de Paris is tipped to buy the 21 p.c. stake in Skandia . |
| 16 | Buster Watson was expected to win the 100 metres , but I came through and clocked 10.4 seconds for a personal best and a county record , which still stands . |
| 17 | The IAAF are expected to ratify the DLV decision . |
| 18 | And an Iraqi airways jumbo chartered by the British Embassy is expected to fly the three hundred and six people who are already here in the Iraqi capital , to Jordan . |
| 19 | It is intended and er all four sets of government officials are resolved to integrate the two agencies in time for the commencement of the P I production phases . |
| 20 | How many , I wondered , who visited the show would realise just how much blood , sweat , and tears were shed to get the two aircraft on the ramp . |
| 21 | Two sections ( four aircraft ) of 807 Squadron were scrambled to join the four Fulmars of 808 Squadron on patrol , these latter aircraft intercepting sixteen S.79s of 38° Gruppo from Sardinia , but as Lt. Tillard led the attack they were themselves ‘ bounced ’ by a dozen escorting CR 42s of the 3° Gruppo C.T . |
| 22 | The time has come to bring the two modules together in the big program called EVOLUTION . |
| 23 | The business sales were designed to cut the 30 per cent of B&C 's borrowings which are currently under fluctuating interests rates — roughly £200 million of its overall loans . |
| 24 | The ‘ cost pass-through ’ mechanism is designed to override the five yearly profit limits set by the director general , called the K-factor . |
| 25 | That means some businesses will be hard pressed to reach the 50 per cent target . |
| 26 | This was the first piece of silliness : Comet already has 8.8 per cent and Dixons has almost 18 per cent — quite enough when merged to breach the 25 per cent ceiling which triggers a Monopolies Commission inquiry . |
| 27 | Legislation had been tried before , from the late fourteenth century onwards , but more effort was made to enforce the 1651 Act than had been done in the past . |
| 28 | Yesterday , at the railway embankment , he and a group of friends all reckoned to know the two youths who abducted two-year-old James . |
| 29 | While Dick Piper was hard pushed to find the five shillings he had borrowed from Harry Pierpoint , the father of the princess who was to become Queen Mary was jibbing at paying tradesmen 's bills which he had allowed to grow to around £20,000 . |
| 30 | The embassy , suspecting infiltration of agents provocateurs from the Cuban security forces , had sought to isolate the seven from the rest . |