Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made clear to Hitler that Britain would not fight to uphold the Versailles treaty and , for far too long , held to the hope that the Third Reich 's territorial ambitions would cease after it had vacuumed up all ethnic Germans . |
| 2 | That could not be said of the Cuban missile crisis which could be seen as President Kennedy 's determination to uphold the Monroe doctrine . |
| 3 | We grow them to provide jobs for poor Filipinos and to enable the Philippines government to export . |
| 4 | FRANCE will launch a bid today to sink the Gatt trade deal between the EC and America . |
| 5 | Dealers are more impressed with his promise to galvanise the US economy , which they believe will outweigh the higher tax threat . |
| 6 | The public would applaud the axing of cash rewards for players to wear the England shirt . |
| 7 | TSB 's public affairs manager Laura O'Connell had a straight answer for the choice of a fictional team to wear the TSB logo on their shirts . |
| 8 | But if Lewis wants to wear the WBC crown with pride , he must set himself aside from Riddick Bowe 's yellow-bellied tactics . |
| 9 | ‘ I am proud to be representing the company and being able to wear the Wedgwood vest . ’ |
| 10 | Among the pioneers teaching before Pavlova 's arrival , the most important was Helen Webb ( whose father was famous as the first man to swim the English Channel ) . |
| 11 | President Kenneth Kaunda invited foreign observers to monitor the October election campaign and on Aug. 21 gave freedom of movement to all diplomats . |
| 12 | What the European movement needs to do , the labour movement in Europe , Labour and Socialist Parties in Europe is to monitor the Maastricht Treaty , because it is not necessarily the best thing since sliced bread , there are problems with it . |
| 13 | An alliance of manufacturers ' representatives , the BFICC , according to Pugh , aims to formulate UK market requirements for submission to national and international standards meetings and generally to monitor the UK facsimile market and provide industry liaison with the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 14 | Claiming that Zimbabweans in Mozambican uniforms were operating in 52 other places ( in seven of Mozambique 's 11 provinces ) , the MNR complained of an alleged lack of impartiality on the part of the international Joint Verification Commission ( JVC ) set up to monitor the Rome agreement . |
| 15 | Polonium was found on air filters set up to monitor the Windscale cloud in Harwell , Oxfordshire and in the Netherlands . |
| 16 | NOT content with this one , at Beamish Museum they 're planning to re-create the Houghton-le-Spring by-election of March 18 1913 . |
| 17 | It probably dates back only to 1984 when the Democratic presidential nominee , Walter Mondale , promised to raise taxes on Americans to curb the US budget deficit and was promptly beaten by Ronald Reagan . |
| 18 | Needless to say , one of the points forcibly driven home was the necessity to curb the Fermanagh attack — and in particular Collie Curran and Colm McCreesh . |
| 19 | But if he decides to go the Hollywood route , he may not have a choice . |
| 20 | Charles II managed to induce the Barbados assembly to grant him the revenue forever from a tax of 4½ per cent of the value of all sugar exported from the island , and the Leeward Islands settled on the same terms and were briefly united under the same governor as Barbados . |
| 21 | It was decided to cancel the Manchester landing and fly direct to Prestwick . |
| 22 | Despite his high international profile , his determination to preserve the Atlantic alliance and his 1972 Nobel Peace Prize , Brandt 's policy provoked concern amongst the CDU , who doubted that the ‘ Eastern Treaties ’ would actually lead to any relaxation of Soviet control in East Germany . |
| 23 | Opponents of Sunday trading will be upset by the scheme , which comes on top of the Government 's refusal yesterday to enforce the Sunday shopping law in general . |
| 24 | Although no firm decision has yet been taken , the Commissioners for Transport and Environment have indicated that they intend to enforce the EC directive which makes assessments compulsory . |
| 25 | One of the first major changes to tram services , was to affect the Croydon area . |
| 26 | On the other side of the stockade , the pattern of the vegetation was changing , the earth burning up as the sun reached the ground unchecked , so many big trees had been cut down to erect the Belmont stockade . |
| 27 | This shortfall in output can be detected by means of a five stage LED input level indicator ; if your guitar fails to light the OdB neon , you need this extra input to ensure the preamp 's maximum efficiency . |
| 28 | Michael Ledeen , an academic and consultant who did much to promote the Iran venture , took heart from the fact that when an arms shipment went disastrously wrong , in November 1985 , the Iranians still gave the crew caviar on their flight out of Iran . |
| 29 | We are keen to promote the UK system of funding which we believe provides the necessary protection for pensions scheme members . |
| 30 | On Wed , 12 Jan 1994 , wrote : His failure to gather the QPR cross was pretty glaring in my opinion . |