Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [adj] [num] " in BNC.

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1 If she has to wear the hired 1920s costumes for Countess Maritza it will be disastrous . ’
2 It was organised by several local groups , including Wensleydale railway association , which sees the present 22 mile branch as a vital link in its campaign to restore the last 17 miles of the Wensleydale line between Redmire and Garsdale .
3 During a series of pre-conference meetings between members of the government-in-exile and its critics , the government reportedly agreed to restore the original 1962 constitution in return for an undertaking by the opposition to affirm its loyalty to the ruling dynasty .
4 They led by 14 points at the break only to dry up three minutes from time when they were 58–42 ahead leaving Paul Carr to hit the last ten points of the game and be top scorer on 28 points .
5 He had been dropped off a hard chance when just twelve were needed , but went on to hit the winning four off Botham , and his eight wickets and two useful knocks earned him the Man of the Match award .
6 For example , stories of piles of urine-soaked mattresses having to be burned by harassed billeting officers have to be placed alongside evidence that hosts sometimes invented bed-wetting cases in order to claim the extra 3s 6d billeting allowance for additional laundry costs : in Llantrisant , in Wales , the total paid out in such allowances rose from 43 in 1940–41 to a staggering 350 in 1941–42 , until there was an official investigation whereupon the number of reported cases fell dramatically .
7 This would have to carry the 3.0 m ewes which the Meat and Livestock Commission consider would be needed to provide the present contribution , 50% of national lamb production , from upland and hill ewes as well as the 800,000 or so cows receiving subsidy .
8 Gunsmoke action JAMES Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon , keeping a tight rein on law and order in the give a new generation of viewers the chance to see the classic 1960s Emmy award-winning Western adventure series Gunsmoke ( BBC-2 , 6.50pm ) .
9 I 'm glad to see the two hundred thousand , though I would have picked it up under , erm , children already erm , over the age of about five , but maybe I 've got that wrong .
10 also had one of its diesel locos on show and the many people that took part in the sponsored walk along the tracks to Mells Road , three miles towards Frome , were able to see the other two locos and the site of where the association will have its engineering base .
11 Those of us lucky enough to see the wonderful 1960 European Cup Final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt can truthfully say that it changed our attitude to football .
12 HAND PUPPETS made to look like mature Californian condors are being used by biologists at the San Diego wild animal park to nurse the first two Californian condor chicks born in captivity through the early weeks of life .
13 On a purely practical basis , I do n't to lose the last 15 years , the house , shared friends and the kids ' future .
14 But they wasted a good position at to two to lose the next eight for runs , the North Down bowlers sharing the wickets evenly .
15 Some DM2.15 billion ( US$1.36 billion ) has been set aside by the research ministry , the BMFT , to support the first three years of the plan .
16 The project staff continued to support the 1:50 000 geological mapping programme of the Jordan Natural Resource Authority ( NRA ) by providing professional supervision , advice and editing .
17 A few days ago Li Xiannian , a former President , broke his public silence to support the controversial Three Gorges project to dam the Yangtze , but did not use the occasion to back faster reforms .
18 Exploiting the nationalist rhetoric that has been the hallmark of the Congress , Mr Yeltsin promised to support the 25 million Russians living in other Commonwealth states .
19 Exploiting the nationalist rhetoric that has been the hallmark of the Congress , Mr Yeltsin promised to support the 25 million Russians living in other Commonwealth states .
20 It is very important for you to attend the last two or three lectures of the course .
21 They were transferred to kennels to wait the statutory seven days for their owner to reclaim them .
22 SACHIN Tendulkar , Yorkshire 's first overseas signing , is likely to miss the first five matches of the season because he is contracted to play in Bombay .
23 I then turned back onto Sky Sports only to catch the last 5 minutes or so .
24 ‘ I have to catch the ten forty-five at the town station . ’
25 Oh yes , as I , as I missed the train comma , I decided to catch the next one comma ,
26 In response to the proposed new guidelines the FMLN , which had demobilized the first 20 per cent of its forces in June [ see p. 38957 ] and a further 20 per cent on Sept. 21 , agreed to disband the next 20 per cent on Oct. 31 ( on which date it duly proceeded with the disarming of some 1,000 guerrillas ) , a further 20 per cent on Nov. 20 and the final 20 per cent on Dec. 15 .
27 ’ The Pressure you were put under by Citibank ’ he said ’ refusing to accept the sixty three thousand pounds must have been frusrtrating and infuriating to a degree ’
28 The move to school-led INSET , in Leeds as elsewhere , has the potential to meet the first two of these requirements , but not necessarily the third .
29 The rest of her livestock will be sold to meet the twelve thousand pounds costs awarded against her .
30 Did the Prime Minister feel no sense of humiliation at having to meet the other 11 Heads of Government and having to explain to them in the most public way why the British economy was so uniquely vulnerable and fragile that we alone were unable to provide the basic minimum provisions of the social charter ?
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