Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four switching transistors in the bridge require separate base drives to amplify the two ( positive and negative ) phase control signals . |
| 2 | But 100-metres champion Linford Christie failed to make the 5.40 pm showdown and his dream of a sprint double died . |
| 3 | That is , post-industrial growth has brought about a second wave of ‘ tertiarization ’ of our cities , in which massive extension of office building has marked the 1980s , often in postmodern architecture . |
| 4 | But I 'm not blaming the journalists , they 're under a lot of pressure ; the CBS or the BBC correspondent has to do the one report for the day . |
| 5 | " My heart has joined the Thousand , for my friend stopped running today , " he said to Blackberry , quoting a rabbit proverb . |
| 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 | No doubt we shall find out , but what seems to be true of this moment — 1989 , when photography has reached the 150 year point — is that many different kinds of photographic image-making co-exist and ore of equal validity . |
| 8 | I feel would never wish to give up or reject feminism , which I see as an insistence on putting women first , an insistence on women 's autonomy and I think that the debates with National Liberation struggles , the debate in the Irish National Liberation struggle has seen the two things as going hand in hand . |
| 9 | Patrick Taylor has visited the 400 places he describes in the pocket-sized The Gardener 's Guide to Britain ( Pavilion , £9.99 ) . |
| 10 | They had always written off their mother 's manoeuvres as tribal tactics devised to keep the two of them for her kind , with their father as some sort of lower ally in the endeavour , more deeply absorbed by his autonomy and his cigars than by the dynamics of living with his wife . |
| 11 | Mr Guthrie , who was appointed by the Home Secretary in 1988 , recently accepted an invitation from the director , Lt Cdr Brian Miles to visit Headquarters and as the date coincided with the lottery , Mr Guthrie agreed to draw the 20 lucky numbers . |
| 12 | Donna tried to raise the .38 , anxious to get a shot at him , but he knocked her hand down and the gun discharged into the floor . |
| 13 | Country Manor has put the three 1,500sq ft industrial units up for sale and lease . |
| 14 | Emission Technology Instrumentation has introduced the 10S Plus , a portable PID GC for the rapid detection and measurement of toxic gases and vapours . |
| 15 | Prosecuting counsel John Nutting has alleged the two men , who were travelling in a red Sierra , were stopped in June last year on the A64 Leeds-York road , North Yorkshire , by Special Constable Glenn Goodman and Pc Alexander Kelly . |
| 16 | The centre of the fighting was the headquarters of the Hasidic Lubavitcher sect where blacks and Jews exchanges volleys of bricks and bottles , whilst police in riot gear tried to keep the two groups separated . |
| 17 | This chapter has considered the two most natural methods of recognition used by humans — speech and writing . |
| 18 | Renault plans to target the 1.4 RT version at long-distance travellers , reckoning that its spacious interior , high equipment and trim levels and supple ride will enable the top-spec Clio to rival bigger cars for commuting . |
| 19 | Anxieties about the START treaty and Russia 's financial capacity to meet its provisions , and also those of a more radical accord concluded with the USA in June [ see pp. 38985-86 ] , were compounded after the Russian Deputy Defence Minister Boris Gomov acknowledged that the government had thus far found only part of the funds needed to implement the 30 per cent cut in nuclear arsenals required under START . |
| 20 | At the time , the force declined to name the five cases under investigation . |
| 21 | While all this was going on , the police had made several arrests , and the Department of Trade and Industry decided to interview the 16 witnesses all over again . |
| 22 | Marketers from all branches of the industry gathered to hear the 1992 Awards for Marketing , sponsored by Marketing Week , the Marketing Society and the ITV companies . |
| 23 | To complete the process actual performance must be compared budgeted performance , any variations understood and action taken to bring the two into line . |
| 24 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 25 | As AIDS continues to spread the 80 per cent mortality rate underlines the need for a greater understanding of its root cause . |
| 26 | Eight months previously ZTT 's Paul Morley had used the XL image factory and Katherine Hamnett to plaster fragments of his prose on to the chests of the nation 's youth . |
| 27 | The Greek-Cypriot administration continues to observe the 1960 Constitution , although provisions for the participation in government of Turkish-Cypriots are in abeyance . |
| 28 | To help redress this imbalance , this chapter seeks to evaluate the MDC's policy and practice and will complement Colenutt 's contribution on London in this volume . |
| 29 | Parties had to exceed the 5 per cent limit to win seats in the Czech National Council , but the threshold in Slovakia was only 3 per cent . |
| 30 | Professor Pacey had epitomised the forties as one of ‘ vacillation and disillusionment , ’ but the tide had indeed commenced to turn , a new era was opening up . |