Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Two control individuals and three adult coeliac patients in remission agreed to take part in the study . |
2 | The assets means the book value of the net assets ( excluding intangibles and after deducting loan capital and tax provisions ) taken from the most recent published consolidated accounts adjusted to take account of the subsequent transactions which have already been notified to shareholders . |
3 | The campaign for conscription was at least in part intended to force opponents of the war out into the open , so that their lack of patriotism could be exposed when it would be unpopular . |
4 | Such papers as the Reporter , and the British Emancipator were in part intended to win abolitionists for the emancipation and anti-apprenticeship campaigns . |
5 | THE WIFE of a man accused of committing three sex attacks in 12 hours agreed to give evidence as a Crown witness at his trial at a Perth High Court sitting yesterday . |
6 | The defence sought to discredit Gravano as a " serial killer " and habitual liar who was seeking to evade life imprisonment by striking a deal with the authorities . |
7 | Your Directorate intend to use NETWORK as a means of advising staff about events which will affect the future of the Department . |
8 | The Estonian parliament agreed to postpone discussion of provisions of its election law amid disagreement over demands by Russians for a second chamber to represent local minorities . |
9 | The Estonian parliament agreed to postpone discussion of provisions of its election law amid disagreement over demands by Russians for a second chamber to represent local minorities . |
10 | In 1787 the prince promised the king not to exceed his income and , trusting this promise , Parliament agreed to pay £190,000 of debt . |
11 | On 14 December 1557 , parliament agreed to send commissioners to France to negotiate the marriage , while making a sideways nod to Châtelherault 's shrill demand that this should not prejudice his right as heir presumptive . |
12 | Open gun positions were located in the bow , midships and extreme tail and provision made to carry bombs beneath the lower wings . |
13 | In the opinion of the deputy judge the operation of that Part , concerned as it was with giving the authorities powers to secure compliance with or detection of evasion of the Act , came to an end when they had secured sufficient evidence to justify a charge . |
14 | In addition , high rankers tend to have access to scarce resources so that in competitive encounters the possession of a powerful ally will increase the subject 's chance of obtaining some . |
15 | Teachers were promised salary increases and better social security facilities , while the ministry agreed to increase expenditure on education and set up a joint planning agreement with ANDES . |
16 | Other Evenki clans sought to avoid subjection to the Russians by moving north of the Angara , and some of these also crossed the Yenisei into Nenets territory . |
17 | Vojvodina announced on May 8 that it would secede from Yugoslavia by June 26 , conflict continued between the JNA and the republic 's territorial defence force , which claimed that the JNA planned to occupy parts of Slovenia and hinder moves towards independence [ see p. 37790 ] . |
18 | The most obvious example was the attempt to find a yeti on an expedition Bonington led to climb Menlungtse in the Himalaya . |
19 | She parallels her experience struggling to gain control of her body on the trapeze with her struggle with the creative process ; ‘ working on the trapeze one is continually putting oneself in a position of overcoming fear . |
20 | Now the tourists find themselves the underdogs with Will Carling expected to lead England to their third win in the sides ' 10th meeting . |
21 | Edis was , I learned , the only woman photographer commissioned to take pictures of the Western Front battlefields ( of women specifically ) , though other women who were out there anyway ( like Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm ) took pictures of themselves and their lives out there . |
22 | INTELSAT SIGNS TO LICENSE TRANSPONDERS ON THREE PLANNED RUSSIAN SATELLITES TO MEET ASIAN CAPACITY CRUNCH |
23 | Unfortunately , all these learning activities tend to take place in the abstract , they do not relate to publications you actually produce as part of your job . |
24 | In 1955 Minton agreed to take part in a radio programme , Designing a Wallpaper , as part of a series called ‘ Looking at Things ’ . |
25 | The authorities failed to regain control of the situation . |
26 | Mr Baker failed to end speculation about opposition from Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's economic adviser , to last week 's 1-point increase . |
27 | These revenue investment proposals failed to attract support in the context of the proposed accounting standard , and the ASB therefore concluded that they should not be pursued by that means . |
28 | In the Southern Band the number of cattle-stealing cases reported to the courts failed to keep pace with the increase in population , but there was no general decline at this time . |
29 | As part of the government 's new basic decrees , the air force had ben assigned to control airstrips in Upper Huallaga , with the authority to shoot down aircraft which failed to identify themselves . |
30 | Mohawk Grand Chief Joe Norton warned that there would be further violence unless the Quebec authorities agreed to return policing of the reservation to the control of the Indians , who had policed it for 11 years prior to the outbreak of the 1990 trouble . |