Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked Office minister David Mellor whether he still wished or instructed local authorities to enforce the law as it now stands . |
| 2 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 3 | We had to construct a cradle to support the roof while parts of the wood beams were replaced . |
| 4 | Abbey National already provided a receipt for mortgage monies ; and a practice rule could be introduced requiring a solicitor who expected to receive evidence of payment to report the matter if this were not forthcoming in a prescribed period . |
| 5 | However , a number of independent legal experts regarded the deals as unfair and exceptional . |
| 6 | Sarah asked the question as though her life depended on the answer . |
| 7 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 8 | By 1979 only 9 per cent of employers regarded the Plan as very important . |
| 9 | The ability of a resort to quicken the pulse as I approach . |
| 10 | But Spender makes a leap in the argument , saying : ‘ One of our fundamental rules for making sense of the … world is … that the male represents the positive while the female , necessarily then , represents the negative ’ . |
| 11 | Michael Harvey read the newspapers while the stewardesses offered drinks and the passengers examined each other at the start of the flight . |
| 12 | Shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair made the plea as yet another explicit video , Kama Sutra — The Truth About Love , was released showing couples having sex in more than 30 positions . |
| 13 | — Managed Northallerton ( 8990 ) before returning to Guisborough as coach ( 90–91 ) — Became Football in the Community Officer at Darlington and then youth team coach when Brian Little quit the Quakers as manager last summer |
| 14 | He moved , and his shock of hair caught the sun as he raked a hand through it . |
| 15 | Dr Murray dismissed the BSSRS as ‘ a left-wing sponsored body with sinister anti-capitalist motives ’ , and enthused over the guinea-pig possibilities provided by the factory . |
| 16 | Newton transformed the game after Fleck limped off following a kick up the backside and he was given the lone striker 's role . |
| 17 | Some pay an additional disturbance payment to compensate the expatriate when he has to readjust to life in Britain on his return . |
| 18 | The ministry described the problem as very serious and has asked the National Disaster Council to deal with the problem . |
| 19 | The Moldovan Defence Ministry described the decree as unlawful , since earlier accords had transferred the units of the 14th Army stationed on the left bank of the Dnestr ( the Dnestr republic ) to the CIS ( i.e. not to Russia ) . |
| 20 | Paragraph 3 of the Direction specifies the requirements as to content : |
| 21 | So of course I , took me about half hour to find the forklift cos somebody had nicked it by time I went got the chemicals Robin comes down , he said oh do n't worry about he said do i do it tomorrow morning he said , they 'll be nobody about then can you go down the bot bottom and do the butterflies ? |
| 22 | A headline catches his eye : ‘ LAWSON COUNTS THE COST AS TAX HOPES FADE . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Rodrigues described the figures as excellent results which demonstrated the group 's strategy of continuing to expand internationally , while safeguarding the core UK business . |
| 24 | He was at least four rounds ahead when Swiss referee Franz Marti stopped the fight as Fabrice Benichou , the French challenger , had a badly cut mouth . |
| 25 | Chief Executive Ian Offor described the figures as ‘ very pleasing . ’ |
| 26 | Outgoing chairman David Peake described the results as ‘ really quite reasonable ’ given the circumstances . |
| 27 | A couple of examples which bear this out are : After Linfield played out a goal-less draw at Coleraine in September , Mr B described the game as drab with nothing to recommend it . |
| 28 | Langbaurgh council leader Arthur Taylor described the announcement as ‘ devastating ’ and Mike Carr , leader of Middlesbrough council said it was ‘ a body blow ’ . |
| 29 | How The Scotsman reported the story when Moira went missing in February 1957 |
| 30 | How The Scotsman reported the story when Moira went missing in February 1957 |