Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCR Corp claims to have the first mainframe-class system using Intel Corp 's Pentium chip with the launch of its System 3555 symmetrical multiprocessor , announced yesterday . |
| 2 | NCR Corp claims to have the first mainframe-class system using Intel Corp 's Pentium chip with the launch of its System 3555 symmetrical multiprocessor , announced today . |
| 3 | After further discussion it was agreed that , due to the complexities of the regulations surrounding financial transactions , and the obligation to make regular returns to the headquarters about financial matters , investigation of the FI category seemed to offer the most potential for improvement . |
| 4 | In 1864 , the L & NWR Board decided to centralise the Carriage Works at Wolverton . |
| 5 | The judge in the Matrix Churchill case refused to accept the attempt of four Cabinet ministers , acting on the advice of the Attorney-General , to allow three innocent businessmen to face near-certain imprisonment . |
| 6 | The LTTE offensive appeared to take the government by surprise , and over 20 police stations were quickly taken over by the LTTE . |
| 7 | Equally , the growth of the personnel function tended to minimise the responsibility of all managers for the effectiveness of staff management , either denying the significance of skills for managing people or delegating personnel issues . |
| 8 | Turns out that that Game Genie sold by Lewis Galoob Toys Inc in the US that enables players to alter the parameters of games , and which Nintendo Co failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to declare illegal ( CI No 2,135 ) , is a British product : according to the Mail on Sunday , the thing comes from Codemasters Software Ltd of Leamington Spa , whose share of the $15m award to Lewis Galoob came to $3.4m ; Codemasters now has sights on Japan . |
| 9 | The present structure of support provision fails to meet the needs of the majority of disabled people , let alone those who may have additional needs associated with ageing ( Beardshaw , 1988 ; Fiedler , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | Aberbach , Putnam and Rockman ( 1981 ) use survey data and case study reports to demonstrate the relative influence of politicians and bureaucrats and the emergence of an increasing overlapping of roles as state authority has expanded in response to the political demands of newly mobilized groups . |
| 11 | In the St George , Westminster , by-election in March 1931 the Empire Crusade candidacy seemed to exacerbate the divisions in the Conservative party which the press proprietors had initiated . |
| 12 | Their decision to precipitate a leadership contest only days after Labour 's fourth humiliating general election defeat threatened to plunge the party into a new bout of recrimination and in-fighting . |
| 13 | In their own newsletter , and often in interviews , The Wedding Present seem to adopt the frivolity and amiability of The Monkees . |
| 14 | In these decidedly digital times it is unusual to hear of a new high priced pickup cartridge intended to complement the very best turntable systems available . |
| 15 | We look after those little things , which make such a difference to your enjoyment … baby changing facilities , an exciting quiz trail designed to test the whole family , a free camera loan facility … and more ! |
| 16 | The research programme seemed to provide the stimulus for improvement around the country , particularly in academic libraries where many working parties were set up to deal with the problem . |
| 17 | At the inception of this UK research programme designed to examine the intergenerational transmission of poverty , Harriet Wilson ( 1974 ) investigated the relevance of Sir Keith 's ideas on ‘ preparation for parenthood ’ to resolving the problems of poor families in inner cities . |
| 18 | What British Coal needs to know now , to enable its investment programme to proceed to meet the threat from coal imports , is the size of the United Kingdom coal market post-1993 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Those actions could hit Jansher hard if , as seems possible , the Malaysian Squash Rackets Association decides to send the world champion 's prize money to the ISPA to do with as it thinks fit . |
| 21 | It is clear that each Command had a basis for judging tour length ; for example , Bomber Command seemed to feature the number of sorties to establish this . |
| 22 | The Dundee club proceeded to win the event with a maximum record . |
| 23 | A college department wishes to find the views of students who have just completed its first-year course on various aspects such as content , presentation , work load , etc. , relative to other departments . |
| 24 | Another fishing boat tried to tow the Glenmore back to port in rough seas , but it finally sank ninety miles east of Orkney . |
| 25 | At the height of the rescue operation up to forty five firemen equipped with heavy lifting gear battled to free the injured . |
| 26 | The way has been cleared for renewed logging of old-growth forest in Oregon , after a Bush administration committee voted to override the provisions of the Endangered Species Act on 13 tracts of federal land covering 1,700 acres in the Coos and Douglas counties of western Oregon . |
| 27 | If a rule book was not yet available , that was because it was … at the printer's. 64 But the Edinburgh Trades Council refused to recognize the women 's union , describing it as a " bogus association , engineered by women suffragists " and its leaders found themselves beleaguered . |
| 28 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 29 | Eventually , the Harter Act helped to shape the text of the 1924 Brussels International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading ( The Hague Rules ) . |
| 30 | AS IT was about to send back its first results , the Science and Engineering Research Council tried to stop the northern end of its funding — the Hipparcos data is being monitored independently by two European teams to ensure accuracy . |