Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [to-vb] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great many ‘ What if ? ’ questions could be asked on the balance the Production Office achieved in its casting of William Hartnell , Jacqueline Hill , William Russell and Carole Ann Ford to play the four regulars . |
| 2 | The Prince and Princess of Wales came to a lonely hilltop in South Korea to honour the 900 men of the Gloucestershire Regiment who held back the Chinese Army pouring across the Imjin River in January 1951 . |
| 3 | During the Nov. 7 parade through Moscow 's Red Square to mark the 1917 October Revolution anniversary , a man fired two shots from a hunting rifle in what police claimed was an attempt to assassinate Gorbachev . |
| 4 | What made the Sydney fiasco even more ludicrous was the fact that when the umpires halted play , there was still time for South Africa to face the two overs which were stolen from them ! |
| 5 | THE European Community will agree today to implement limited United Nations sanctions against Libya , in the first stage of a process British diplomats hope will force Col Gaddafi to surrender the two Lockerbie bombing suspects for trial in the West . |
| 6 | A move by catalogue shopping group Argos to close the four pilot stores of its Chesterman Home Furnishers business was well received by shareholders . |
| 7 | The Duke of Bedford sent Philip Miller to value the thousands of rare trees and to purchase those he thought suitable for Woburn . |
| 8 | Hudson uses the instrumental/expressive distinction made by Talcott Parsons to characterize the two approaches : |
| 9 | It was opened in 1803 , and was a horse-drawn tramway built by William Jessop to cover the nine miles between Wandsworth and Croydon . |
| 10 | All this explains the rather unusual haste of New Zealand to secure the 1994 South African tour at the expense of the announced short tour to the Republic this summer which triggered off considerable controversy . |
| 11 | Judge Thierry Jean-Pierre had sought permission to extend an inquiry into the affairs of the late Roger-Patrice Pelat to cover the million franc ( £128,000 ) loan to Mr Beregovoy . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ A plastic tube production line was moved from Betts Colchester to augment the six already at Stevenage . |
| 13 | The first aircraft , Model YW , was registered X11049 , and apart from success in the Thompson mentioned above , was flown by Mae Tait to win the 1931 Aerol Trophy at 187.6 mph . |