Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [verb] [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 budget sought spending increases for the departments of Education , Justice , State , Energy , Treasury , and Veterans ' Affairs . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In 1787 the prince promised the king not to exceed his income and , trusting this promise , Parliament agreed to pay £190,000 of debt . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Open gun positions were located in the bow , midships and extreme tail and provision made to carry bombs beneath the lower wings . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ] . |
| 13 | The most obvious example was the attempt to find a yeti on an expedition Bonington led to climb Menlungtse in the Himalaya . |
| 14 | Now the tourists find themselves the underdogs with Will Carling expected to lead England to their third win in the sides ' 10th meeting . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In 1955 Minton agreed to take part in a radio programme , Designing a Wallpaper , as part of a series called ‘ Looking at Things ’ . |
| 17 | The authorities failed to regain control of the situation . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Bakufu and daimyo administrations found themselves in increasing economic difficulties as their income failed to keep pace with rising expectations of consumer expenditure and other demands on their budget . |
| 23 | Labour unrest linked to political discontent led to strike calls in 1989 and 1990 . |
| 24 | Ten students at Kent University admitted taking part in a £400,000 telephone fraud . |
| 25 | However , rarely are such rationales clearly worked out or attempts made to provide evidence in support of these claims . |
| 26 | I am satisfied that the fact that the parties have by contract agreed to pay costs on a solicitor/client basis is a factor to be taken into account by me in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 27 | Two months after the Groupe de la Cité and Fixot agreed to merge Laffont with Editions Fixot , rumour is rife in Paris that a fresh round of redundancies is imminent . |
| 28 | At the High Court in Manchester yesterday the Ministry of Defence agreed to pay damages to Captain Green 's widow , Patricia and her two daughters . |
| 29 | Finance houses sought to promote business in a responsible manner , recognizing that only in that way would they be promoting profitable business . |
| 30 | The initial investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting and calculating the effectiveness of the word length and shape information , assuming that such information were available . |