Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [verb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For God 's sake , get to sea instantly … , ’ the First Lord of the Admiralty signalled the captain in command of the squadron assigned to blockade the Texel . |
| 2 | Even when that object was not consciously in view most proposals for Masai development tended in practice towards that end , their essential ingredient being some measure designed to move the Masai away from the semi-nomadism they had immemorially practised towards a way of living which would make it easier for administrators to keep a benevolent eye on them . |
| 3 | This , after all , is a programme designed to cut the US budget deficit and boost the economy . |
| 4 | Bernie is now trying to raise the funds needed to salvage the Lanc remains , a 20′ container from Nanton to Harwich would seem to be the best system . |
| 5 | Those schools allocated to use the SAM project taught it in the early part of the second school year ( November 1988 to February 1989 ) and the first follow up study was conducted in March 1989 . |
| 6 | ( The parties represented included the UDPS , the Christian Social Democratic Party — PDSC , the Union of Independent Federalists and Republicans — UFERI , the Congolese National Movement — MNC , the Republican Democratic Rally — RDR , and the Federalist Christian Democracy — DCF . ) |
| 7 | The irony is , however , that the economic crisis which might clinch their switch to Labour at the next election — with continuing balance-of-payments problems , punishing interest rates , a sinking pound , inflation and recession — would by definition preclude the heavy public investment required to implement the Kinnock programme . |
| 8 | In 1816 the Leith and Hamburg Shipping Company commenced operations and in 1936 the two companies merged to form the Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company . |
| 9 | On being reproved by a humble usher , Primo de Rivera had a law passed making the Circo Price the only theatre in Madrid where smoking was allowed . |
| 10 | And he warned that any compensation paid to satisfy the Ombudman 's requirements , would squeeze funds set aside to help people with disabilities . |
| 11 | Buildings featured include the Vitra Museum by Frank Gehry and the Financial Times Printing Works by Nicholas Grimshaw . |
| 12 | It also makes some changes in the existing law to remedy shortcomings revealed by experience , and contains some new provisions designed to enable the United Kingdom to ratify the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters of 1968 ( Cmnd 3991 of 1969 ) . |
| 13 | The plunge was partly the revenge of a group of investors invited to sample the Disney rides in a pre-opening visit on Tuesday . |
| 14 | Topics discussed included the Hong Kong government 's plan to privatize Radio Television Hong Kong , a move opposed by China [ see p. 38765 ] . |
| 15 | Tentative agreement was also reached on the payment of $400,000 by the USA to settle 108 Iranian small claims , mostly by naval cadets forced to leave the US after the revolution . |
| 16 | TACP Design 's history dates back to 1907 and 30 years ago two old established practices in Liverpool and North wales combined to form The Anthony Clark Partnership later abbreviated to TACP . |
| 17 | Binding data were analysed and curves fitted using the GraphPAD Inplot computer programme ( San Diego , CA , USA ) . |
| 18 | So Deborah had to be content to ride on a tree branch every Saturday morning on her way to Pack Meeting but she did long to be on the back of a real pony again and to help in the stables as she used to do , and learn how a pony should be shoed , cared for and fed , and to know and do the other things required to pass the Pony Rider test . |
| 19 | But it was not willing to provide the means needed to make the Serbs ( or Croats ) stop land-grabs . |
| 20 | Cumani trained Commanche Run to win the Doncaster classic in 1984 — and reckons Bonny Scot is a chip off the old block . |
| 21 | The down side has included a touch of envy from rivals determined to bring the Barcelona champion down to earth . |
| 22 | A few optimistic features managed to pull the Footsie One Hundred Index out of an initial 8 point fall to end the day up 9.5 points at 2269.9 in a very quiet turn over . |
| 23 | The institutions involved include the Britannia Building Society , the Yorkshire Building Society , the Leeds Permanent , the Woolwich and the Leeds and Holbeck . |
| 24 | Peter Robinson , the Democratic Unionist Party 's deputy leader , described the arrests as a publicity stunt designed to appease the UDR 's critics . |
| 25 | The tough decisions needed to fight the Falklands and Gulf Wars would not have been made and neither would the striking miners have been defeated . |
| 26 | Sunday Life helped launch the Laserfair NI fund this time last year when we asked our readers to help bring revolutionary new medical equipment to Ulster . |
| 27 | In the case of the Nottingham system the Job Control commands needed to define the GIMMS task are : |
| 28 | There is no doubt that competition from cheaper European pork helped depress the UK pig market . |
| 29 | The soldier , a member of the Royal Irish Rangers , took the 65-year-old man forced to drive the Hiace van to safety . |
| 30 | In the North Sea , the same technique will halve the number of wells required to develop the Forth field . |