Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1916 all the main peace organizations joined together to launch a petition calling for peace by negotiation . |
| 2 | Thirty-three years on , his fans gathered there to mark the occasion , and Aileen Taylor was with them . |
| 3 | ‘ Chance ’ trade is the term used also to describe the business which comes from guests who take meals or drinks in the hotel which are not included in the terms of their reservation and has to be charged to them . |
| 4 | While in Peru informal mini-bus and taxi drivers banded together to lobby the transport ministry . |
| 5 | As they demonstrated outside , shareholders met inside to decide the firm 's fate . |
| 6 | Many previous studies have sought risk factors retrospectively in the context of trials designed primarily to detect a difference between antiulcer treatments . |
| 7 | Most of the gas in that cloud went to form the sun or got blown away , but a small amount of the heavier elements collected together to form the bodies that now orbit the sun as planets like the earth . |
| 8 | ‘ A state of affairs Resenence Jeopardy used often to extract the best performances from his colleagues , ’ Lucien said drily . |
| 9 | ‘ The Scapegoat is made of any old bits of wood nailed together to form a trunk , legs and arms . |
| 10 | He caught the fragrant smell of herbs sprinkled inside to keep the robes fresh . |
| 11 | All Witney 's hard work was rewarded six minutes from time ; Mark Walton done brilliantly to keep the ball in play the slipped the ball back to Paul Lewis who crossed first time , and there was Steve Jenkins to head home and snatch a well-deserved point . |
| 12 | The group used also to frequent the Bal Bullier , a popular Parisian dance hall . |
| 13 | In their study of affluent workers ' attitudes to work John Goldthorpe and his colleagues asked three questions designed specifically to measure the extent to which industrial work is experienced as intrinsically unsatisfying . |
| 14 | On the second anniversary of his coming to office President Patricio Aylwin Azócar presented to the Congress on March 11 a package of constitutional reforms designed further to distance the government from the previous military regime . |
| 15 | From this source , a series of distinct radiations had emanated , each representing a new line of human evolution destined ultimately to displace the others . |
| 16 | Thirty years ago a handful of New York City gallery owners banded together to form the Art Dealers Association of America ( ADAA ) . |
| 17 | One ploy would be quickly to issue orders and have goods delivered merely to fulfil the budget . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) As one approaches the nucleus , the energy input from an explosive event required significantly to perturb the flow of gas dwindles . |
| 19 | There had been , of course , clearly nothing to be gained by telling Liz all about all the hard , strenuous efforts required just to keep the bricks and mortar of the family home in good condition . |
| 20 | Secondly , there is the resulting force field , the various terms of which can be taken as force constants for the motions used initially to define the problem . |
| 21 | Copy this graph , then follow the method shown below to find the points for the equation 2x = y . |
| 22 | In the meantime three Darlington sisters stepped forward to join the new foundation Sister Mary Joseph from South Shields , Sister Mary Columba from Newcastle and Sister Philippa from Glasgow . |
| 23 | The Indian civil administration was even smaller , numbering only 857 , with 32 on average required annually to maintain the strength of the service . |
| 24 | Firstly , there is the cost of the increased staff required just to work the proposed system . |
| 25 | ‘ Political progress is going to be very difficult to achieve as the electorate is not at present united enough to force the politicians to compromise . |
| 26 | Many Americans would prefer to think that Lee Iacocca singlehandedly saved Chrysler from bankruptcy than to accept the real story : a large team of people with diverse backgrounds and interests joined together to rescue the ailing company . |
| 27 | Bankers , churchmen and scholars gathered here to serve the King 's Court . |
| 28 | Shortly after the birth of the church , when the leaders gathered together to worship the Lord with fasting , the result was that ‘ the Holy Spirit said , ‘ Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them . ’ |
| 29 | Twenty years later , after including a pledge to abolish the Lords in the 1983 manifesto and dropping it from the 1987 manifesto , the Labour party again committed itself to reform of the Lords : now they planned to replace it with an elected chamber designed more to reflect the diversity of the nation and the regions , but with less legislative power . |
| 30 | Friends clubbed together to sponsor the game against Brighton in his name as a ‘ stag night ’ surprise . |