Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd have joined forces to establish a transmission technology joint venture , expected to include Synchronous Digital Hierarchy kit . |
| 2 | Schedule 1 of the Control of Substances Hazardous to the Health Regulations 1988 ( COSHH ) has been amended to include new maximum exposure limits for grain dust , respirable crystalline silica , nickel and chromium . |
| 3 | Sucralfate ( 100–200 mg/kg given orally ) protected gastric mucosa against the ethanol , aspirin , and stress induced acute gastric lesions but the addition of bFGF ( 100 µg/kg subcutaneously or intragastrically ) failed to affect sucralfate induced protection against ethanol or aspirin but increased that against stress . |
| 4 | But he does want to stimulate constructive forward thinking . |
| 5 | Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating agreed to restore Australian military assistance to Fiji , suspended since 1987 , after a private meeting with the new Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , the leader of the two coups . |
| 6 | Kenya and Uganda agreed to restore full diplomatic relations after a meeting between Moi and Uganda 's President Museveni in August 1990 . |
| 7 | Uganda and Kenya agreed to restore full diplomatic relations after a meeting between Museveni and Kenya 's President Moi at the border town of Malaba ( Kenya ) in August 1990 . |
| 8 | In a related development , the two countries in February 1990 set up a special " hotline " to notify each other of oil spills in the Barents Sea and agreed to arrange joint oil-pollution control exercises . |
| 9 | Although a consensus on the final declaration was blocked after a dispute between Mexico and the USA over nuclear testing , signatories agreed to support compulsory international inspection in countries suspected of secretly manufacturing nuclear weapons . |
| 10 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
| 11 | A sanitary code which sought to evade fundamental moral principles could never ultimately succeed . |
| 12 | Polled dairy type created since 1947 by merging three polled breeds , with preference given to light red Western bulls . |
| 13 | Normally , clients will want to support strong seasonal sales , but if , as sometimes happens , market seasonality has been created by promotional activity , it may make sense to try to even out the cycle by advertising in the low season . |
| 14 | The executive council meeting in November agreed to draft new international standards on the prevention of industrial accidents , noting with concern the frequency and severity of industrial disasters in recent years . |
| 15 | Notice the " partial substitution " orders ( 18 and 19 ) , provided for instruction modification and subsequently altered to provide certain shifting facilities as well . |
| 16 | What Franco failed to take into account , however , was , first , that Germany had its own designs on French Morocco ; second , that Hitler did not want to provoke Free French/Allied resistance in North Africa which would oblige him to open a new military front far away from what was then his principal concern , namely the invasion of the British Isles ; and , third , that Hitler was not convinced of the need or utility of Spanish military help . |
| 17 | I intend to launch Scottish Natural Heritage , which will combine and enhance the functions of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland , with a starting budget of £34.6 million , an increase of more than 28 per cent . |
| 18 | He could not , however , turn this sympathy to good effect and his New Party , formed in March 1931 with the aid of £50,000 from William Morris , the later Lord Nuffield , failed to attract widespread political support and collapsed into political oblivion at the general election of October 1931 . |
| 19 | The participants agreed a statement which stressed the " great potential " of political dialogue , and supported the current broad structure of the talks , but concluded " with regret that it was not possible in present circumstances to proceed to launch fresh substantive talks on the lines envisaged " . |
| 20 | The fast food pizza chains have rapidly developed and alongside traditional Arabic , fast food concepts are actively competing to secure prime retail space . |
| 21 | A draft Bill of Rights , which was intended to secure basic civil liberties for Hong Kong following the reversion of its sovereignty to China in 1997 , was approved by the colony 's Executive Council on March 6 and published on March 16 . |
| 22 | This was in turn succeeded by a Vietnamese-backed administration in 1979 , headed by the Revolutionary Party of Kampuchea , which failed to secure widespread international recognition and more than a decade later had not yet established effective control of the entire national territory . |
| 23 | In the end , West Germany , constitutionally prevented from deploying its forces outside Europe , agreed to provide additional naval cover in the West European arena as a replacement for the British and French ships sent to patrol in the Persian Gulf . |
| 24 | We have some that are very specific , in the sense that they are intended to provide certain particular skills or techniques . |
| 25 | In a statement issued afterwards the two sides agreed to establish joint working groups to study the feasibility of an anti-ballistic missile ( ABM ) early warning centre ; to examine legal co-operation in the field of the exchange of technologies ; and to assess trends in the proliferation of nuclear weapons . |
| 26 | At a meeting on April 12 , Chancellor Kohl and the then leader of the SPD , Hans-Jochen Vogel , agreed to establish cross-party working groups to discuss issues relating to the new Länder , especially unemployment and property ownership issues [ see p. 38155 ] . |
| 27 | Sultan Sir Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei visited India and Pakistan on Sept. 15-21 ; during the visit India and Brunei agreed to establish full diplomatic relations . |
| 28 | In the event of a future oil shortage the LDCs were to receive priority supplies to meet basic economic needs . |
| 29 | If SR is to remain a relevant magazine it has to continue to attract new young readers — with outlets for feminist and particularly lesbian thought being cut back on all sides SR could well be a first line in this battle for the foreseeable future . |
| 30 | I want to see genuine Morporkian life — the slave market , the Whore Pits , the Temple of Small Gods , the Beggars ’ Guild … and a genuine tavern brawl . ’ |