Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [to-vb] [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United States announced in April 1989 that it was concerned about the Soviet Union 's decision to sell Libya up to 15 supersonic Sukhoi Su-24D bombers , with a range of over 1,200 km , six of which had already been delivered to an air base in eastern Libya . |
| 2 | Prime Minister John Major had defended the government 's decision to take sterling out of the European exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) , saying that " there was no choice " , while Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont blamed the UK 's European partners , especially Germany , for the speculative turmoil in currency markets which had derailed sterling [ see pp. 39080-81 ] . |
| 3 | In spite of the ructions that ensued when the announcement was made — namely IBM 's and DEC 's decision to cut Technology off , it managed to double throughput and more in a matter of months and has contributed around 20% of the spoils in ICL UK 's coffers . |
| 4 | Even some of the Bulgarian old guard became impatient with Mr Zhivkov 's inability to dig Bulgaria out of its economic and political crisis and an important factor in yesterday 's coup was that one of this group , the Defence Minister , Mr Dobri Dzhurov , sided with Mr Mladenov . |
| 5 | William 's readiness to make money out of Yorick still seemed rather tasteless . |
| 6 | PFR Station Manager , Mr Ed Adam said : ‘ It has always been AEA 's intention to bring PFR back to power as soon as possible . |
| 7 | Well a lot of people out there think it 's a fitter 's job to clean chutes out and unblock screens . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's Inge 's job to see Kirsty off to school . ’ |
| 9 | A significant portion of the new funds would be used for NASA 's plans to conduct a massive study of the planet Earth , and for Bush 's initiative to send astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars . |
| 10 | Despite the government 's commitment to bring water up to EC standards , she claims , some water companies have been told that they need not fear prosecution if they continue to fall below these levels . |
| 11 | Daisy , having taken a fortnight 's holiday to drive Perdita around in yet another hired car , had never felt so shattered in her life . |
| 12 | Side Two 's opener , ‘ The Slim ’ , typifies Sugar 's ability to slow things down , with a grinding , winding melody that backs Mould as he tumbles through a drawn-out flashback nightmare , which makes temporary amnesia seem like a healthy option . |
| 13 | Talking to our readers , Personnel Managers , we find that they 're having to force most of Britain 's bosses to take time off over less than a quarter of British managers regularly take all their holiday entitlement . |
| 14 | The fact that Holding ( who had 6 for 65 in the first innings ) and Julien conceded four an over from 34 overs and the spinners only just over two an over from 105 was of less significance than the spinners ' inability to bowl batsmen out . |
| 15 | England 's far-sighted youth development policy is now being matched by the selectors ' willingness to throw teenagers in at the deep end . |
| 16 | ONE of Saddam Hussein 's henchmen yesterday launched a bitter personal attack on Premier John Major and President George Bush over the allies ' decision to send warplanes back to the Gulf . |
| 17 | Fifteen gigantic screens housed in three futuristic buildings allow the parks ' customers to take part in , among other things , a 3-D safari . |
| 18 | Jo must have at least four bankers ' cards to get £200 out of hole-in-the-wall bank machines , I figured , as £50 is usually the limit . |