Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After some prompting , the defendant gave the police his name and address , and then at his mother 's prompting began to leave the scene , using foul language as he went . |
| 2 | The Maldives took the view , along with several other SAARC states , that bilateral problems among members should not impinge on the SAARC and that Sri Lanka 's decision to refuse to host the 1989 summit could set a bad precedent . |
| 3 | If Tanzania 's ban fails to secure the required two-thirds majority , the Cites secretariat is ready to propose a range of measures to tighten control on the trade . |
| 4 | In the worst rioting of Bongo 's 23-year rule , angry protesters demanding Bongo 's resignation attempted to storm the presidential residence , setting fire to buildings in the capital . |
| 5 | Probably — yet , with Vitor 's presence seeming to fill the room , a sense of self-preservation had insisted she erect some barrier between them . |
| 6 | Some 200 Azerbaijan Popular Front fighters occupied the Interior Ministry and the television centre after the republic 's parliament refused to endorse the appointment . |
| 7 | Initially , Moynihan 's intention was to use Minton 's striking looks to counterbalance the interest elsewhere . |
| 8 | Following a meeting in early August between Sarney , Ferreira da Nóbrega and John Reed , chairman and chief executive of the US Citibank ( which as Brazil 's largest creditor was owed some $4,000 million ) , Ferreira da Nóbrega confirmed the government 's intention to continue to make the payment of debt interest dependent on the state of reserves , which it wanted to keep at a " safe " level of at least $6,000 million . |
| 9 | It is the Company 's intention to continue to regard the AUK Notes as part of its working capital ; they are pledged as collateral for Group borrowings . |
| 10 | In March 1943 the Prime Minister broadcast on the theme of a Four Year Plan for peace , and announced the government 's intention to plan to prevent the return of mass unemployment after the war . |
| 11 | It was insignificant prattle about birds , sailing and school gossip , but the last paragraph mentioned plans for a demonstration against the Education Secretary 's newly-announced plans to end the distribution of free milk to schoolchildren . |
| 12 | An off-duty cop spotted him slumped in the driver 's seat fumbling to find the ignition button to start the trip to Penzance . |
| 13 | As daylight filtered through the sea mist , the hostile and uncertain London of Blake 's future began to take the more reassuring form of a busy port . |
| 14 | Westfall 's biography attempted to integrate the theology and the alchemy with what we now see as the genuinely ‘ scientific ’ activities of Newton . |
| 15 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
| 16 | Literature 's self-consciousness serves to blur the traditional opposition between literature and criticism . |
| 17 | The exhibition of women 's work continued to tour the country and a research project into the working patterns of women architects is being conducted by the York Institute on the group 's behalf . |
| 18 | Rob 's group had to walk the long way round into the Jabri Nullah and was rewarded by several days of good skiing . |
| 19 | Protesters at last night 's meeting fighting to save the city 's law centre were also successful . |
| 20 | They had n't booked a table at the restaurant , but Roman 's appearance seemed to galvanise the waiters into respectfully procuring the best table , at the centre of the balcony , with a magnificent view across the bay . |
| 21 | Although the movie 's premise appears to stretch the limits of the imagination , Robbins 's performance is so assured that he deftly sidesteps moments when the plot could veer towards conspiracy paranoia . |
| 22 | The master 's journal continued to reflect the state of the world outside the workhouse gates . |
| 23 | Indeed , the only non-interventionist element in all these proceedings has been the Scottish Secretary 's refusal to intervene to protect the rights of the people of these communities who must have the right , if it is their wish , to have a bridge built as an integral part in the overall development of an infrastructure serving the needs of the area . |
| 24 | He will use the platform provided by the Tory Women 's Conference to try to reassure the Tory Right that the Left has not taken over the Government . |
| 25 | This leads to what I have called the Central Theorem of the Extended Phenotype : An animal 's behaviour tends to maximise the survival of the genes ‘ for ’ that behaviour , whether or not those genes happen to be in the body of the particular animal performing it . |
| 26 | Colin MacCabe 's position was that realism should not be defined by content or by its capacity to mirror reality but by the way in which the text 's organisation functioned to position the spectator/reader . |
| 27 | Despite the increased tension between Kuwait and Iraq during late July , Iraq 's invasion appeared to take the small Kuwaiti Armed Forces by surprise . |
| 28 | Now the conqueror of the world 's conqueror gestured to stop the applause . |
| 29 | Prior to the opening of the Republican Party convention , the party 's leadership attempted to curb the huge lead enjoyed by the Democrats by launching a series of attacks on the character of Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton . |
| 30 | Reilly 's knowledge seems to surpass the barriers of the natural . |