Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The comprehensive nature of the local groups is evident from a list of their duties , which were to focus the efforts of different agencies dealing with juvenile employment ; to organize methods of collecting information about the character , education , and home life of school-leavers , usually with the assistance of teachers and school care committees ( SCCs ) ( which were under the control of the education offices ) ; to form subcommittees or rotas to attend the labour exchange for the purpose of interviewing applicants and parents ; and to organize a system of ‘ after-care ’ in co-operation with SCCs , clubs , and other similar organizations . |
| 2 | The Board has decided to change the rules to require duty solicitors to attend the police station where a suspect is to be questioned about an arrestable offence , when an identity parade is to be held , or the suspect complains of serious maltreatment by the police ; unless the solicitor can show exceptional circumstances justifying non-attendance . |
| 3 | With the total elderly population continuing to rise , women face having to stay on at work until 65 under Tory plans to equalise the retirement age . |
| 4 | English Nature 's plans to reintroduce the fen raft spider to other locations was announced at its launch in early April . |
| 5 | For instance , she sent two serpents to kill the baby HERCULES , who was Zeus ' son by the mortal Alcmene , but he succeeded in strangling them . |
| 6 | Mr Yeltsin stressed , however , that he would fight any attempts to cancel the emergency powers granted to him by the last Congress in October . |
| 7 | The year also saw a fair number of attempts to stimulate the UK market — introductory offers of 50% discount ( OUP ) , money-off vouchers ( LTP ) and extra discount ( CUP ) . |
| 8 | Are there any plans to re-badge the Yorkshire Volunteers ? |
| 9 | Extending from massive brackets ore lamps to light the shop fronts . |
| 10 | This complex mixture , dominated by a powerful medical profession firmly established during the nineteenth century , posed problems for subsequent attempts to rationalize the health services , and therefore influenced the shape the national health service eventually achieved . |
| 11 | It could be years before plans to restore the River Misbourne ever come to light . |
| 12 | However , despite attempts to curb the spending power of various councils by rate-capping , local authority finances remained a thorn in the flesh of the government . |
| 13 | Computing staff are likely soon to be asked to broaden their technology policies to support the life cycle of organisational records . |
| 14 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |
| 15 | One campaigner said this was the first in a series of activities to support the coal industry . |
| 16 | In the Conservative manifesto 's section on Women and Opportunity there are cringing pledges to implement the EC Directive on ‘ pregnant workers ’ , expand childcare facilities , maintain child benefit and generally encourage more women to work . |
| 17 | Though one can not claim for Green the sublimity of Turner , the clarity of Cotman or the magnificence of Constable , he was one of the most faithful topographical artists to paint the Lake District . |
| 18 | She had almost successfully deterred André from his plans to paint the town red with her , had vaguely told him that she would see how she felt when he issued the invitation , only to pour all her good intentions down the drain when this morning Piers had received a call from Nicole , and informed Alyssia offhandedly that he would be out for the balance of the day . |
| 19 | Policy E two as proposed is a very common form of phrasing used by planning authorities to circumvent the Government objection to presumption against policies . |
| 20 | Go north-east through the woods to meet the Corfe-Studland road . |
| 21 | These responses showed that there was a wide range of existing provision and that the proposals to meet the Haycocks recommendations also varied considerably . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the Agriculture Minister in his Department has any proposals to meet the Agriculture Minister of the Republic of Ireland to discuss co-operation . |
| 23 | The X-CS association that results would then interfere with subsequent attempts to establish the CS-US association . |
| 24 | The project models the interdependencies between the exchange rate and inflation in the short-run , addresses the question of the design of stabilization policies to minimize the labour market distortions associated with the business cycle , and considers the effects of domestic and international developments on inflation-unemployment tradeoffs , especially those transmitted through the exchange rate . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 26 | Cllr Johnston said it took the city solicitor 's department two hours to find the application forms , after he had asked why interviews had not been held . |
| 27 | Now , after two years of deepening recession and a dearth of tourists , they are moving to the Left , incensed by government proposals to deregulate the taxi trade and give licences to minicab drivers . |
| 28 | Moves to form new whaling bodies Norway , Iceland , Greenland and the Faroe Islands announced plans to establish the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission , with a first meeting scheduled to take place in the Faroes in September . |
| 29 | And there are no plans to prosecute the store owners . |
| 30 | Add to that the attempts by the Crown Estates to increase the river rent for the Lymington river and South Coast boat-owners could be forgiven for feeling a little shell-shocked . |