Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Described by Finance Minister Allan Larsson as " austere but responsible " , the budget sought to bring the expansion of public-sector expenditure to a halt [ for austerity measures already approved in December 1990 see p. 37925 ] . |
| 2 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 3 | The important thing was not whether the decision-maker was performing a judicial or an administrative function but whether the decision made affected the rights of those subject to it . |
| 4 | This technique involves feeding the child orally but allowing the food to pass out through a surgically produced fistula at the side of the neck . |
| 5 | The snapshot technique involves injecting the animal with a radioactively labelled version of glucose , 2-deoxy-glucose ( 2DG ) , that ‘ sticks ’ in cells . |
| 6 | A more modern technique involves placing the nuts in a metal cylinder , and the cylinder on the fire . |
| 7 | Monitoring involves tracking the evolution of environmental trends , sequences of events , or streams of activities . |
| 8 | I made the decision to abort using the apparatus and revert to an alternative er means . |
| 9 | This was built into the developing environment from the start , and continued to receive attention as and when the opportunity arose to help the children expand their existing range of choices . |
| 10 | Some of this support was on a substantial scale : a large cheque given to enable the parents to ‘ buy things for the baby ’ ; a capital sum to enable a young architect to buy into a new firm ; paying the wages of a home help to assist a family with several young children ( pp. 92–4 ) . |
| 11 | The majority failed to understand the motivation of some of the characters . |
| 12 | Where forecasts are not legally binding on the buyer , another commonly used alternative is for the buyer to agree to compensate the seller ( up to some agreed limits ) for excess inventory of the products covered by the agreement which are still in the seller 's hands on termination of the agreement , but which he can not reasonably dispose of elsewhere . |
| 13 | Most of the later graptolites had only a few branches and , in the Silurian , species with only a single branch tend to dominate the assemblages . |
| 14 | ‘ For God 's sake , get to sea instantly … , ’ the First Lord of the Admiralty signalled the captain in command of the squadron assigned to blockade the Texel . |
| 15 | FORMER Tour de France champion Stephen Roche last night revealed the agony behind his decision to retire admitted the pressure cycling exerted on his family life prompted his decision to retire the end of next season . |
| 16 | However , in Warren v Truprint [ 1986 ] BCLC 344 a clause which did offer a " two-tier service " was held unreasonable : the customer had no choice in relation to the terms , since such terms were universal in the industry , and the contract failed to indicate the extent of extra liability the processor would accept . |
| 17 | Turns out that that Game Genie sold by Lewis Galoob Toys Inc in the US that enables players to alter the parameters of games , and which Nintendo Co failed to persuade the US Supreme Court to declare illegal ( CI No 2,135 ) , is a British product : according to the Mail on Sunday , the thing comes from Codemasters Software Ltd of Leamington Spa , whose share of the $15m award to Lewis Galoob came to $3.4m ; Codemasters now has sights on Japan . |
| 18 | By comparison , following a chain or tag involves reading the link field , finding the key in it , picking up the address and searching for it . |
| 19 | Ergativity involves using the object of a transitive verb as the subject of an intransitive verb : cf. An explosion shook the room and The room shook ( with the explosion ) . |
| 20 | Thus , providers will not have any responsibility to plan to meet the needs of a particular population , but will , of course , require business planning to secure and fulfil contracts and to attract and treat extra-contract referrals . |
| 21 | The government certainly had no money to spare to help the colonies , and this introduced the general rule that English colonies had to cover their own costs , both in the sense that the government of a colony had to raise enough revenue to pay its own bills and in the sense that there were no subsidies to encourage people to stay in a colony where they could not earn their own living . |
| 22 | Accordingly , the Buyer agrees to take the goods in their current state , after having satisfied himself by inspection , as to their quality and fitness for the purpose for which the Buyer requires them . |
| 23 | At the very least the seller agrees that the buyer shall become the owner and the buyer agrees to pay the price . |
| 24 | ‘ This is one more example of our ability and willingness to continue to support the UN in the cause of peace . ’ |
| 25 | The opposition also emphasized that the referendum failed to address the issue of the 10,000 US troops stationed in the Panama canal zone and the need to provide for the future security of the canal when it came under complete Panamanian control at the turn of the century . |
| 26 | The Brownings have no room in the Casa Guidi should they ever be willing to shelter him and in any case intend to follow the Storys for another winter in Rome ( entailing another in Florence alone for me ) . |
| 27 | A LAST minute decision to continue funding the after-care scheme for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital was welcomed yesterday by Age Concern Cleveland . |
| 28 | ‘ That flaming midwife hates calling the doctor in but Helen needed him long before he came . ’ |
| 29 | Significant budget measures included a 26 per cent increase in foreign exchange made available at auction , a measure expected to stabilize the naira ; the end of state funding for the two political parties ( the Social Democratic Party and the National Republican Convention ) ; and a doubling of the minimum wage ( from the level of N125 per month set in 1981 ) for public-sector employees . |
| 30 | ‘ But after a long deliberation of all the circumstances , the Board agreed to sanction the contest on the conditions laid down . ’ |