Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | first , the existing local authorities argued for the retention of the status quo ; second , some Conservative Members of Parliament sought to retain the existing system as far as possible in such areas as Surrey ; third , groups concerned with some services — particularly education — pointed out weaknesses in the proposals as far as their service was concerned ( Rhodes 1970 : 120 ) . |
| 2 | We are not opening in Paris solely to take advantage of the end of trading restrictions within the EC in 1993 , but because the opportunity arose to obtain a suitable area of the Hotel Bristol with our own street window and entrance . |
| 3 | Although the March general election failed to produce an outright winner , it ended the political chaos which had been associated with the final months of Blaize 's administration . |
| 4 | Here pockets of ancient semi-natural woodland , unafraid wildlife and a sense of history and heritage combine to offer a peaceful retreat from the coast . |
| 5 | The 1992 budget planned to limit the public-sector deficit to 9 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , and to save L60,000 million ( about US$48,250,000 ) through a combination of spending cuts , fiscal measures and privatization . |
| 6 | In July the International Committee of the Movements for European Unity agreed to ask the national parliaments of Western Europe to lend their voices to the argument . |
| 7 | The executive responsible is a member of the Board assigned to ensure the successful progress and completion of the project . |
| 8 | This may again be necessary for work with learning resources , but librarians and experienced teachers will in any case want to stress the absolute necessity of previous detailed checking to see that the resources likely to be helpful and required are actually available . |
| 9 | His extravagant action , his grace , his poise and his enthusiasm combine to produce a perfect jumping machine , and people soon realise that they are watching something exceptional . |
| 10 | Young male and female geladas begin to differentiate their preferences in this way well before the male separates to join an all-male group . |
| 11 | The four switching transistors in the bridge require separate base drives to amplify the two ( positive and negative ) phase control signals . |
| 12 | A French proposal to turn the Antarctic into a whale sanctuary failed to win the necessary three-quarters majority for adoption , being supported by 19 countries and opposed by eight , but the proposal will be discussed again at next year 's meeting after a working group has met to discuss the boundaries of the sanctuary and other details . |
| 13 | Because the Milk Marketing Board agrees to pay a fixed price regularly every month , most farmers keep a herd of dairy cows . |
| 14 | HUNDREDS OF heavy metal fans were left stranded at Derby Station last Saturday when British Rail failed to run the usual special train to London after the massive Donington Monsters of Rock festival . |
| 15 | But British Rail failed to obtain an interim injunction against the NUR , the court holding that the union was likely in the highest degree to be able to show that their , ballot was valid . |
| 16 | If the chairman agrees to put an estimated minimum value of an unascertained debt , the claimant of such a debt can vote for that value ( r 6.93(3) ) . |
| 17 | Actually if you 've a complete number of repeats , it does n't matter too much whether it a full repeat or a half repeat at the edges , as both can be mattress stitched to give a continuous unbroken pattern effect . |
| 18 | Three quarters of the money goes to maintain the national organisation and to provide central services for Bureaux . |
| 19 | Coverage failed to highlight the wrongful arrests of blacks or excessive use of force by the police ; nor did it adequately convey the extent of pro-social activity engaged in by black ‘ counter-rioters ’ , such as helping the wounded or assisting the emergency services . |
| 20 | Each writer sought to give an overall biblical interpretation of his subject , but to do so in such a way as to be of practical value to modern Christians who found themselves perplexed by controversy on the subject . |
| 21 | Considerations of finance are important in relation to that , because I do not believe that British Rail has to build an underground station in order to achieve its purpose . |
| 22 | The new Christian has to learn the old hymns and to appreciate them . |
| 23 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise seasonal goods — eg camping equipment will be promoted in the spring , ready for the summer . |
| 24 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 25 | In university libraries the organization of staff for book provision has to resolve a major difficulty — the respective roles of university departments vis-à-vis the library staff . |
| 26 | But I 'm not blaming the journalists , they 're under a lot of pressure ; the CBS or the BBC correspondent has to do the one report for the day . |
| 27 | It thus provides an unusually good opportunity to try to disentangle the general cross-national effects of the crisis from the influence of national political factors . |
| 28 | The scientist has to remember a great deal of information before he can even begin to look for patterns in the data . |
| 29 | Soon he was hammering on the door , thud after thud , a noise fit to wake the dead . |
| 30 | If the West wants to appreciate the flawless , fastidiously formal pleasures of this kora playing from Mali , it 'll have to unlearn its current ideas about ethnic or ‘ world ’ music . |