Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The executive responsible is a member of the Board assigned to ensure the successful progress and completion of the project . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The four switching transistors in the bridge require separate base drives to amplify the two ( positive and negative ) phase control signals . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Three quarters of the money goes to maintain the national organisation and to provide central services for Bureaux . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The new Christian has to learn the old hymns and to appreciate them . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The retailer needs to know the best time to advertise … goods . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Soon he was hammering on the door , thud after thud , a noise fit to wake the dead . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Brown , a black parent , was supported by the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ) in a case designed to test the widespread practice of having separate schools for blacks and whites . |
| 19 | First , while parliament has to vote the annual Estimates , the party system in the House of Commons is such that it is virtually unknown for Parliament to amend the Estimates put to it by the government . |
| 20 | The user has to judge the exact moment to stop . |
| 21 | Straight chemical fertilizers are for the most part designed to provide the three major elements nitrogen , phosphate and potash , and seldom if ever contain any of the minor elements . |
| 22 | Now it is clear that we do sometimes have alternative ways of determining guilt and innocence to our own satisfaction and it therefore makes sense to think of a fair trial as a trial designed to produce the correct verdict where correctness is assessable by some other objective standards , but in many cases this is not so and in practice the correct verdict is simply the one which is reached after a fair trial . |
| 23 | A taxpayer making a lease or buy decision needs to determine the after-tax cash flow of each option and evaluate the cash flow using the after-tax discount rate . |
| 24 | Any major player in this field has to take the imminent MPEG standard very seriously . |
| 25 | The regime of course wants to keep the old order the A N C and freedom-loving people want a new order and a quick change but how do you mo move to that situation when you also have the right wing and the security forces and elsewhere not wanting change ? |
| 26 | We look after those little things , which make such a difference to your enjoyment … baby changing facilities , an exciting quiz trail designed to test the whole family , a free camera loan facility … and more ! |
| 27 | Labour sought to turn the general election into a referendum on the NHS , asking voters for a mandate to reverse the changes . |
| 28 | The research sought to identify the key factors affecting urban economic change , to examine the consequences of change for the urban economy and the employment of inner city residents , and to assess the effects of public policies in impeding or facilitating urban adjustment to change . |
| 29 | The Personnel Manager has advised Heads of Department to continue to operate the present voluntary screening programme except : — |
| 30 | At first the flats had been let to carefully chosen tenants and an attempt made to preserve the modest amenities ; the square of lawn bordering the road , the two rose beds , the hanging windowboxes on each of the balconies . |