Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | One other attempt to revive the Pioneers ' intention requires a mention , that of the Co-operative Productive Federation ( CPF ) . |
| 2 | It was known that the financial controls within the industry left a good deal to be desired , but when the new Minister of Fuel and Power , Aubrey Jones , tried to tighten up in 1956 ( even beginning the publication of annual investment targets in a bid to increase the Boards ' commitment to them ) , he found it was not easy to impose such discipline when his target was fixed unreasonably low , as the Boards assured him it was . |
| 3 | A TORY council yesterday failed in a High Court bid to halt a teachers ' boycott of school tests . |
| 4 | At the apex of the pyramid came the princes ' homage to the king — at least where they took it ( excluding therefore the counts of the far south and of Brittany , and the duke of Normandy after the breach of 1051 ) . |
| 5 | Today the owners of the horse were unavailable for comment but their solicitor said that while they accepted the horse broke loose they do not accept liability and are disputing any claim the horse caused the boys ' injuries . |
| 6 | Daak was moving again now , swinging wildly from side to side in an attempt to avoid the lasers ' targeting . |
| 7 | Two parliamentary inquiries reported in January , one into the ethnic clashes in Tirgu Mures in March 1990 [ see p. 37327 ] , and the other into the violence surrounding the miners ' dispersal of demonstrators in Bucharest in June [ see pp. 37544-45 ] . |
| 8 | The narratorial simile guides the reader ; its deletion shows the peoples ' world-view . |
| 9 | At Duperial 's San Lorenzo site , Argentina , close links have been formed with the local neighbourhood to discuss the works ' operations and emissions . |
| 10 | Teacher-student interaction is present and the actual carrying out of an online search increases the students ' understanding of the concepts of information retrieval . |
| 11 | This allegation threatened the Erembalds ' whole social and political position ; so , when it appeared that Charles the Good was sympathetic towards it , they murdered him . |
| 12 | In the build-up to the ground offensive , preparations were made that were consistent with an amphibious assault on the Kuwait coast to draw the Iraqis ' attention away from their right flank , the direction from which the main Allied thrust was eventually to come . |
| 13 | In an attempt to grab the Republicans ' ‘ hot-button ’ issue , the Democrats are now dressing themselves up as the anti-quota party . |
| 14 | The operators can , of they have a mind to question the systems ' automatic decisions , run through the status of the entire building or a single valve . |
| 15 | who , after leaning back on her heels to let her whole weight resist the boys ' tug , found herself suddenly jerked forward , lost her balance , and fell flat on her hands and face on the path . |
| 16 | It was from Egypt , too , that the Minoans imported a limited range of manufactured goods ; the fact that nearly all the imports of manufactured goods were Egyptian reflects the Minoans ' admiration for Egyptian culture : possibly it was the only culture they regarded as the equal of their own . |
| 17 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 18 | The director and an adviser attended the governors ' meeting which received the final report , the director stressing that follow-up to the report was as important as the exercise itself . |
| 19 | This is a pity for his achievement in securing the crucial Committee vote deserves the members ' recognition for his astuteness . |
| 20 | Philip Knell struck twice in two minutes shortly after half-time to save the Blues ' blushes after Ultan McCabe had put the home team in front . |
| 21 | There was no serious attempt to examine the rioters ' underlying grievances — seen as a symptom of the media 's customary neglect of the social problems experienced by black Americans . |
| 22 | Japan , which was expected to pay the largest share of the UN 's cost in Cambodia , had announced its intention to organize a donors ' conference in Tokyo before March 1992 . |
| 23 | The Government have taken no action to limit the authorities ' scope for charging . |
| 24 | The commission of crimes against them will have the effect of diminishing their positive freedom , to which they also have a right ; for example crimes of injurious violence reduce the victims ' freedom to operate physically free from pain , while property offences will deprive them of resources and thereby remove their freedom to choose to act in ways which require the use of those resources . |
| 25 | However , there is authority from cases decided before the 1977 Act that the approach to such clauses is first to construe the contract to define the parties ' obligations without reference to the disputed clause , and then take account of the clause in order to decide what its effect is on those obligations ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd v Wallis [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 936 ) . |
| 26 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 27 | He had printed four volumes before the lord chamberlain forbade the Stationers ' Company to print any of the King 's Men 's plays without permission . |
| 28 | A warrior named No Heart delayed the soldiers ' pursuit , parleying across the river with Howard before promptly slapping his buttocks in derision and galloping away from the man the Nez Perce were now calling ‘ General Day After Tomorrow ’ . |
| 29 | A radical plan to demolish the Commons ' Chamber and rebuild it in the shape of a semicircle is being put forward by a Nottingham M P . |
| 30 | A radical plan to demolish the Commons ' Chamber and rebuild it in the shape of a semicircle is being put forward by a Nottingham M P . |