Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I will want Parliament to see the report the Government has got . |
| 2 | In an attempt to curb the Guild the ILP reduced its age limit to 21 at the 1935 annual conference , thus removing many of the advocates of YCI affiliation from the Guild 's leadership . |
| 3 | In a last ditch attempt to win the war the Witch King launches a desperate winter offensive across the Shadowlands . |
| 4 | In an attempt to resolve the dispute the heads of the Jordanian , Palestinian and Israeli delegations held daily discussions in a State Department corridor , and the Palestinian side called unsuccessfully upon the USA to intervene . |
| 5 | Dissuaded by his friend and mentor Arthur Pearson from his original intention to call the movement the ‘ Imperial Scouts ’ , Baden-Powell performed a remarkable juggling act in the early editions of Scouting for Boys where he struck every nerve of the Edwardian anxiety — as fresh air philosophies , nature study and camp fire yarns jostled for space alongside a tub-thumping imperialism , anti-socialist harangues and shuddering prophecies of racial doom . |
| 6 | In an attempt to force the issue the respective republican parliaments on Nov. 17 had passed by large majorities similarly worded resolutions authorizing the split and declaring that they would " assume full responsibility for the continuity of state power " on the territory of their republics after Jan. 1 . |
| 7 | Every time I flick the rod in an attempt to mend the line the crust pulls off course and washes into the rubbish raft instead of curling round the edge of the tree trunk . |
| 8 | But she was trotting off to the churchyard to clean the stone the other day . |
| 9 | The Federal Assembly on April 20 voted by a large majority to accept a proposal to rename the state the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic ( CSFR ) , thereby ending weeks of controversy over the issue . |
| 10 | An hour later the village bobby was let into the house by Mr Lawson , and shortly afterwards they emerged together for the Chancellor to give the message the world 's money markets had been waiting for . |
| 11 | The EAT , by a majority , allowed the Secretary of State 's appeal against an industrial tribunal 's decision to award the applicant the sum of £4,513.50 to be paid by the Secretary of State out of the redundancy fund under section 106 of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 12 | Following the government 's failure to meet the deadline the CFD held a rally on Sept. 30 in Ouagadougou which ended in clashes with government supporters . |
| 13 | On the other hand , although in recent years the regulation of the financial services industry has generated a lot of judicial review applications against regulatory bodies , the courts have discouraged these largely because they do not want court proceedings to be used as tactical weapons to delay financial transactions by parties disappointed by the failure of a regulatory body to give the applicant the protection it sought from financial predators . |
| 14 | I have never known anyone working in fundamental science who was not motivated by the desire to understand the way the world is . |
| 15 | It had nothing to say about the need to reform the way the country was governed and its manifesto was a ‘ job lot of ideas ’ with little sense of direction . |
| 16 | Words calling for sustained effort ( " search " , " meditate " , " examine " ) are used in the Bible to describe the way the scriptures must be read for maximum benefit . |
| 17 | He says : ‘ I feel I have established a precedent for arguing that if there is a genuine reason why one has n't got the cash to pay the tax the surcharge should be waived . |
| 18 | if there is an obvious refusal to stop the vehicle the officer should show this in his statement . |
| 19 | She told her wrist computer to give the speeder the settings for the shuttle hangar , and as the automatic pilot cut in she turned , intending to climb up to what was left of the weapons deck . |
| 20 | When the House finally has a chance to debate the matter the Minister of State takes 40 minutes over his speech . |
| 21 | Without being offered a particle of evidence to support the accusation the young man sees in an instant that it is true , and abandons the whole project . |
| 22 | We may have been led to finding those four paragraphs because they are , in fact , the divisions which actually appear in the original and we merely sought additional evidence to support the way the author had divided up his discourse . |
| 23 | It came as a shock to see the fervour the group inspired in fans . |
| 24 | They paid to enter the marquee to see the Spot the Talent competition . |
| 25 | It applies if in all the circumstances it would be an affront to the public conscience to grant the plaintiff the relief which he seeks because the court would thereby appear to assist or encourage the plaintiff in his illegal conduct or to encourage others in similar acts : see ( 2 ) ( iii ) below . |
| 26 | Here 's your chance to play the guitar the ‘ Thunder From Down Under ’ has put his name to . |
| 27 | Real purpose of the proposed assignment to give the assignee the right to qualify for a statutory tenancy . |
| 28 | I heard a voice say , I then realised that the voice was mine , but before I had chance to retract the offer the JM publicity machine had roared into action and there were posters advertising the ride in every office . |
| 29 | Say the doorframe 's been busted , then er we 've got authority to contact the board the people who board it up . |
| 30 | While supporting change to allow the Crown the right of appeal against too lenient sentences , I would advocate another change . |