Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent experience of walking Long Distance Footpaths ( LDPs ) has led me to believe that there is a case for de-emphasising certain routes ( I understand that the RA currently recommends Duke of Edinburgh Award Groups to avoid the Three Peaks for example ) . |
| 2 | In 1971 Oleg Lyalin , a KGB officer working at the Russian trade mission in London , defected to MI6 and gave enough information about Russian espionage activities to justify the prime minister , Edward Heath , expelling an unprecedented 105 Russian diplomats from Britain . |
| 3 | Recognising his own inadequacy as a general , he appointed a succession of brilliant field commanders to lead the High Elf armies . |
| 4 | The list referred only briefly and somewhat obliquely to classroom practice , recommending ( but not defining ) : a stimulating and challenging learning environment ; flexible teaching strategies to meet the identified needs of individual pupils ; and specific practical help for individuals and small groups . |
| 5 | The Town Trail attempts to link the long history of Northampton and present you , the visitor , with a taste of the heritage which belongs to this handsome town . . |
| 6 | Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period . |
| 7 | She had spread a newspaper on the chancel steps to receive the discarded items and next to it , arranged neatly side by side , were her handbag , a pair of scissors and a flat basket containing some sprays of foliage and white carnations . |
| 8 | AEA has been working closely with the air transport industry throughout Europe and the US to develop rapid , reliable and cost effective inspection methods to ensure the continued airworthiness of commercial and military aircraft . |
| 9 | Each theory in effect attempts to draw the following distinction . |
| 10 | Norway 's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has called for tough carbon taxes to protect the global environment at the biennial Offshore Northern Seas oil and gas conference in Stavanger . |
| 11 | Discussions are continuing with LCD regarding long term proposals to improve the legal aid system and the best methods of remuneration for the Bar . |
| 12 | This research attempts to provide the first detailed study of the formation of the modern medical profession within the context of local communities . |
| 13 | The research attempts to identify the social and political conditions which contribute to the success or failure of the consolidation of democracy . |
| 14 | Chairs and tables pushed back , we used the rows of tiles on the floor to represent months , two tin cans to represent the original pair of rabbits and coloured wooden discs for the babies . |
| 15 | Therefore , while most of the effort in preparing plans is put in by the business units , the planning department attempts to guide the strategic discussion by identifying key environmental issues . |
| 16 | A report by the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD ) demonstrates the failures of international aid programmes to help the poor to help themselves . |
| 17 | The following study attempts to avoid the first problem by increasing the data available for the calculation of ROC curves and to address the second problem by using a much more varied selection of stimuli . |
| 18 | October 1940 , but made virtually no progress in the winter months and the arrival of British Air Force units to assist the Greek troops , prompted Hitler to act in order to protect the very important German control of oilfields in Rumania . |
| 19 | Alisdaire Lockhart , Development Director , introduces the campaign to generate new investment funds to support the long-term development aims of the University . |
| 20 | Vauxhall has shrugged off the difficulties dogging other car manufacturers to bring the massive investment to its plant at Ellesmere Port . |
| 21 | Vauxhall has shrugged off the difficulties faced by other car manufacturers to bring the massive investment to its plant at Ellesmere Port . |
| 22 | They also aim to motivate development and communication planners and programme administrators to pursue the systematic use of relatively low-cost but effective media in national or local development efforts . |
| 23 | They also aim to motivate development and communication planners and programme administrators to pursue the systematic use of relatively low-cost but effective media in national or local development efforts . |
| 24 | For social research workers to derive the maximum amount of benefit from published data they need to bring some order into their understanding of it , and for this some classification of documentary sources is needed . |
| 25 | Three break-ins in five months forced club officials to adopt the razor-wire option to deter raiders . |
| 26 | Once that has been completed the scaffolding will be removed and the Banco di Roma will provide indefinitely for a team of gardeners and maintenance officers to keep the upper walls free of weeds that grow in the crevices , loosening small bits of masonry and concrete that are then dislodged by birds or lizards . |
| 27 | Nowhere was this cock-eyed way of running a world more poignantly overlooked than in the Band Aid , Live Aid efforts to help the hungry . |
| 28 | You probably also need to edit your LIFESPAN_STARTUP and LIFESPAN_SHUTDOWN command files to use the new configuration file full pathname ( assuming the configuration file was in LIBRARY$DISK : [ LSLIVE ] ) . |
| 29 | The applicant sought a declaration and/or prerogative orders to identify the lawful decisions and correct any unlawful decisions . |
| 30 | The relief sought is declarations or prerogative orders to identify the lawful decisions and correct the unlawful decisions . |