Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Described by Finance Minister Allan Larsson as " austere but responsible " , the budget sought to bring the expansion of public-sector expenditure to a halt [ for austerity measures already approved in December 1990 see p. 37925 ] . |
| 2 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 3 | The local government statute of early 1864 duly established the zemstvos , elective bodies at provincial and district level empowered to improve a range of local facilities from transport , credit , and insurance to health and education . |
| 4 | The 130,000 postal workers agreed to return to work three days later when the Interior Ministry agreed to make a payment of DM650-900 per employee . |
| 5 | The majority failed to understand the motivation of some of the characters . |
| 6 | However , in Warren v Truprint [ 1986 ] BCLC 344 a clause which did offer a " two-tier service " was held unreasonable : the customer had no choice in relation to the terms , since such terms were universal in the industry , and the contract failed to indicate the extent of extra liability the processor would accept . |
| 7 | Following last night I think that MUFC are going to be VERY worried about trying to reassert themselves … more importantly , I think that the rest of the Premier league will be saying , ‘ well look at that , MUFC wre made to look a bit silly by a group of no-hopers … |
| 8 | The opposition also emphasized that the referendum failed to address the issue of the 10,000 US troops stationed in the Panama canal zone and the need to provide for the future security of the canal when it came under complete Panamanian control at the turn of the century . |
| 9 | Significant budget measures included a 26 per cent increase in foreign exchange made available at auction , a measure expected to stabilize the naira ; the end of state funding for the two political parties ( the Social Democratic Party and the National Republican Convention ) ; and a doubling of the minimum wage ( from the level of N125 per month set in 1981 ) for public-sector employees . |
| 10 | ‘ But after a long deliberation of all the circumstances , the Board agreed to sanction the contest on the conditions laid down . ’ |
| 11 | How do we explain the instances when the density algorithm failed to return an interpretation as was the case in half of the trials ? |
| 12 | In all trials , the shortfall algorithm failed to produce an interpretation . |
| 13 | Interested users of a DC are the creator of a DC , any user who subsequently owns the DC , any user who is the manager of a module referenced by the DC , any user who is the manager of a package which references directly a module referenced by the DC , and any user asked to approve the package through which the DC was activated . |
| 14 | A photo appeared in the FRCC Journal showing the routes , but the crag failed to make the guidebook ! ) . |
| 15 | At trial , his counsel sought to have the statement excluded because P had not been cautioned again before writing it , which was a breach of the Code . |
| 16 | Longer film exposure failed to reveal the presence of these fragments in RNA from aorta and vena cava samples . |
| 17 | At a recent Labour national executive meeting the leader of the Labour group in the European Parliament failed to get a seconder from either left or right for a motion to have this whole issue discussed by the party conference . |
| 18 | The thunder helped to camouflage the noise of my steps . |
| 19 | Staff of the Scottish Daily Express tried to fill the gap when local publication of their paper was ended in 1974 . |
| 20 | Former England spinner Nick Cook clashed with Wasim Akram when the Pakistani all-rounder tried to leave the field during a last-wicket partnership in the tourists ' match against Northants . |
| 21 | His ears tingled and his heart trembled to hear the report . |
| 22 | The Russians for their part promised to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary when it seemed appropriate and Austria agreed not to oppose the union of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia , if circumstances brought it about . |
| 23 | However , the Chairman moved to close the school and transfer the children to Green Haven , and this motion carried 16 to 7 . |
| 24 | The route promised to throw a variety of weather at us . |
| 25 | Political change helped to articulate the drive for reform . |
| 26 | The Roman Research Trust says the publicity from the case helped to sell the manor for more than the reserve price . |
| 27 | Witness their behaviour at the Lapithae wedding feast when the centaur Eurythion tried to rape the bride . |
| 28 | As the wheels skidded on the edge of the precipice a storm tried to hurl the coach and her family down the mountainside . |
| 29 | Sadly , Beneficial is not even entered — an oversight made to look a touch embarrassing when he smashed the Chester course record earlier this month in the Dee Stakes . |
| 30 | Labour sought to play a role in achieving those goals . |