Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The use of the tag strip eases the wiring to the ‘ fielders ’ and the p.c.b .
2 The tag system uses a little less space than the chaining system , as there is no need for a terminal ‘ link ’ field at the end of the chain .
3 The fears were repeated by Conservative back benchers in the Commons this afternoon when the defence secretary announced a number of measures , including the scrapping of a new nuclear missile for the R A F , the selling of of Rosyth and Devonport dockyards and a new role for the reserve forces .
4 There was no meeting of the Defence Committee to discuss the Falklands until 1 April 1982 ; and there was no reference to the Falklands , in Cabinet , even after the New York talks of 26 and 27 February [ with the Argentine government ] , until Lord Carrington reported on events in South Georgia on 25 March , 1982 .
5 The defence counsel said the defendant had admitted losing his temper on finding out that the girl was under age .
6 The defence ministry denied the report .
7 The Defence Ministry said the incident would be investigated .
8 On the day of Baker 's arrival in Israel the Defence Ministry announces the release of as many as 1,300 Palestinians detained in connection with the intifada .
9 On July 30 the Defence Ministry announced a decision in principle to purchase anti-aircraft missile systems for the first time .
10 When an accused faces a number of charges , it is very common for the defence advocate to offer a reduced plea to a number of the charges , provided others , often more serious ones , are dropped .
11 Cheney 's decision to cancel rather than rescue the stricken programme was also widely interpreted as an attempt by the Defence Department to repudiate the long-standing convention that defence contractors could enter into unrealistic contracts confident that the government would make good any losses suffered in cases other than fraud or gross mismanagement .
12 US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation , citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml. ( retd ) William Crowe , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , that the Vincennes had been in Iranian waters when it fired the missile , not in international waters as previously claimed .
13 Yet the Defence Force offered a chance admittedly small — of subsequently entering the Imperial Guard and leaving the claustrophobic hives of Necromunda entirely for other worlds .
14 The Response controller keeps an eye on its peripherals by constantly ‘ polling ’ them in sequence .
15 Whatever your circumstances , the point is that you should have enough money coming in in the Income column to meet the outgoings in the Expenditure column with , hopefully , a bit left over for rainy days and holidays .
16 Similarly , including current cost accounts marks a shift towards an entity view because there the income statement shows the current cost profit after maintaining the operating capability of the business as a whole , as well as current cost profit attributable to shareholders .
17 Harmful quantities of radiation are also released both before and after the uranium fuel enters the power station .
18 The hunters of birds piled their catch and the moment of elation passed as the woman came into the tent space to watch the death flight of her youngest born .
19 The vaccinia DNA included a promoter region — a genetic ‘ on ’ switch that would ensure the production of the protein from the HbsAg gene .
20 They argued that as vaccinia is cheap and easy to grow , and , even more important , to administer , persuading the vaccinia virus to make the hepatitis antigen might provide an answer to the Third World problem .
21 In case you find that potential recruits feel that the Park Society offers a marginally cheaper way of supporting the Welsh countryside , I think it is important that everyone understands the difference between us .
22 It is time for the Park management to approach the Councils and the local residents to agree a scheme to stop the Park being used as a thoroughfare .
23 The majority team has an automatic resistance to being displaced , simply by virtue of being in the majority .
24 The majority opinion emphasises the subjective condition that the General Assembly must be satisfied of the need for the wider powers , but does not make the power of granting oral hearings rest upon the precondition of failure of its duties by South Africa .
25 The majority vote carries the resolution .
26 In practice , however , this is not the case because the party organises the Commons as well as the electorate and the leadership of the majority party forms the government and Cabinet .
27 However , the WPA was persuaded to give up its seat to the PPP , as did the TUF ; in return the PPP , which as the majority party had the constitutional right to determine the two NCLDO seats , allocated one to itself and the other to the WPA ; the final distribution of Assembly seats was PPP 35 , PNC 27 , WPA 2 , TUF 1 .
28 After a general election the monarch has the formal responsibility to ask the leader of the majority party to form a government .
29 Most Tory MPs are determined to maintain the tradition that the majority party nominates the new Speaker when the position becomes vacant .
30 The backlash within the majority population took a different path .
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