Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 2 | Tariffs and trade restrictions were to be reduced only gradually , so allowing the EEC to concur with the world organisation , GATT , to which the OEEC states belonged . |
| 3 | The lack of an appropriate exchange rate adjustment may well inhibit the ability of members of the CU to adjust to the changes induced by increased competition . |
| 4 | A planning inspector will be appointed by the DoE to deal with the appeal . |
| 5 | In the following year the duc de Richelieu , the French chief minister , sent an agent to Switzerland , Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to report on the press there and the possibility of France influencing it in her favour . |
| 6 | Changes in the longer term included ( i ) the halving of the number of armed forces to about 31,000 over two years ; ( ii ) electoral reform ; ( iii ) land reform ; ( iv ) the creation of a consultative body , comprising representatives of government , employers and workers , to set policy for economic and social development ; and ( v ) the creation of a mechanism to allow the FMLN to contribute to the national reconstruction plan . |
| 7 | Uttley , Britain 's over-40 Ergo champion ( the Ergo is a form of torture disguised as a rowing machine and beloved of masochists everywhere ) , was in the States to compete in the World Championships . |
| 8 | Something else , something as he passed the door of the Volvo to climb into the boot . |
| 9 | Significantly , the ruling came only two days before tens of thousands of people took part in a march from Moscow 's Gorky Park to Manezh Square outside the Kremlin to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ryzhkov and his government . |
| 10 | He called on the NPFL to co-operate with the government in addressing a number of national issues including the rehabilitation of young combatants and the repatriation and resettlement of more than 600,000 refugees . |
| 11 | The currency reform followed a series of economic sanctions initiated by the interim government depriving the rebels of fuel , alcohol , tobacco and other items , in order to force the NPFL to conform to the demands of the peace plan brokered in Yamoussoukro , Côte D'Ivoire , in October [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 12 | It seemed the ideal way for the NFC to go into the private sector . |
| 13 | The Atomic Energy Authority is giving some of its protective equipment to the Ukraine to help with the continuing clean-up operation at Chernobyl . |
| 14 | THE OTHER reason for tuning into Moran 's Manson opera is to hear how he has deformed the music of The Beatles to fit inside the mad brain of Charlie . |
| 15 | Mandela indicated on Aug. 13 that a statement of intent by the government to implement a non-racial constitution might be sufficient for the ANC to call for the ending of sanctions against South Africa . |
| 16 | The Chancellor was to be elected by a majority of the Bundestag to act as the head of the executive , and could only be removed from office by a ‘ constructive vote of no confidence ’ : that is , if the Bundestag voted a Chancellor out , they also had to put forward an alternative to replace him . |
| 17 | It would be lovely to walk along the Champs-Elysées and see the Arc de Triomphe , go into the Louvre to look at the Mona Lisa , and visit the Opera House . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought long and hard before I left the NHS to move into the private sector . |
| 19 | Virginia Bottomley , Minister for Health , has announced that some people on low incomes who also find it difficult to visit their local opticians will be able to get help from the NHS to pay for the optician to visit them at home . |
| 20 | Every morning at about 8 am ducks come out of the Thames to sleep on the jetty . |
| 21 | Churchill favoured having just sufficient troops to make it impossible for the USSR to attack without the need to make such large preparations that its intention to start the Third World War would be self-evident . |
| 22 | ‘ Second , ’ the Doctor continued , ‘ we do n't have to use the TARDIS to escape from the maze . |
| 23 | The mistrust which their recent sufferings had engendered against all Turks made it impossible for the Serbs to collaborate with the more reasonable spahis , who were themselves the victims of the janissaries , whose leaders were known as dayis . |
| 24 | This ceased in 1986 , when I left the Midlands to return to the family home to help my sister in caring for our father , who died in 1988 at the age of 99 . |
| 25 | Charles had earlier cut short two engagements in the Midlands to get to the school on time . |
| 26 | Later Marenches said that he had told the Shah to beware of the mullahs and the merchants in the bazaar , but above all to beware of Jimmy Carter , " I told him that this national and international disaster , President Carter , had decided to replace him . " |
| 27 | Once the London JAC was established , the SCCs were instructed by the LCC to co-operate with the local committees , having as their principal duty the reporting of the economic , social , and educational condition of the school-leavers , while the local JACs were to supervise the conditions of employment , ensuring that they were as favourable as possible for the young people , and that ‘ round ’ children were put into ‘ round holes ’ . |
| 28 | Mae Brown , an educational psychologist , liaises with the SSD to look at the assessment and treatment of children who have been sexually abused . |
| 29 | The chairman of the Society of Authors , Anthony Sampson , has written to the BBC to protest about the shelving of ‘ Bookshelf ’ , broadcast for the past 15 years and the only programme on Radio 4 devoted specifically to books . |
| 30 | The act , who have been playing dates in the US , including guest appearances on the Lollapalooza tour , plan to come to the UK to coincide with the single 's release . |