Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During July 1690 , demonstrating the French command of the Narrow Seas , small landing parties were put ashore on the Sussex coast to put up posters urging local residents , and especially army and navy officers , to support their former king , a somewhat pointless propaganda exercise , but a much more serious incursion followed . |
| 2 | Only Perry 's hesitancy permitted the Nez Perce to withdraw safely north up the Clearwater to Kamiah . |
| 3 | Aussie RL chiefs have done a U-turn after originally backing a plan for the Brisbane Broncos to take on John Monie 's Wigan for the World Club crown at Central Park on October 31 , a week after the World Cup final . |
| 4 | A public meeting is to be held at the hospital next Tuesday morning to outline how services there can meet the challenge of reform in the Health Service . |
| 5 | BTEC had to call on FE colleges to create closer working relationships with schools than most existing links provided — and the Council would only authorize a school to run a First Diploma course if it was satisfied that it could provide not only teachers with experience in working in business or in industry but also specialized accommodation and equipment . |
| 6 | The Jordanian government had been under heavy United States pressure to carry out sanctions . |
| 7 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 8 | There is no doubting the determination of Alan Greenspan to hold down inflation , but he does not enjoy the same political independence as Germany 's Bundesbank . |
| 9 | Four Hartlepool men alleged to have travelled to North Yorkshire to carry out burglaries at the Malt Shovel pub at Hovingham and the Castle Howard Caravan Park were remanded in custody by Scarborough magistrates yesterday . |
| 10 | He asked Jane Pargeter to describe how Nicola appeared . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Abdel Ghani on Feb. 27 confirmed that more foreign workers were expected to come to North Yemen to carry out jobs including refuse collection and disposal , in which Somali , Sudanese and Filipino workers were already employed . |
| 12 | First it 'll stop off at Brize Norton to pick up supplies for the Tornadoes operating the air exclusion zone . |
| 13 | Less likeable is a thoroughly daft idea by Rochdale Council to purchase compulsorily weavers ' cottages in Clegg , Lancashire . |
| 14 | However Mr Stevens ' visit to Belfast and his trip to see Nelson has prompted speculation that he was asked by Sir Hugh to go over details of the Finucane murder again with Nelson in case something was overlooked in the original investigation . |
| 15 | MALCOLM ALLISON has advised Bristol Rovers to bring in Manchester City coach Tony Book to link up with him as a joint managerial team . |
| 16 | This has been the case with three out of the past four successful Labour by-election candidates : a slow but novel way for Mr Kinnock to stamp out dissent in his parliamentary party . |
| 17 | The Royal Pioneers from Bicester are heading for Saudi Arabia to carry out logistics operations in support of the famous Desert Rats . |
| 18 | My father again had to part with his men , but , armed with a shovel and a pickaxe he was working on Rye marshes to put up defences against an invasion . |
| 19 | Some may see it as a chance for Mr Major to show how Britain can use the EC to promote its own policies from within . |
| 20 | It was Mr Webb who joined Robert Maxwell to buy out Derby in 1984 ; he recently severed his links with the club . |
| 21 | The first General Manager there , Dr Girgis Salama from Egypt , has been asked by Governor Solomon Lar to set up plateau State Television in direct competition with the television station Salama himself had launched . |
| 22 | As he reached the corner of Chandos Place , Sir Thomas Throgmorton was descending from a carriage in front of the Imperial , handing down Angelina with impeccable politeness and leaving young Oliver Michaels to help down Gwendolen . |
| 23 | Tours were organised by Dr Marchbank and conducted by the Librarian , Miss Wright and Ms McGrath , with the help of Miss Cowan and Mrs Booth to round up stragglers and ensure no-one got lost . |
| 24 | Northumberland quilts to toss over chairs start at £70 . |
| 25 | At Folkestone the stewards asked trainer Roger Hoad to explain how Carfax came to be declared a ‘ non-runner ’ by the Press Association , who supply riding plans to the newspapers , after running second to Yanbu in the Sellindge Selling Handicap Hurdle . |
| 26 | She has written to President Bush offering to hand over part of her late husband 's fortune for distribution to the poor in the Philippines . |
| 27 | GENEROUS PASSENGERS have helped Canberra staff to raise almost £4,000 for two charities . |
| 28 | More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at Hambleton Community Centre on Wednesday morning to hear how evidence would be presented at the hearing starting on May 19 . |
| 29 | To say that one copy is sufficient and that it is probably available at the British Library is good enough grounds for an organisation such as Brent Library to throw out books that are ideologically unsound , as unquestionably it did . |
| 30 | The countdown to terror started when Michael and Anthony Faiella , 17 , of Kissimmee , Florida , drove to a popular nightclub on the outskirts of St Cloud to pick up Anthony Clifton and his girlfriend Tammy . |