Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth would never lose its power to wound , but Maria lacked any inclination to retaliate , aware that the same truth must be hurting Luke just as deeply , albeit in an entirely different way . |
| 2 | The British had insisted that the Masai sell some cattle to pay for schools and clinics and — there was clearly a hint of blackmail — to contribute to the war effort . |
| 3 | SOCIAL Security Secretary Mr Tony Newton announced four steps to protect occupational pensions of people whose companies are involved in takeovers or mergers . |
| 4 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 5 | Luckily , there is a back doorway with some machines and QRAM used this loophole to produce Upper memory blocks . |
| 6 | The aim is to ensure that Graseby Andersen has adequate resources to fund further growth , possibly by the acquisition of complementary companies or product lines . |
| 7 | For the first time in a BHC hovercraft , the AP1-88 has separate engines to provide lift and generate forward speed . |
| 8 | Miki and Chris took up the challenge from the Jim Rose Travelling Circus to drink the bile ! |
| 9 | He seems to me to be swimming in dangerous waters here , but then Mr Evans-Pritchard probably knows that Rigoberta Menchu has better things to do with her prize money than spend it on litigation . |
| 10 | Beyond the labyrinthine complexity of the diplomatic manoeuvrings detailed in the Chronique , Nizan articulates three hypotheses to explain the events of September 1938 : ( a ) the British and French governments , convinced that Hitler 's threats of war were no mere bluff , simply capitulated ; ( b ) the British and French governments exploited the political tension on the international scene in order to reap maximum dividends on the domestic front . |
| 11 | Of the dozen or so choirs in the Navy , including two in Gibraltar and Hong Kong , the one in Greenwich has sufficient expertise to record hymns for use in ships at sea . |
| 12 | Salah Muhammad got seven girls to stay at school by using his position as headmaster , by his qualities of character — his fundamental reasonableness , his doggedness in persuasion — — and by his skill in diplomacy . |
| 13 | Dr Neil made vain attempts to stifle the bleeding , his own face now as grey as the bedlinen had been before it turned red . |
| 14 | Kempster made 13 recommendations to improve management of Hong Kong 's boat people , including the separation of north and south Vietnamese . |
| 15 | Conran asked this manager to carry out a feasibility study , the result of which convinced him that Habitat should move into France , a country for which he has always had a great fondness . |
| 16 | Along with the rest of Scotland 's front five — Kenny Milne , Paul Burnell , Andy Reed and Damian Cronin — Wright made sufficient impact to earn selection for the Lions ' tour of New Zealand . |
| 17 | From this type of starting-point the SDPP expected two things to flow , namely the capturing of a long-term vision within which short-term goals were to be set and , second , a relief in teacher stress . |
| 18 | Mr McCrickard has two years to get the TSB into shape before the protection against takeover bids expires . |
| 19 | David has another secret to share . |
| 20 | Thus , quite justifiably , Marx and Engels used anthropological examples to show that private property or the State is not a necessary institution for human beings . |
| 21 | An agricultural commune was established at Lindfield but seems to have been short-lived , and Lord Chichester helped 300 people to emigrate . |
| 22 | King Husayn used this situation to persuade the PLO to embark upon its risky alliance with Jordan in pursuit of a peace solution , which finally collapsed in early 1986 . |
| 23 | At Rabat in October 1974 and a month later at the United Nations , the PLO routed Jordanian claims to represent the West Bank population . |
| 24 | Nobel has three years to reduce its assets and pay off Nordbanken . |
| 25 | When Philpott received official permission to increase his field operatives from twenty to thirty he put Sabrina with them to form the original Strike Force Three . |
| 26 | Together with John Varnom , Branson concocted some ideas to give Event ‘ some bite ’ . |
| 27 | Work continues with NEC on the low-power VRX R4000 iteration , though SGI has n't decide whether it 'll productise the thing yet , it may prefer instead to let NEC bring portable technologies to market and OEM them . |
| 28 | The Coln Valley Smokery uses traditional methods to smoke fish such as salmon , trout and eels . |
| 29 | ASAP uses this video to trigger dialogue on other students ' neighbourhoods , to break down stereotypes , and to excite more students to conduct research on their communities . |
| 30 | In late July 1989 Saudi Arabia and the United States opened secret talks to extend the life of a floating military base in the Gulf established at the height of the Iran-Iraq war . |