Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The officers from Lothian and Borders , Grampian , Northern Constabulary and Cambridgeshire met to review the investigation . |
| 2 | Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies . |
| 3 | Leeds Crown Court was hearing a statement about the reaction of a porter who found her body when Robin Pask asked to see a doctor . |
| 4 | Germany agreed to finance the return of the toxic chemicals , supplied by the former East Germany as agricultural aid , after Greenpeace threatened to return the waste itself and invoice the German government [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 5 | On Nov. 8 Poland and Germany agreed to de-restrict the use of territorial waters bordering the two countries and to ease restrictions on cross-border road traffic . |
| 6 | Judge Thelma King agreed to re-enter the summonses . |
| 7 | In England and Wales the policy encompassed in Hospital Services for the Mentally Ill sought to overcome the problem caused by the many mental hospitals built at a considerable distance from their catchment populations by opening psychiatric units on district general hospital sites . |
| 8 | She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape . |
| 9 | Washbrook : composure and constancy at a jaunty angle Frank Keating dares to wish a four-square and formidable hero a very happy birthday . |
| 10 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |
| 11 | Her mother Diana , who five months later set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to publicise the dangers of women working alone , fears the worst . |
| 12 | It was only when negotiations with Parnell failed to produce a compromise that he led the clerical attack on Parnell 's leadership . |
| 13 | De Choiseul planned to enlist the help of Russia and Sweden and , less probably , to persuade the Dutch to use their navy to attack their former ally . |
| 14 | Last week McNealy got to turn the heat up under the skillet when Next co-founder and key NextStep architect Bud Tribble moved over to SunSoft Inc as vice president of end user software . |
| 15 | John McCarthy asked to attend the service . |
| 16 | Trent sought to recall the terrain ahead . |
| 17 | Bangor failed to break the deadlock in the 15th and 26th minutes when Paul Gray and Stephen Hill squandered two good chances . |
| 18 | In the event , Wellington failed to form a government . |
| 19 | He wants ITN to continue to gather the news , but for individual companies to be left to edit and present programmes , giving ITN bulletins a local dimension . |
| 20 | Fighting begins when they learn the Daleks intend to pollute the atmosphere with even more radioactive fallout , which will kill the Thals . |
| 21 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Trent fought to hold the BMW upright . |
| 23 | Greene King planned to close the brewery . |
| 24 | When Alice met these two peculiar characters the words of a famous rhyme going through her head : ‘ Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle … ’ |
| 25 | Bernard agreed to give the shop a second chance and hired Jean Revers . |
| 26 | But after 1802 , when the new Lord Lonsdale agreed to pay the money over , Wordsworth discovered the admirable nature of a feudal and paternalistic society ! |
| 27 | Leyland agreed to allow the artist to make minor adjustments to the decor , but while the patron was away , Whistler completely transformed the chamber , gilding the shelves and emblazoning the doors with golden peacocks . |
| 28 | Watkins ceased to use the word ‘ ley ’ towards the end of his life , and caution should be exercised in using the element as evidence of an old straight track . |
| 29 | Jezrael fought to fold the anger away , tuck it down so deep inside her that she would never feel its corrosion again — she hoped . |
| 30 | Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years . |