Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She knew that Sarah planned to wear a midnight blue taffeta dress , with silver sandals and her mother 's diamante clips and fur cape . |
| 4 | Washbrook : composure and constancy at a jaunty angle Frank Keating dares to wish a four-square and formidable hero a very happy birthday . |
| 5 | It was only when negotiations with Parnell failed to produce a compromise that he led the clerical attack on Parnell 's leadership . |
| 6 | In the event , Wellington failed to form a government . |
| 7 | 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 … ’ |
| 8 | FOLLOWING two weeks in Romania helping to renovate an orphanage , believes that she has found her true vocation in life and on is leaving her job at the Ipswich Grain Terminal to return to the orphanage and continue the work . |
| 9 | Even before opening , the New York Kunsthalle has suffered a setback . |
| 10 | A few minutes later , installed in the office , a small room looking out on to the quarantine quarters , Sophie tried to find a topic of conversation that would keep things on a professional basis . |
| 11 | In this latter area Johnson Matthey has developed a number of technetium-labelled agents for medical imaging . |
| 12 | To provide even greater precision in temperature measurement , Johnson Matthey has introduced a line of temperature sensors based on patented optical fibre |
| 13 | Mooney has received a onematch suspension for reaching 21 disciplinary points this season after picking up a booking at Carlisle 12 days ago . |
| 14 | Actress Brigitte Bardot has launched a campaign to have France 's 35 million dogs and cats sterilised . |
| 15 | Mr Truman has made a number of discoveries and new attributions , not without correcting even the minutest mistake in the previous catalogue . |
| 16 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , corner shop keeper Frank Allan has repeated a call for traffic calming measures in the surrounding alleyways . |
| 18 | In order to prepare an informed and adroit response to the Welsh Office on its proposed package of measures , CPRW has invited a number of people with special skills , experience and expertise to meet under the chairmanship of Professor Michael Haines , to consider the Welsh Office 's proposals and offer advice on the most appropriate response for CPRW . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , NCR has formed a $3 million alliance with Software Clearing House Inc to sell Frame Technology Corp 's FrameMaker desktop publishing software into the NCR customer base . |
| 20 | ANGRY Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has slapped a ban on former Old Trafford supremo Tommy Docherty . |
| 21 | In the past , ICL has expressed an interest in taking on Cypress 's SuperSparc-compatible part . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid Judd has had an accident — in an aeroplane . |
| 23 | Without doubt , however , the fall of the barriers between 2.1 million west Berliners , 1.3 million east Berliners and almost another million people in the surrounding area of Brandenburg has recreated a metropolis with immense economic pulling power . |
| 24 | With a broad sweep of his brush Unger has painted an explanation for the replacement of rule with discretion . |
| 25 | Among many other activities of other fellows we may record that Professor Anna Davies gave the Carl Newell Jackson Classical Lectures at Harvard University , that Barbara Harvey has become a member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts , and Hilary Ockendon a deputy director on OCIAM , the Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics . |
| 26 | The Institute is investigating an allegation that rock star Sting has suffered a £4m loss . |
| 27 | In the US , National Starch and Chemical has introduced a line of starch-based fat substitutes , Hercules has introduced a substitute based on pectin and Procter and Gamble has developed Olestra , a combination of fatty acids and sugars . |
| 28 | The door opened again and Peggy entered carrying a tray on which there were three drinks . |
| 29 | British Rail 's choice of King 's Cross as the second London terminal in addition to Waterloo has raised a storm of protest not only from Camden Council but also from Newham which has emerged as a kind of British Amiens in its campaign to site the terminal at Stratford . |
| 30 | IN THE FACE of the millions of people who have become displaced from their homes and their countries , and are refugees , the Vatican has published a document last month to ask Western governments to deal effectively with the ‘ tragedy of forced exile . ’ |