Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good illustration of this point is provided by a case in which the London Borough of Greenwich sought to challenge by judicial review the distribution by the Government of a leaflet explaining the poll tax : the Borough argued that the leaflet was inaccurate and , therefore , that its distribution was illegal . |
| 2 | After 15 months of tough talks , Moscow agreed to pull out most of its troops by Nov 15 this year . |
| 3 | Jim has to deal with any X-rays , lab reports . ’ |
| 4 | Afterwards Grayling tried to think of some reason in the environment that might have had something to do with the outburst . |
| 5 | Chairman Garry Gibson said yesterday : ‘ Baker wants to leave for personal and not professional reasons . |
| 6 | Peurl also wrote four canzoni and these , with a few examples by Hassler and Aichinger , Schein and Scheidt , are practically all that Germany has to show in this genre . |
| 7 | Soviet Union appears to accept reunification of two states is inevitable Kremlin agrees to plan for German confederation . |
| 8 | Soviet Union appears to accept reunification of two states is inevitable Kremlin agrees to plan for German confederation . |
| 9 | Viol tried to flag down another , but the driver ignored him . |
| 10 | COMPRESSED : STAC HAS TO LAY OFF 40 EMPLOYEES |
| 11 | Miss Kenton seemed to think about this before saying a little sulkily : |
| 12 | Nellie seemed to drift through each day starting a lot of things and never finishing them , and doing an awful lot of washing . |
| 13 | Mr Takizaki prefers to poach from other firms , saying that people of varying backgrounds help his company to be creative . |
| 14 | As shopkeepers themselves , Reg and Sue like to buy from local shops . |
| 15 | He was potentially a useful ally and one with whom Edward needed to keep on good terms , if only because of his claim to the French throne ; but he proved unreliable and the expedition to Normandy was aborted when he suddenly came to terms with John II . |
| 16 | Tributes to Peter Scott continue to flow from all quarters of Planet Earth which he served so wonderfully well and WWF-UK has more reason than most to mark this loss of its Founder Chairman and main source of inspiration since its inception 28 years ago . |
| 17 | V. P. Singh offered to resign as Prime Minister on July 14 . |
| 18 | He tried to export revolution to the rest of Latin America , while Leonid Brezhnev preferred to deal with established governments . |
| 19 | The sticking-point for Buckingham is the murder of the princes in the Tower , and in two brief soliloquies Richard resolves to break with this half-hearted Machiavellian — ‘ High-reaching Buckingham grows circumspect ’ ( IV.ii.31 ) . |
| 20 | The British had never envisaged such a rapid build-up to this situation : India 's constitution was not finalised until 1950 , while Pakistan had to wait until 1956 for its soon-overthrown constitution ! |
| 21 | Relations with Indonesia continued to improve despite further incursions by Indonesian troops in pursuit of Melanesian separatists from Irian Jaya . |
| 22 | It seems therefore that Cunningham continues to apply to all statutory offences of " maliciously " . |
| 23 | When the Turks finally overthrew the last of the Kotromanić rulers in 1463 , Vukšić continued to resist for another twenty years . |
| 24 | Despite the setback , Townsends continued to operate for many years , through Two World Wars , until they were finally absorbed into the Rank , Hovis , McDougall Company . |
| 25 | In one scene Dustin had to tear into one of his canvases with a palette knife . |
| 26 | But commander-in-chief Douglas MacArthur wanted to play for higher stakes . |
| 27 | LEAs have to bid for these grants . |
| 28 | But David volunteered to serve with Total Tartary . |
| 29 | The high speed tumble kept him off a bike until February but Cardus refuses to admit to any worries about his relative lack of testing . |
| 30 | Aware of the continuity of German history and bearing in mind the special responsibility arising from our past for a democratic development in Germany committed to respect for human rights and to peace , |