Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he was meeting Wacko Jacko in LA or reviewing the latest Lurkers 45 , Baker had perspective . |
| 2 | He negotiated Malaya 's independence from the United Kingdom two years later and was the country 's first Prime Minister , overseeing the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 , and during the next two years withstanding the threat of " Confrontation " with Indonesia and taking the difficult decision that Singapore secede from the Federation . |
| 3 | We booked into our luxury hotel before visiting Orchard Road , Little India , Empress Palace , climbing Faber Hill and touring the grim Changi Prison . |
| 4 | It is fired by stirring memories of Celtic beating the mighty Juventus and thrashing the once-great Sporting Lisbon . |
| 5 | First , by borrowing the Big Ideas and process technology that come from the United States and providing the hardworking , low-paid workers , developing nations can achieve competitive advantage . |
| 6 | It is therefore unsettling to find you pushing an ‘ energy policy ’ for the United States and following the old , oft-disproven notion that we are ‘ running out of oil ’ ( January 26th ) . |
| 7 | Martin Crowe set the South African bowlers back on their heels by ignoring his safety-first opener John Wright and sending the pugnacious left-hander Mark Greatbatch in first with Latham . |
| 8 | I think we have something like a hundred and twenty nationalities living in Kuwait and enjoying the free school , the free hospital . |
| 9 | The stage is high , deterring those who see the stage as their personal Kuwait and giving the laser-lit silhouettes of the Inspirals real presence when they arrive to a pre-recorded keyboard and mooing groove . |
| 10 | Simultaneously with doing the evening performances — two on Saturday , at five and eight — he was recording episodes of Beyond Our Ken and making the latest ‘ Carry On ’ film — Carry On Constable- and it began to show with the way Pieces of Eight proceeded . |
| 11 | The mine-workers have always preferred lengthy day-release courses for active members , usually organised through extra-mural departments of the WEA and pre-dating the 1975 entitlements , to the more limited TUC courses ( more limited in three senses : they are shorter , they are role training , and they are only for representatives ) . |
| 12 | In this case , her thought processes were negative , seeking before all else to draw suspicion away from Barney but lacking the vital scene-of-crime evidence which , if Harris 's attitude was anything to go by , pointed strongly at his guilt . |
| 13 | His most famous poem is ‘ Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno cynarae ’ , modelled on the first ode in book iv of Horace and containing the well-known refrain ‘ I have been faithful to thee , Cynara ! in my fashion . ’ |
| 14 | Larry I. Guerrero was elected Governor in the November 1989 elections , succeeding Pedro P. Tenorio and gaining the third successive term for a Republican . |
| 15 | Grants totalling £150,000 over three years are being made to voluntary organisations for projects aimed at dissuading young Scots from drifting to London without making adequate preparation for housing and employment , assisting those in London who want to return to Scotland and supporting the young homeless in Scottish cities . |
| 16 | Tommy Gorman , acting convener at the Albion plant , said Government policies were destroying industry in the West of Scotland and destroying the social fibre of the Scottish people in the process . |
| 17 | Other changes include moving the scriptwriters to Spain and banning the odd words of Spanish , French and German which had crept in . |
| 18 | The next time Seve played after his Open win he was at St Mellion and playing the worst he 'd played to shoot a 79 . |
| 19 | He also served the king , acting for three periods as justice of Chester and holding the usual range of local commissions . |
| 20 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 21 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 22 | On numerous occasions massive Orc armies have swept down from the north , destroying the towns and cities of Kislev and invading the northern provinces of the Empire . |
| 23 | Though no world-beater in the trailblazing Thompson mould , he emerged as Britain 's number one decathlete last summer , taking the bronze medal at the World Student Games in Sheffield and claiming the sole British place for the World Championships in Tokyo , where a hamstring tear forced him to withdraw on the eve of competition . |
| 24 | Stressing China 's hard-won independence and unity , Jiang said : " The past 70 years prove that only by following the leadership of the CCP and taking the socialist road can our country become powerful and prosperous , our nation be rejuvenated and our people enjoy a prosperous life . " |
| 25 | I asked him about going to the Highlands and seeing the wonderful colours there and he just looked at me and said ‘ too amorphous ’ . |
| 26 | The fine statues on the topmost balconies of the Ayuntamiento and framing the moonlike clock-face gestured against the midnight skies , and at once I was under the spell of the past . |
| 27 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 28 | Sipping a large Armagnac and enjoying the heady aroma of a Havana cigar , he had come to terms with the fact that life could , and would go on . |
| 29 | Sinai and experiencing the local cuisine were all part of the fun on offer , not to mention the facilities of the Sport Hotel , of which the swimming pool was by far the most popular . |
| 30 | Lord Manchester 's delay in sending troops south resulted in King Charles ' forces reaching Salisbury and relieving the Parliamentary siege of Donnington Castle . |