Example sentences of "[noun prp] [unc] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen had to write to Penny erm voicing the all green party 's objection to the supporters scheme that the National Party are putting out . |
| 2 | Hurd declared himself " reasonably encouraged " by his discussions on security issues , although there appeared still to be difficulties over Kazakhstan 's signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty . |
| 3 | The bald election result was bad enough , but then there were the personal touches : that brave but shattered look on Glenys ' face as Neil announced his resignation , the dreadful picture on the back of the Independent of a group of City dickheads celebrating their unexpected winnings , and the downright irritating news that my fellow chatterer on Stop the Week , Milton Shulman , had made a packet at Ladbroke 's predicting the correct result . |
| 4 | An agenda proposal by Yeltsin 's opponents that he should give a " report back " explaining his conduct was defeated in favour of Yeltsin 's giving the customary keynote report in his capacity as Chair of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet . |
| 5 | Even in the event of Israel 's relinquishing the occupied territories this political problem is likely to continue , partly because the absorptive capacity of the West Bank is limited but also because the vast majority of refugees in Lebanon come from Galilee , Haifa and Acre , and consider these places to be home . |
| 6 | Human realities are recognised , but in Jesus 's teaching the lifelong marriage deal is nonetheless firmly upheld . |
| 7 | Now he 's on the editorial and Billy , my eldest brother he er was he came up in Glasgow er getting the Scottish Express . |
| 8 | Let me carry on with this same erm position of John Major erm meeting the Russian president . |
| 9 | Leaders of deputies from the opposition nationalist organization , Rukh , did not carry out their threat to boycott the session of the Supreme Soviet in protest at Kravchuk 's signing the transitional plan for the new state structure at the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies on Sept. 2 . |
| 10 | In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory . |