Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as failing to reward its rural working-class supporters , the Azaña coalition proved to have little to offer the large and politically pivotal class of small tenant farmers . |
| 2 | Naturally , the Ceauşescu clan had to possess more consumer goods than anyone else in order to assert their authority . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , in 1918 , following the retirement of the Rev W B Sleight as President , the Rev F W Gilby M.A. agreed to occupy this position as a stop-gap until the election of a successor at the first Congress after the end of the First World War . |
| 4 | To summarize , the McKinsey matrix seems to have more general scope for devising investment and general financial-management policy . |
| 5 | Two years ago the United States Congress voted to outlaw this counterfeiting by passing the Indian Arts and Crafts Law of 1990 . |
| 6 | Years ago , Shrewsbury Diocese offered to support any woman considering contemplating an abortion if she was prepared to continue with her pregnancy . |
| 7 | The ‘ Sounds in Words ’ part of the test uses a picture-naming approach to elicit words which contain the relevant phonemes ; whereas the EAT focuses exclusively upon consonants , the Goldman-Fristoe test claims to sample all consonants ( except ‘ measure , ) , all vowels and the majority of English diphthongs . |
| 8 | What on earth had Hugh Puddephat done to provoke such passionate hatred in this well-mannered woman ? |
| 9 | LATE SHOW RANGERS suffered a shock defeat at this venue early last season and a repeat looked on the cards as the Ibrox side struggled to find any rhythm after their extra-time exertions against Aberdeen in midweek . |
| 10 | The Quality Scotland Foundation aims to enhance these by providing a focus for lobbying and promotion . |
| 11 | In the Steetley-Tarmac case , Thames Plc and Steetley Plc intended to merge all of their interests in building materials by way of a joint venture called Allied . |
| 12 | After four years of the Val Duchesse " social dialogue " the Hanover Summit attempted to reinvigorate this process , calling a meeting of the ETUC and employers ( Unice and CEEP ) under the chairmanship of Delors . |
| 13 | Even the Yorkshire aristocracy seemed to share this carefree attitude to time . |
| 14 | Albion Market failed to do this . |
| 15 | The Faulks Committee failed to consider this unfair burden on the media , or to recommend the obvious reform that it should be borne by the plaintiff 's estate . |
| 16 | Later Mr Arbiter — a former radio reporter — said : ‘ The BBC crew wanted to do some filming so I was taking them round . |
| 17 | Quite understandably , the Commission objected to this procedure , which made UK tapwater appear to have less lead in it than the consumer experiences . |
| 18 | Unisys Corp plans to redeem all its $200m outstanding 9% notes due October 1 1993 at 100% of the principal amount of the notes , plus accrued interest at the end of the month . |
| 19 | Japanese companies continue to find the going extremely tough in the workstation business , where American companies led by Sun Microsystems Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co continue to make all the running , so defensive alliances are becoming essential , and Sony Corp and NEC Corp shared a platform last week to say that they are joining forces in the Japanese workstation market to enable Japanese language applications written for either of their MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC-based workstation families — NEC 's EWS4800 and Sony 's NEWS — to run on the other . |
| 20 | The Tiebout hypothesis appears to mitigate this , in so far as individuals reveal their preferences by ‘ voting with their feet ’ . |
| 21 | Pol pot lives to fight another day despite butchering millions of his people . |
| 22 | Early in the second half Davie Tweed was replaced by Tony McWhirter as the Hawick pack began to win more possession . |
| 23 | In New York the Dow Jones Index tried to regain some of yesterday 's lost ground , at at four thirty stood up two point seven two points at two four five five point six nine . |
| 24 | The Clinton administration hopes to prevent that from happening . |
| 25 | According to the Tass news agency , which was in contact with Noriega supporters , the US strike failed to arrest any of his leaders . |
| 26 | ( As with the Hand thesis 91 , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 27 | ( As with the Hand thesis , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 28 | Archaeological digs by a team from Newcastle University failed to find any remains of interest in the area to be developed , yesterday 's planning applications sub-committee was told . |
| 29 | The Northern Echo revealed last month that Darlington council failed to give any money to celebrate the anniversary of North Road railway station . |
| 30 | EVER since the new Booker shortlist failed to include some of this year 's most frenetically over-promoted stars ( thereby affording the rest of the authorial population a good smirk ) the media have been publicly soul-searching about hype . |