Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dissenting minorities were driven out by religious difficulties : Roger Williams left Boston within a year of arriving , though it was not until five years later that he made his way south through the dense woodlands to Rhode Island to launch the first settlement based on principles of religious toleration in 1636 . |
| 2 | Leading advertising man Graham Frank and Simon Godfrey , a scenic artist , join singer and model Lisa B to demonstrate the new wool order |
| 3 | There is no risk , thank God , of Andrew Lloyd Webber wanting to enter the Commons , a place of meagre payment , but the Guardian created a fearful frisson when it wickedly asked Bernard Manning to fill the first of its ‘ How I am Voting ’ slots , and drew a mouthful of club-night nastiness . |
| 4 | AI urges King Jigme to release the last remaining known prisoner of conscience , Tek Nath Rizal , who is starting a third year in detention without trial at Wangdi Phodrang Prison . |
| 5 | Thompson is the 4/9 favourite with William Hill to win the best actress Oscar , the shortest odds they have ever given for a British actress nominated for a prize . |
| 6 | This remarkable fact led Roger Penrose to propose the cosmic censorship hypothesis , which might be paraphrased as " God abhors a naked singularity . " |
| 7 | The wife wanted David Thomson to address the Literary Society here , but the committee shot her down in flames . |
| 8 | Mrs Alice James described a man of similar appearance who had rushed past her near Cross Street and she , accompanied by Mrs Lewington and Mrs Loxton , were escorted to Valpy Street to peruse the Criminal Records Office picture gallery . |
| 9 | The Edinburgh Green Belt Trust has been discussing this matter with its funding partners and it will be important for David Oldham to discuss the various views with the Urban Forestry Advisory Group . |
| 10 | Lindon Harrisson 's work tackling the problems our young people face and the ongoing work of David Martin to democratize the European Community institutions . |
| 11 | After my return to England I was able to continue my interest in Burma 's future , for when General Aung San and his colleagues came to London for consultations with the British Government , Mr Attlee asked me to 10 Downing Street to introduce the various members to him . |
| 12 | Bryant , now in the twilight of an incredible career , recovered after dropping the opening set against Australia 's Dennis Katunarich to take the second and third sets . |
| 13 | The bank were held to be affected by the knowledge of the independent solicitor , Mr. Hallworth , of the undue influence brought upon Mrs. Aboody to sign the particular charge . |
| 14 | The presbytery appoints Mr Dugald Campbell to summond the said Janet from the pupil after sermon on Saturday next . " |
| 15 | The presbytery appoints Mr Dugald Campbell to summond the said Janet from the pupil after sermon on Saturday next . " |
| 16 | BBC insiders are understood to be relieved by the appointment of David Mellor to head the new heritage ministry , which will oversee the Corporation 's charter renewal in 1996 . |
| 17 | By applying categories devised by Jean Piaget to chart the intellectual development of the human infant , the researchers conclude that orangutans are capable of the mental reasoning achieved by a two-year old human . |
| 18 | Art means dollars but it may take Madison Avenue PR to persuade the Big Apple |
| 19 | Ar-see-nee-yo coaxes boxer Tommy Hearns into imitating James Brown , gets Bobby Brown to do the Running Man , eats fried pies packed by Malcolm Jamal-Warner 's loving grandma . |
| 20 | He goes on to suggest that the ‘ mixture of bull-running , tipling and popery ’ was later used as a pretence by Edward VI to suppress the entire medieval guild system . |
| 21 | A great many ‘ What if ? ’ questions could be asked on the balance the Production Office achieved in its casting of William Hartnell , Jacqueline Hill , William Russell and Carole Ann Ford to play the four regulars . |
| 22 | Mr Johnson secretly arranged with David Mitchell to ask the crucial question during one of his announcements . |
| 23 | Liverpool 's midweek exertions caught up with them in a low-key second period , but there was still time for Ian Rush to pass the latest in a seemingly endless list of personal landmarks . |
| 24 | In October 1944 his troops landed on Leyte Island to begin the lengthy campaign . |
| 25 | Reluctantly , Kevin helped Sergeant Davidson to get the senseless Liam out of the door and into the morning air . |
| 26 | Another favourite to go out early on was Kevin Mitchell who retired at Portrush on lap one so it was left to Brian Reid , Alan Patterson , and Alan Irwin to carry the main challenge to Dunlop along with Milling and Lougher . |
| 27 | GUIDING deputies with a firm hand , President Gorbachev yesterday got his way at the opening session of Congress , which duly voted against a proposal by the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko to discuss the Communist Party 's monopoly of power . |
| 28 | Catalogues include one published by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux to mark the major Martial Raysse retrospective being held at the Jeu de Paume , Figures du moderne . |
| 29 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 30 | China , it was believed , might have urged North Korea to sign the International Atomic Energy Agency 's nuclear safeguards accord and allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities . |