Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The first is the ‘ Austin Special ’ , drawn up by Ted Newman-Jones in Texas and sporting a six-in-line headstock , three of those shimmery-sounding lipstick-tube pickups and a body that looks like someone left a black Les Paul out to melt in the sun , and the second is our review guitar , the Chandler ‘ 555 ’ . |
| 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 | Schafer , who by then was back in the United States and running a military supply business called Minihawks in the Atlanta area . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | It has an international appeal , with the introduction — written by Betty Viner and providing a brief history of the subject — written in English , German and French . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Many individuals stand to do better by leaving SERPS and entering a private pension arrangement into which part of their National Insurance contributions and those of the employer are invested . |
| 11 | Following their disappointing performance against the Dutch on Saturday when they lost 5-1 , England made a number of changes , including dropping captain Richard Leman and introducing a young right-wing triangle of Chris Mayer , Russell Garcia and Rob Hill . |
| 12 | I think we have something like a hundred and twenty nationalities living in Kuwait and enjoying the free school , the free hospital . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The independence of Croatia and Slovenia left Bosnians a terrible choice : staying with Serbia and Montenegro or declaring an independent state , sovereign and recognised but unable to defend itself . |
| 16 | An international team of distinguished academics reported recently in the journal Minerv'a that ‘ We were particularly amazed to discover that the autonomy of German universities to make admissions policies and admissions has been substantially curtailed by the establishment of a single central admission procedure , the ZVS , located in Dortmund and utilising a programmed computer ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | Already the young men in Harare have been coming to Arthur , knowing his record in Mount Darwin and sensing a kindred spirit ; and he offers them a better way than stone-throwing and kidnapping tactics . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For instance , UK booksellers selling by mail to Denmark and exceeding an annual Ecu35,000 ( £25,000 ) threshold of business have to have a VAT registration in Denmark and to charge the 25% Danish rate of VAT on all sales to unregistered customers . |
| 22 | Other changes include moving the scriptwriters to Spain and banning the odd words of Spanish , French and German which had crept in . |
| 23 | ‘ You see , ’ the woman was saying , bending towards Artemis and putting a long cold finger under Artemis 's chin . |
| 24 | He also served the king , acting for three periods as justice of Chester and holding the usual range of local commissions . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | On Feb. 20 an agreement with Germany first planned in April 1991 was officially finalized , forgiving half of Poland 's DM9,100 million ( about US$5,520 million ) debt to Germany and setting an 18-year repayment schedule for the rest . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Bourgois pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning Miss Lamplugh and possessing an offensive weapon . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . " |