Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall expenditure was contained by minimal increases in other areas and , in defence , by a 2.5 per cent expenditure cut to DM50,800 million [ for June 30 decision to withdraw from the European Fighter Aircraft project see p. 38980 ] . |
| 2 | Some analysts were gloomily looking to the FT-SE 100 index to fall below the 2,200 level if the 15 per cent base rate is maintained for any length of time . |
| 3 | Maria Luisa de Rojas , General Secretary of the Mejicanos Branch of ANDES , took part in the 8 May 1979 demonstration to protest against the arrest of the General Secretary of the BPR and other leaders : |
| 4 | We recently purchased a SWB III diesel to drive across the Sahara . |
| 5 | The judge has power under s 65(1) of the 1984 Act to refer to the district judge or to a referee ( N 280 ) for inquiry and report : ( 1 ) any proceedings which require any prolonged examination of documents or any scientific or local investigation which can not , in the opinion of the judge , conveniently be made before him ; ( 2 ) any proceedings where the question in dispute consists wholly or in part of matters of account ; ( 3 ) with the consent of the parties , any other proceedings ; ( 4 ) subject to any right to have particular cases tried with a jury , any question arising in any proceedings . |
| 6 | A serious crisis within the ruling Likud was narrowly averted by a compromise agreement on April 5 which induced David Levi , the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister , to withdraw his March 29 threat to resign from the government [ see p. 38835 ] . |
| 7 | For existing 1–2-3 users , version 2.0 is to be released by the end of the year , and will include Chronicle , a networking technique which allow more than one user to contribute to the formation of a spreadsheet via Lotus Notes or cc:mail . |
| 8 | Headley Feast with the national classified , one result to change of the local footballs in the Beezer Homes League , southern division , I 'm afraid it was a defeat for Witney ; Witney one , Canterbury two , that 's in the Beezer Homes League southern division ; Witney one , Canterbury two . |
| 9 | ‘ It was his way of testing you out — you know , one practice to deal with the cow and the other to treat the calf . |
| 10 | Very simply put , you 'd have one amp to deal with the low end and one to deal with the upper mid of your bass signal . |
| 11 | If a stretch of river holds more than one shoal of bream that patrol the same beat , then the only way they can pass each other when feeding on the same beat at the same time , is for one shoal to pass over the other . |
| 12 | So it would seem that children may assist one parent to care for the other who might otherwise go into a home , but apart from this they have to residential homes for some while caring for and thus avoiding the admission of others , and that these two influences cancel each other out in the statistics . |
| 13 | The first problem is that although we claim we no longer look at such concepts of ‘ fault ’ and ‘ who 's to blame ’ when dishing out the money , or the children — even judges now realize that most marriage break-ups have two guilty parties — the law still forces one spouse to complain about the other . |
| 14 | On the proposed council tax , I have just one point to make on the theme of individual freedom . |
| 15 | She 's also produced very kind of her erm , a questionnaire about the Royal Quays erm to take home to their parents and grandparents to bring back and about , probably get a couple of copies of that and then when they 've done that the seventh and fourteenth she 's going to , or we 're gon na select two pupils from each of the classes to go out with her , one group to go into the middle of North Shields |
| 16 | Of course , it is possible for more than one disturbance to occur at the same time so that the cyclical variations generated , although inherently damped , may be quite large . |
| 17 | And I put balanced it out across this , and I set my camera down er down below , on a time exposure which runs off in about one minute , so I had one minute to run up the side of the thing and get out here and balance myself . |
| 18 | After a week of that I decided one night to leave in the morning . |
| 19 | She lifted herself on one elbow to peer at the clock behind him . |
| 20 | Mr Vasarhelyi said he has never refused any offers of work and hoped one day to draw for the Royal Mail . |
| 21 | Isa Blagden , arriving one day to look over the Casa Guidi , called on Wilson and found her lying in a dark room , huddled under the covers of her bed , the Bible in her hand and tears streaming down her face . |
| 22 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 23 | They arrived at the edge of the trees just in time to see Angel One advance to stand over the sprawled figure of Brett Grant . |
| 24 | The rapid increase in such migration since the 1950s has prompted one commentator to speak of the ‘ New Helots ’ ( Cohen , 1987 ) . |
| 25 | Should the use of one program to assist with the writing of a second program in such a way be within the ambit of copyright protection even though the codes of the two programs look dissimilar ? |
| 26 | There is only one thing to say about the Home Secretary 's speech : I have heard more intellectual contributions from Lord Waddington on the subject , and I never believed that I would make that statement about anyone holding the office of Home Secretary . |
| 27 | It was one thing to act as the go-between in the 1970s and to be a successful defrauder of the Americans and other Western states . |
| 28 | It is one thing to step into the unknown , another to do it without exaggerating the claims for the product , and quite amazing to end our launch year with a turnover that exceeds our most optimistic forecasts by 250% . |
| 29 | Throughout August King Hussein was under pressure on the one hand to abide by the UN resolution to impose sanctions on Iraq and denounce the invasion of Kuwait , but on the other hand Iraq and the mass of Jordanians wanted Jordan to support Saddam Hussein 's anti-US crusade and keep open Baghdad 's lifeline through the Red Sea port of Aqaba . |
| 30 | Raising myself on one hand to peer over the ditch before clambering out onto the road , my hand and forearm suddenly went through the soft earth up to the elbow . |