Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 While the Duke of Richmond and a few others remained calm , seeing the essentially limited nature of the outbreaks , some landowners , like Sir Godfrey Webster , temporarily returned from exile , thoroughly enjoyed themselves galloping around the country at night with troops of dragoons or coastguards to hunt down troublemakers .
2 honesty and openness among family members and freedom to talk out problems
3 Distant recollections of established routines and clearly defined duties represent a world where the ability and willingness to carry out instructions was of paramount importance .
4 Mulford said that about $6,700 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed , mostly to front-line states , and he appealed to Japan and Germany to speed up payments .
5 Never more than competent as a draughtsman himself , Kempe was adept at selecting and training young designers and craftsmen to carry out schemes under his direction .
6 I watched Hanley on TV against St Helens and Halifax and he looks to have lost the pace and mobility to close down players going away from him .
7 He said : ‘ It is atrocious to expect businesses and parents to bail out schools .
8 He was a welder that used to help us make up er special tools and things to break down tyres with and the little four-wheeled trailer with it , B-Seventeen wheels on it that Billy has in was made by him .
9 He also claimed that Western imperialism was pressurizing the Soviet Union and China to break off links with Cuba and said that he was surprised by the terrible wave of " neoliberalism " currently " scourging " the world and especially Latin America .
10 Officials are given the power and authority to carry out tasks , but that power is limited by the rules which govern their office .
11 There are compelling societal priorities and pressures to carry out policies of child protection .
12 Assuming that the organ is likely to remain the most common instrument for worship , the Commission urges parishes and dioceses to set up schemes to encourage people to learn the organ .
13 ‘ On top of that , we are still in the middle of a recession which brings the fear of unemployment and unwillingness to take on commitments like mortgages .
14 OK you can criticise Strach for that , but his main talents which are those that have benefited leeds most since his arrival are his passing and ability to take on men resulting in him or a team mate scoring .
15 But Mr Arnold Keilberth , of the German Union in Prague , said there were individual efforts to forge new relations : ‘ There have been voluntary agreements between Sudetens and Czechs to clean up cemeteries in Bohemia .
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