Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view has also received support from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and from the environmental directorate of the European Commission , although in the UK government itself the Department of the Environment failed to acknowledge receipt of the FoE reports . |
| 2 | Such a situation will be rare , but might arise if , say , the exchange required all floor traders to have their mnemonics printed on their trading cards , failed to accept delivery of the cards by the member to the trading floor , and then brought an action for breach of the original requirement . |
| 3 | His only child was an infant daughter but he also had two adult brothers , William and Ademar , who clearly expected to obtain possession of the county and be the guardians of their niece . |
| 4 | Despite expressions of indignation by members of the Republican Party , Perot maintained his claim and promised to provide proof of the dirty tricks campaign at a later point . |
| 5 | We tried to keep track of the number of taps and translate them into words . |
| 6 | As he tried to grab hold of the beautifully-lit see-through material held by the other men in the show , he called out , ‘ Give me a bit ! |
| 7 | Pattern for the side vents of the 1895 coat , which unbuttoned to allow use of the sword belt . |
| 8 | Mr Edgar tried to get hold of the key , but she threw it quickly into the hottest part of the fire . |
| 9 | Soon after the Persian Wars , as we saw on p. 23 , King Leotychidas of Sparta led an expedition to Thessaly , and ended the tageia of the Aleuads ; at about the same time , Plutarch says , there was a Greek , perhaps a Spartan , fleet at Pagasai , whose strategic importance we have just noticed , and the Spartans tried to get control of the Amphictyony ( see p. 33 ; Plut . |
| 10 | They tried to ascertain news of the tsar and his family , but to no avail . |
| 11 | The previous Congress Party government tried to lay part of the blame on Pakistan , saying that Khalistan terrorists had been trained and armed across the frontier . |
| 12 | The previous Congress Party government tried to lay part of the blame on Pakistan , saying that Khalistan terrorists had been trained and armed across the frontier . |
| 13 | We have been living in exciting times and it has needed a strong hand to keep order in the town , where all the disorderly elements tried to take advantage of the situation . |
| 14 | ‘ Your partner probably recognised you as the innocent you are — and tried to take advantage of the fact . |
| 15 | Four people were killed in Glina in several days of fighting which began on June 26 when Serbs tried to take control of the police station . |
| 16 | His responsibilities in Africa ended in 1962 and he moved to take control of the group 's European operations which were beginning to take off . |
| 17 | Wilson rose to become Chief of the Imperial General Staff at the end of the war and he was made a viscount , but with the publication of a book based on his diaries in 1927 ‘ Wilson 's reputation was blasted … |
| 18 | Isabel stood as though chained to the floor , her heart galloping out of control like a runaway steed as she tried to make sense of the unholy din . |
| 19 | Then , as Fabia tried to make sense of the menu written in Czech , he looked across to ask , ‘ What would you like ? ’ |
| 20 | Which future prime minister did Harold Wilson beat to become leader of the Labour Party ? |
| 21 | in Community Medicine at Manchester , spent nine years lecturing , then moved to become Secretary of the Community Health Council for Ealing and Southall , and then spent ten years working for Leeds City Council in Planning and Development in the Social Services . |
| 22 | In 1990 he tried to register ownership of the land but his claim was opposed by the county council and residents . |
| 23 | THE SERIES DESIGNED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE THEORY BEHIND TEACHING |
| 24 | The authorities failed to regain control of the situation . |
| 25 | Murtach had learned of a great wolf pack that seemed to roam west of the Skriaig and had been seen by a few desperate hunters seeking deer beyond Ralarth 's borders . |
| 26 | But in the middle of the plain of Kossovo Milosh came to take leave of the Tsar . |
| 27 | Hetty had left the shop to work in an ordnance factory soon after Sarah returned , and now to add to the misery of the two girls , Mabel went to train as an auxiliary nurse and Mrs Dyson 's sister came to take charge of the shop . |
| 28 | They had n't known her well at all , but for some inexplicable reason they seemed to take charge of the situation and to deal with it in a totally intuitive way . |
| 29 | Erm but anyway you s you started off with er with some greeting and er and er appropriate sociability erm one thing I noticed that Martin seemed to take control of the handshake and that 's something that was pointed out this morning and , and looked at and from where I was it looked as though he was keeping hold of your hand some time , you had your buyer 's guide and whatever in your other hand and you could n't , you know , bring it over and , and put yourself back into control erm and an interesting one and a , an e an example to all of us I think . |
| 30 | Interpretation of words with more than one meaning ( like nails or seal ) is determined by the schema activated to make sense of the discourse ( Lehnert 1979:80 ) . |