Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 2 | It is for this reason that Keynesian stabilization policies have been criticized for relying on the ‘ unexplained postulate ’ of wage rigidity and for assuming that the form of wage and price rigidity , the form of wage and price contracts , is exogenously given rather than determined by , amongst other things , the type of monetary and fiscal policies being carried out . |
| 3 | About 1,200 motorists were also stopped for speeding in the crackdown . |
| 4 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 5 | Is power disguised as stemming from the organisation rather than management at Burger King ? |
| 6 | There followed a frantic exchange of telegrams between Rangoon and Whitehall in which the Governor offered various solutions to the prevailing deadlock , finally coming up with the unexpected suggestion that a new coalition ministry was possible with Paw Tun , the last premier of Burma before the invasion ; U Saw , his predecessor as premier , an unscrupulous schemer who had been interned for dealing with the Japanese ; and Aung San , previously portrayed by Dorman-Smith as a murderer and an enemy . |
| 7 | Sacked for swearing on the helpline |
| 8 | As a respondent in my study commented about economising on the heating : ‘ I turn it off when I 'm in on my own and put a blanket on myself . |
| 9 | Any proceedings in which the claim is £1,000 or less are automatically referred for hearing by the district judge as arbitrator ( N 18 ) upon the filing of a defence . |
| 10 | The case has now been listed for hearing before the Commissioners . |
| 11 | In Canada , LASMO 's shares are listed for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange and the Montreal Exchange under the trading symbol LSO . |
| 12 | Public outcry followed the revelation that Ben Silcock , who was mauled after climbing into the lions ' compound at London Zoo , was severely mentally ill and was not getting adequate treatment . |
| 13 | But things did n't quite go as expected during filming outside the Daily Mirror building in Holborn , London … |
| 14 | Aphrodite 's lie about a non-existent human father , ‘ King Otreus , of Phrygia ’ , is designed to conceal her divinity from her human mate , who is applauded for seeing through the fiction because of something uncanny in his bed-mate 's bearing — sometimes specified as her gait , her way of walking . |
| 15 | Nathalie Ions and Clare Jefferson , aged seven and eight , both live on Blue Hall estate , which is included for revamping in the City Challenge bid . |
| 16 | A clear and detailed historical account of this event is given by Ammianus Marcellinus , who has always been accepted as one of the more reliable of the ancient historians , although it has been recently pointed out by Professor Malcolm Todd that Theodosius I was the patron of Marcellinus , who can hardly be blamed for enlarging on the achievements of the father of the Emperor . |
| 17 | Hearts were fluttering when Mark Glendinning put Bangor ahead early in the game , but Apoel Nicosia hit back and Eachus again was partially blamed for letting in the Cypriot team 's winner . |
| 18 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 19 | If he is reported for striking with the boot then he 's liable for a three month ban . |
| 20 | With no football to relieve his loss , Billy took it hard and , on Tuesday 26 July 1932 , the day after the team had reported for trailing for the new season , he was found dead in one of the dressing rooms . |
| 21 | An early decree ordered the destruction of heathen temples ; and the pressure of Westernisation was so relentless and meticulous that at one stage male Christians could be fined for urinating in the oriental , crouched position . |
| 22 | He would never forget how Samuel Reichmann and his partner , Emmanuel Hollander , had been fined for trading with the Germans by the Jewish Court of Tangier , and how one or both of them were on the blacklist of the British Consulate . |
| 23 | Shoes with thick soles and low heels are to be recommended for walking round the centre of Funchal . |
| 24 | Prime Minister Jure Pelivan , a Croat , resigned after talking to the demonstrators , an unofficial source said . |
| 25 | Unless prepared to make an excursion , you would be trapped into eating in the hotel . |
| 26 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 27 | The Scottish Office has been approached with regard to the Education Department being required to carry out SCRO checks on Volunteers working with young people in education settings . |
| 28 | As soon as Honor was old enough she had been dragooned into helping with the housework , preparing meals if cook were ill , as well as acting as her mother 's companion . |
| 29 | However powerful or disruptive other actors become , the theoretical framework is still set by what states decide about guidelines or , in a systems perspective , what states are pressured into deciding by the demands of the system . |
| 30 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |