Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly intended to curb the activities of nationalist guerrilla groups operating in the Transcaucasian and Central Asian republics ( particularly Armenia ) , the decree appeared designed for use equally to prevent militia units being formed in the Baltic republics as an alternative to the Soviet police and armed forces . |
| 2 | SOAP addict kids are being let off school early to finish homework before Neighbours . |
| 3 | We had to put the vehicle into second gear most of the way as we proceeded slowly but with great steadiness and sureness up the steep incline , the hill Arsenio and Osvaldo had walked to their lessons as boys , up which Martinho had run to Fr Molloy the day they burnt the FAKINTIL files while Danu lay concealed in smoke below , the hill Rosa claimed with scorn never to have walked in her life , except she was strongly there , too , in spirit . |
| 4 | Good afternoon , Celtic say that Lou Macari is expected in Scotland tomorrow to finalise the deal that will confirm him as their new manager . |
| 5 | But I have come to London early to make myself familiar with it , you see . |
| 6 | Émile permitted himself the luxury of imagining I had come to Paris just to see him . |
| 7 | The government was reported by June only to have initiated proceedings for the extradition of Gustavo Stroessner in compliance with an order for his arrest on corruption charges issued by a criminal court in March . |
| 8 | AS Sir Patrick Mayhew and Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring met in Dublin today to discuss the way ahead , following the local election results , there was no clear path for them to follow . |
| 9 | NATO Defence Ministers , rejecting criticism of a new western policy to contain the conflict in Bosnia , met in Brussels today to discuss how to protect Muslim enclaves designated as ‘ safe areas ’ with troops and air power . |
| 10 | In the fourth century , Athenian democracy was curtailed in ways harder to resist than a Hyperbolus , who could simply be got rid of : the institutionalized power of the men who administered the various state funds grew in the course of the fourth century , and as such people got above themselves Athens became a less democratic place than it had been in the fifth century . |
| 11 | An electric drill is essential for plumbing work : there are a lot of holes that need to be made in walls either to pass pipes through or to secure pipe clips or to support fittings such as basins , central heating boilers and so on — and making these is much easier with an electric drill fitted with a masonry drill bit . |
| 12 | Since a youthful Murray had n't moved to London primarily to find the bass player 's Eldorado , how had he become involved in the live music scene ? |
| 13 | He had n't seen anyone carry on like this since going to watch the World Wrestling Federation with Gilbert Lewis , the man next door 's nephew , who had had a major seizure at the sight of a man called Hulk Hogan and had written to Robert afterwards to say that he ‘ had never expected to see anything like that in real life ’ . |
| 14 | A SPECIAL visit will be made to Islay today to present a major architectural award for the conversion of an old whisky warehouse into a swimming pool . |
| 15 | He found it and obviously felt at ease enough to go ahead with the appointment , ’ said Mr King . |
| 16 | However , Gen. Lewis MacKenzie , commander of UN operations in Sarajevo said on July 21 that 40,000 UN troops were needed in Sarajevo alone to keep the peace and that all sides were breaking " the international rules of war " . |
| 17 | MacDonald , Glasier and others did attempt to develop an organic view of society which denied justice to its working class , and provide guidance on how it might be transformed in order better to integrate the class into a corporate whole . |
| 18 | Moreover , had the local police contacted the British Consul at once , his friends and family would have got to Spain earlier to ensure that all efforts were being made to find him . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , well , if you feel it 's lucky to see all the things you held dear being handled and bought by strangers just to pay off your father 's debts , then I suppose you could say I 'm lucky . ’ |
| 20 | About 70% of all new aircraft will be bought by airlines just to accommodate that growth , says Boeing . |
| 21 | " The sepoys are very quiet , " the Collector called to Harry conversationally to stop him weeping , because now Lucy was starting and he was afraid that she would spoil the powder by dropping tears into the flask . |
| 22 | Here they were presented with a new interpretation of world events from the Kremlin which saw the world as divided into ‘ two camps ’ and called on Communists everywhere to resist US ‘ imperialism ’ . |
| 23 | A further demonstration of 5,000 communist activists on April 12 called on Koirala either to lower prices and pay adequate compensation to the families of the dead , or to resign by April 27 . |
| 24 | During this period three Fulmars , on patrol from ‘ Formidable ’ , landed at Hal Far to refuel . |
| 25 | Some signs have been erected in Edinburgh specifically to help cyclists , as follows : |
| 26 | Some signs have been erected in Edinburgh specifically to help cyclists , as follows : |
| 27 | Some signs have been erected in Edinburgh specifically to help cyclists , as follows : |
| 28 | This session ended with the Head of Department visibly upset by the criticisms over output , particularly homework , and it was decided that an extra session should be arranged in order further to explore issues in evaluation and assessment . |
| 29 | Captured moths were consigned to jamjars overnight to await the matinee . |
| 30 | The cost of admission is figured at $150,000 just to get to the point of manufacturing . |