Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] between " in BNC.

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1 BOSNIA 'S UN commander General Philippe Morillon hoped to nail down a cease-fire between Serb , Moslem and Croat military chiefs today .
2 It is suggested that governments , in managing the economy , have to work out a trade-off between inflation and the level of employment .
3 The aim of these talks will be to set up a dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis in Cairo on elections in the occupied territories .
4 The aim of these talks will be to set up a dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis in Cairo on elections in the occupied territories .
5 Heseltine was anxious to set up a link between Westland and a consortium of European helicopter companies , whereas the DTI was adamant the company should make up its own mind .
6 A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future .
7 Second , the effect of the laws of rhythm in poetry is to set up a tension between two different principles of word combination : syntax , which determines it in ordinary language , and rhythm , which constitutes a second determining principle in poetry .
8 After all this time of wondering , when her instincts told her that he was in love with her yet he seemed to draw down a shutter between them so often , it seemed almost too good to be true .
9 She took up her child and clutched him to her , for his frail , warm , sleeping form seemed to put up a shield between her and the falling ashes around them .
10 It was agreed to reconvene the permanent commission to draw up a treaty between the two countries .
11 It was also planned that wherever possible these local workers should be employed to work with a specific elderly person , and thus to build up a relationship between the two .
12 However , his first involvement was to break up a scuffle between Impey and Burrows , which brought Graeme Souness running onto the pitch to complain to the linesman — strange behaviour from a manager who , last month , was given a five-match touchline ban by UEFA .
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