Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt to galvanise the Commonwealth at last October 's Harare summit into playing a more active role in support of human rights also represents a welcome if belated shift . |
| 2 | FORMER Tour de France champion Stephen Roche last night revealed the agony behind his decision to retire admitted the pressure cycling exerted on his family life prompted his decision to retire the end of next season . |
| 3 | Having caught the left rough off the tee , she was shaping to hit the kind of second shot over trees and lakes which would have had Laura Davies drooling . |
| 4 | The barons were comparatively few in number ; the Church formally forbade them to marry their sixth cousins or any nearer relatives , and seriously attempted to enforce the prohibition on third cousins ; and even though they did not always accept this limitation , it meant that they looked far and wide in their own class for marriage alliances . |
| 5 | There would be somebody saying , ‘ Well I 'm glad to see the back of last year , ’ and someone else wishing the new year to be as good as the last . |
| 6 | Mr Mayhew was at the scene of the latest bombing outrage in Magherafelt earlier today to see the carnage at first hand . |
| 7 | In the Second Division , neither side can afford to lose the clash between fourth placed Dunston and leaders Stockton at Federation Park . |
| 8 | IT GROWS ever harder to see the decision by the three SNP MPs to support the Government in last week 's key Maastricht vote in the Commons as anything other than a tactical blunder of pretty hefty proportions . |
| 9 | The SNP refused to support the Government in last night 's vote in spite of claims from Government sources that the deal two weeks ago went beyond the single vote on the EC committee and that it covered timetable motions too . |
| 10 | Presumably we shall have a good chew at the clause in Committee , but if it remains in that form we shall certainly be unable to support the Bill on Third Reading . |
| 11 | But he has been trying to unload the firm since last year to help his debt-laden holding company , BTF , and clear the way for him to pursue his political career . |
| 12 | Gazzer 's voice trailed away : words were not adequate to communicate the horror of last night . |
| 13 | United , led by Scotland 's former assistant manager , Jim McLean , will decide at a board meeting this morning whether or not to accept the role of fifth columnists for the Scots in the build-up to Italy . |
| 14 | Dr. Goldsmith did n't want to certify the man at first , but later relented , and Sabey was sent to the asylum . |
| 15 | The Nicaraguans will try to increase the involvement of third parties in the peace process when the two-day summit meeting convenes . |
| 16 | The head of the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom , Helmut Ricke , urged the government and opposition to strike a deal in crucial talks next week on the privatisation of the state-owned concern , Reuter reports from Bonn : the talks between the government and the Social Democratic opposition are due to resume May 14 : politicians on both sides of the debate , which resumed last month , agree a decision must be reached before the Bundestag 's summer recess on July 3 or there wo n't be enough time in the legislative calendar to pass the bill before next year 's parliamentary elections ; TeleKom finance director Joachim Kroeske complained to the Wall Street Jorunal that ‘ We have an organisation more like a bureaucracy than a real company — we have civil servants with lifetime employment , high pensions and salaries that correspond to the length of service and how many children they have . ’ |
| 17 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 18 | He struggled for a moment to remember the rules for first contact with alien cultures . |
| 19 | And I am certain he would love to have been given the chance to impress the NIBA selectors as they prepare to pick the side for next month 's senior championship in Dublin . |
| 20 | Gehan Mendis had fallen to Mark Ilott 's second ball of the day , with the left-armer also hoping to impress Gooch before the England captain joins his fellow selectors on Saturday night to pick the team for next week 's Second Test against Australia . |
| 21 | As they crossed in front of the Queensway Tunnel for the final sprint up William Brown Street , 23-year-old Nadobenko was going so fast he mounted the kerb and bounced back but still had the strength to cross the line in first place . |
| 22 | Mr Luce was urged yesterday by Mark Fisher , Labour arts spokesman , to reopen the books on next year 's arts grant to avoid widespread closures and cuts . |
| 23 | For Bernstein , this is to experience the music at second hand ; he wants us to live through the emotional upheaval rather than be merely aware of its implications . |
| 24 | When can we expect the Government to announce the subventions for next year ? |
| 25 | It would be possible to trace the evolution of first degrees . |
| 26 | He had set down the bag of washing on the floor between his feet , for she had n't been able to manage the washing since last year 's fall . |
| 27 | Nato leaders announced in Brussels a zone would be ready in 24 hours , although the UN is not expected to give the go-ahead until next week . |
| 28 | Is the global food strategy of the United States designed to undermine the capacity of Third World countries to feed themselves , and render them dependent on cash crop earnings to buy food from ever-bulging US silos supplied by fully mechanized US farms ? |
| 29 | A march through central London to mark the anniversary of last year 's poll-tax riot passed off peacefully . |
| 30 | It would be , therefore , better to extend the date until next spring . ’ |