Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour Unity Campaign Committee statement issued for " Unity Sunday " on 18 July 1937 called on " all supporters of unity to put the utmost energy into the work of rousing the Labour Party membership to the need for immediate struggle for the demands listed in the programme and to lead the revival campaign by their example of practical work " . |
| 2 | A more realistic approach might be to attempt to reduce the pace of change to meet the economic and environmental needs of the present time . |
| 3 | It is for skilled management developers to use their expertise in the management of change to mitigate the worst effects . |
| 4 | Geoffrey Martel had perceived the propaganda potential of public war as early as the mid eleventh century ; later it enabled Henry the Liberal of Champagne to claim the military service of all lords within his county , a reapplication of the Carolingian ban . |
| 5 | Her life had been spent running from possessive love , and now here she was , feeling it burn and twist inside her , pushing aside her conscious love of freedom to reveal the passionate woman beneath , dark and possessive , capable of fathomless emotion . |
| 6 | After a thrilling final-set victory , the 43-year-old architect said : ‘ I had a bit of luck to win the third set and after Ian took the fourth I thought I would lose . ’ |
| 7 | Mr. Malone referred to the work the government was doing with the Ministry of Defence to support the declining armaments industry . |
| 8 | Oral contraceptives are one of 10 types of drug to join the Limited List by the end of this year . |
| 9 | The RSPCA has called in the Ministry of Agriculture to investigate the living conditions of animals on a farm which was hit by an arson attack . |
| 10 | A real estate agent and descendant of one of the old missionary families , he set out with only a minimal grasp of technique to achieve the simple objective of riding the biggest wave in history . |
| 11 | And , to the best of our knowledge , that is still valid though er of course to answer the second part of your question , are they fully locked in . |
| 12 | He was among 100 prisoners granted a remission of sentence to mark the 10th anniversary of Kolingba 's taking office . |
| 13 | In this way it is possible to re-start the routine that was enjoyed previously , although it may take some days of patience to break the new habit . |
| 14 | It is a matter of experience to judge the best time to remove a peel , but flicking the edge upwards immediately releases the peel slightly when ready , producing a diagnostic ‘ dry ’ sound . |
| 15 | Tree growth is possible and , until the depredations of humans and goats destroyed much of the forest cover , timber cutting provided a much-needed additional source of income to supplement the meagre subsistence of the peasants . |
| 16 | The legal responsibility for the house officer year rests with the universities , which have shown few signs of willingness to rock the existing boat . |
| 17 | This assumption seemed to be justified when Argentina and Bolivia , having shown some signs of willingness to recognise the Soviet Union , succumbed to British pressure not to do so . |
| 18 | He and his agents collected very large sums of money to supply the urgent needs of the Crown — mainly Forest amercements , fines paid for privileges in the forest , the proceeds of sales of wood and of the leasing of assarts . |
| 19 | This amazing collection of Celtic metalwork was mainly war gear including enough pieces of chariot to enable the late Sir Cyril Fox to produce a convincing reconstruction . |
| 20 | You thus have plenty of opportunity to achieve the keenest interest rate and save money . |
| 21 | You thus have plenty of opportunity to achieve the keenest interest rates . |
| 22 | The impressions gained from the WHO collaborative studies on the relationship between maternal age and the capability of fetus to survive the early and intermediately period of gestation are supported by more reliable national data from a European country . |
| 23 | H. E. Alexander describes the four basic aspects to this legislation as public disclosure of the monetary influences on elected officers , expenditure limits to meet the problem of rising costs , contribution restrictions to meet the problem of candidates obligating themselves to certain interest groups , and public funding which aimed to provide an alternative source of funding to replace the prohibited and limited contributions under FECA . |
| 24 | In addition , the planners argue that they have a duty imposed upon them under recent Acts of Parliament to conserve the natural environment of Orkney . |
| 25 | He announced that if ‘ the House would sanction such a plan ’ , he would give notice in the Autumn for the preparation of an Act of Parliament to acquire the necessary property . |
| 26 | ‘ We are calling on Members of Parliament to support the Parliamentary campaign ensuring that the policy of ‘ Born Too Soon ’ is not adopted and that every individual is provided with the proper medical care regardless of age , size , race or gender . |
| 27 | We amount of chlorine to maintain the bacteriological purity of it . |
| 28 | On April 23-27 an international advisory committee composed of international experts and officials of the IAEA , approved a plan of action to assess the radiological consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station accident in the Soviet Union [ see pp. 34460 ; 34749 ; 34841 ; 35401 ; 36471 ] . |
| 29 | If so omit stages 2 and 3 , except for adding a similar amount of gravel to get the sloping effect . |
| 30 | She was half anticipating having to fight her way through a jungle of undergrowth to reach the front door . |