Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hold the leaders hostage in the hall whilst the larger force punch their way through the defences to take the Rorim from its leaderless and probably drunk defenders . |
| 2 | It also describes the way the New OED Computer Group and the Computer Services Department must complete their sections of the forms to inform the lexicographers that the tasks set by the issuing of these forms have been completed . |
| 3 | Where this is not feasible , it may at least be possible to arrange for the experts to see the child together . |
| 4 | If you venture past the crowds to see the Poussins , you find yourself alone with a collection which is as lamentably hung as ever . |
| 5 | And the malais on duty , in white helmets , white gloves , and white gaiters , they also hung around the back of the crowds to sneak a look , instead of doing a beat of the whole square . |
| 6 | The main ‘ mistakes ’ were : the Communist Party 's forcible suppression of opposition in 1948 to establish a political dictatorship in Hungary ; the Stalinist era 's ‘ unrealistic pace of military preparation , ill-conceived industrialisation and the forced collectivisation ’ ; Stalinist ‘ harassment of millions of people , the mass violation of rights and intimidation ’ ; the violent Soviet suppression of the 1956 Hungarian revolt , which is now now officially defined as a popular uprising ; and the party 's inability from the mid-1970s to continue the decentralisation of economic reforms launched in 1968 . |
| 7 | Wallace Mercer , the effusive and outspoken chairman of Hearts , made a public and hostile bid for control of bitter rivals Hibernian , with the intention of merging the clubs to form an Edinburgh team capable of competing in a European super-league . |
| 8 | While we endeavour to adopt ‘ best modern practice ’ it would be inappropriate for the accounts to lead the Accounting Standards Board , particularly as the Board is independent of the Institute . |
| 9 | We can see that it coincided with the beginning of that period when society in Britain was to adjust to the absolutely new conditions of the Industrial Revolution , to develop the political thought that signalled the recognition of the need to adjust , and of the institutions to realise the adjustment . |
| 10 | The five other directors had called for the Deanses to leave the board . |
| 11 | This triggers a conformational change of the toxin , revealing the hydrophobic core of Domain I α 5 ( which is apparently the ‘ business end ’ of all the δ endotoxins ) and causing the helices to penetrate the membrane . |
| 12 | Chris Bonington 's book The Climbers to accompany the series will be published by Hodders and Stoughton on August 4 1992 price £16.95 . |
| 13 | And then when the war came he er he was one of the first Bevan boys that , one of the boys that went down the mines to relieve the miners . |
| 14 | Some of the features of the legal model which we have depicted such as the power of the shareholders to dismiss the directors and the fiduciary duties imposed upon the directors are provided for by the law rather than by the articles of association . |
| 15 | This is to enable the shareholders to receive the sale proceeds directly , as there is likely to be an additional tax cost if the proceeds of sale need to be extracted from Target after the transaction . |
| 16 | The financial crisis was such that in spring 1990 Mr Naqvi went to Abu Dhabi and appealed to the shareholders to rescue the bank . |
| 17 | The law respects the right of the shareholders to determine the objectives of their association through contract and accepts that by virtue of their capital contributions they should be regarded as the owners of the company . |
| 18 | Finally , s 5 regulates the attempts to evade the UCTA by use of the manufacturer 's so-called " guarantee " . |
| 19 | There are others , though , who say that UNEP 's Plan of Action is largely irrelevant to the attempts to stabilize the drylands . |
| 20 | The attempts to rationalize the administration , to centralize power , collided directly with local liberties and the particularist and traditional privileges of the old supporters of the regime ( for example , the Tatar nobility ) . |
| 21 | The question of economic benefits of science points to a concern with the character of the economy at the time and to the importance of considering the demise of the attempts to implement a science curriculum ‘ as practice ’ and the success of the science curriculum ‘ as fact ’ in the context of changes in Victorian capitalism . [ … ] |
| 22 | This confusion is very apparent in most of the attempts to formulate a statement of higher education aims and policies , from the Robbins Report ( 1963 ) to the 1985 Green Paper ( DES 1985 ) . |
| 23 | However , the attempts to improve the position of the tenant have interfered with the market mechanism , which has led to a decline in the supply of accommodation on offer . |
| 24 | The attempts to improve the performances of nationalised industries were not allowed to run their course , because in the 1970s governments of both major parties used nationalised industries in order to achieve wider macroeconomic targets . |
| 25 | The Commission is reluctant to grant protection to these industries as it would harm the LDCs ( see Chapter 11 ) , and would not help in the attempts to improve the productivity of the EC economy . |
| 26 | In fact , multinational oil companies working in the North Sea had little choice but to be receptive to the attempts to maximise the spin-off for UK industry if they wanted to stay in good standing with the Government when applications were being considered for exploration licences . |
| 27 | However token the attempts to open the play out from its Tudor house setting with shots of sea waves , a train coming into a station and a village street , the result is still entertaining . |
| 28 | The title ‘ Futility ’ has a double meaning : at first , the futility of the attempts to rouse the soldier and in the latter half , the futility of all the complexity of the earth and the effort put into achieving this when it is just destroyed . |
| 29 | In a totally different category , however , have been the attempts to use the administration of the law for expedients such as unjustified murder charges in order to promote the political interests of the government . |
| 30 | There seems to be no reason why the attempts to serve the defendant before applying for substituted service on his insurers or MIB should not be by post , but it is probably safer to try personal service . |