Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the Shah persuaded the Carters to see in the New Year at the palace and the Queen sent the Crown Prince into the Library to organize a smaller party . |
| 2 | Tariffs and trade restrictions were to be reduced only gradually , so allowing the EEC to concur with the world organisation , GATT , to which the OEEC states belonged . |
| 3 | He says the council wants the RAF to join in discussions to find a solution . |
| 4 | No farther into France than 30 miles from the German border is the directive and , luckily for us , this law permits the Riesling to flourish in Alsace . |
| 5 | Such reformers usually saw themselves as making it possible for the Masai to survive as a race : getting obsessed with the Masai was not inherently a passive occupation . |
| 6 | The lack of an appropriate exchange rate adjustment may well inhibit the ability of members of the CU to adjust to the changes induced by increased competition . |
| 7 | Spencer Chapman , designing for ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , managed to bring back the tricycle idea for getting the Daleks to move on rough terrain . |
| 8 | A planning inspector will be appointed by the DoE to deal with the appeal . |
| 9 | And as failed actor — he started his career on the stage before going to the Slade to study under Legros — he found in the music hall and its world precisely those sources of inspiration which Degas had found in the corridors of the Opera , and the foetid atmosphere of the Cirque Fernando . |
| 10 | In the UK it remains for the CAA to revert to a voluntary incident reporting system in place of the current mandatory one . |
| 11 | Although the deal is not yet final , a spokesperson for the Palais told The Art Newspaper she expects the Kunsthalle to relocate to Bonsecours Market in the Old City where it will reopen next May , perhaps with a new name , and probably with a show about Alexander the Great and Macedonia . |
| 12 | The legislation was resented bitterly enough by the Netherlands to lead to a war in which the English Republic was able to assert itself against the Dutch Republic . |
| 13 | In the following year the duc de Richelieu , the French chief minister , sent an agent to Switzerland , Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to report on the press there and the possibility of France influencing it in her favour . |
| 14 | Changes in the longer term included ( i ) the halving of the number of armed forces to about 31,000 over two years ; ( ii ) electoral reform ; ( iii ) land reform ; ( iv ) the creation of a consultative body , comprising representatives of government , employers and workers , to set policy for economic and social development ; and ( v ) the creation of a mechanism to allow the FMLN to contribute to the national reconstruction plan . |
| 15 | It called on the Defence and Interior Ministries and the KGB to present within three months draft proposals for reforming political cells in military and state security bodies so that they would " pursue state policy " . |
| 16 | Uttley , Britain 's over-40 Ergo champion ( the Ergo is a form of torture disguised as a rowing machine and beloved of masochists everywhere ) , was in the States to compete in the World Championships . |
| 17 | After the election , opposition groups again protested against allowing the MRF to operate as a political party . |
| 18 | Recognition of this fact led Jordan and the PLO to co-operate despite frosty relations . |
| 19 | Its expressed view , that the Uprising was part of that violence which the United States now wished the PLO to bring to an end , indicated it wished to eliminate the source of the new political reality , against which it had laboured so long through its preference for negotiations through Jordan . |
| 20 | King Husayn used this situation to persuade the PLO to embark upon its risky alliance with Jordan in pursuit of a peace solution , which finally collapsed in early 1986 . |
| 21 | Something else , something as he passed the door of the Volvo to climb into the boot . |
| 22 | The letter is about the vexed question of ‘ unmet need ’ and whether to record it and employ extra solicitors or whether to ignore it and allow the DoH to remain in blissful ignorance . |
| 23 | ‘ We do not see how the department could describe the full implications of the new system of funding community care as being either foreseeable or insignificant ’ , it says , calling on the DoH to prepare for contingency spending . |
| 24 | The review fleet will consist mainly of frigates and destroyers and the Novy hopes that HMS Ark Royal will have returned from the Adriatic to act as flagship . |
| 25 | Significantly , the ruling came only two days before tens of thousands of people took part in a march from Moscow 's Gorky Park to Manezh Square outside the Kremlin to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ryzhkov and his government . |
| 26 | A conciliatory statement by Eisenhower on 20 January 1960 ( which may in itself have given the Soviet leadership the impression that a little meddling in Cuba would not incur serious repercussions ) was vociferously denounced by the PSP , creating an additional source of pressure on the Kremlin to make at least some show of solidarity with Castro 's ‘ small country struggling alone ’ . |
| 27 | So we left there that Wednesday morning and they said they 'd give us until the Friday to think about it . |
| 28 | He called on the NPFL to co-operate with the government in addressing a number of national issues including the rehabilitation of young combatants and the repatriation and resettlement of more than 600,000 refugees . |
| 29 | The currency reform followed a series of economic sanctions initiated by the interim government depriving the rebels of fuel , alcohol , tobacco and other items , in order to force the NPFL to conform to the demands of the peace plan brokered in Yamoussoukro , Côte D'Ivoire , in October [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 30 | It seemed the ideal way for the NFC to go into the private sector . |