Example sentences of "agree [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The congress also agreed for the first time that in order to ensure a separation of the MPRP and state bodies , the Chairman of the Presidium of the People 's Great Hural ( i.e. effective head of state ) should not be a member of the supreme governing body of the MPRP .
2 The Front comprised political and religious organizations and parties based in Iraq and Jordan , including the Moslem Brotherhood , which agreed for the first time to co-operate without preconditions with nationalist and non-religious groups .
3 During a visit to China in early May , the Vietnamese First Deputy Foreign Minister , Dinh Nho Liem , had agreed for the first time to discuss the " internal " aspects of the Cambodian problem with Chinese officials .
4 But Greenpeace noted that the British government 's willingness to sign the convention as it stood was a fundamental shift in policy in that it had agreed for the first time to the elimination in principle of dangerous chemicals .
5 Try to arrange for a written record of what has been agreed for the next meeting , so that you can work to an explicit plan .
6 However , further pit closures are inevitable in the productivity battle , because the 65 million tonnes agreed for the last year of the contract is likely to shrink to fewer than 50 million , at best .
7 There were four basic objectives which were agreed with the Eighth Army .
8 The first one is the existing arrangements on nursing home care , really reviewing the process , and members will recognize that the arrangements that were agreed in the first agreement with Health Authority related to gaining permission from the Health Authority before our placing nursing homes .
9 Well this is , yeah , although that 's what was all agreed at the last minute .
10 It was agreed at the last meeting of the Parish Council to endorse this request .
11 As Tsar he was inclined to agree with the last person he had spoken to and to authorize wholly incompatible initiatives by different ministers .
12 He argues that the convention partners should affirm the broad principles of the scheme for a devolved Scottish parliament in the UK agreed before the last election and move on to adopt an educational role .
13 I agree with the second part of my hon. Friend 's question .
14 I agree with the first part of what my hon. Friend has said : nuclear power certainly makes a valuable contribution to the environment by curbing carbon dioxide emissions .
15 Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt .
16 However , they agreed at the last moment to participate .
17 Having raised the hopes of friend and foe alike — and especially of Iraqis , witness the ecstatic scenes in Baghdad last week — by agreeing for the first time to contemplate withdrawal from Kuwait , he was unwilling to commit himself unequivocally .
18 Trouble is , as many people know , the South Koreans do not completely agree with the last bit .
19 I am not sure that I can agree with the last sentiment that my hon. Friend expressed .
20 ‘ We ca n't agree on the first line .
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