Example sentences of "express [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | MPs gathered in the House of Common on Sept. 24 for an emergency debate on the government 's handling of the currency crisis , and voted by 322 to 296 in favour of a motion expressing support for the government 's economic policy . |
| 2 | The Council issued a statement on Sept. 9 expressing support for the air exclusion zone imposed over southern Iraq , for the Moslems in Bosnia , the Somali people , and the UAE in its current dispute with Iran — rejecting Iran 's " continued occupation " of the disputed islands and affirming that the GCC would support any measures that the UAE might take to " affirm its sovereignty " . |
| 3 | ON APRIL 26 , Qin Benli , the editor of the Shanghai-based Shijie Jingjie Dao Bao ( World Economic Herald ) was sacked for publishing notes of a forum calling for the rehabilitation of Hu Yaobang , the former disgraced Communist Party 's general secretary who died in April this year , and expressing support for the student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square . |
| 4 | Civic and business groups in San Salvador organized a massive pro-government rally on Dec. 7 expressing support for the role of the army and calling for the demobilization of the FMLN . |
| 5 | On May 29 tens of thousands of demonstrators in Tirana 's Skanderbeg Square , calling for the overthrow of the government and expressing support for the hunger strikers , attacked police with rocks , bottles and fire-bombs . |
| 6 | On 8 September , Churchill , hitherto a free trader , spoke in the Commons , expressing doubts about the wisdom of joining the National Government , and urging an early election fought on tariffs ; ‘ An audacious rollicking speech , ’ commented Amery , ‘ by no means pleasing to the Front Bench . ' |
| 7 | Some of the other men were worrying , expressing doubts about the weather , wondering if the hunt should be postponed . |
| 8 | Unlike wedding reception speeches the engagement party speeches are usually very short , merely introducing the young couple , expressing pleasure at the engagement , and wishing them happiness . |
| 9 | Expressing disappointment at the decision to dissolve the Royal Commission , for which the new Advisory Council would be no substitute , Heath contended that such a serious outcome could have been avoided if , after the resignation of the initial six members , the Prime Minister or the Home Secretary had said firmly that they would appoint others to take their place . |
| 10 | I WAS interested to read a letter from my old headmaster , Mr D Henderson , expressing disappointment at the failure of his bid to establish a sixth form at Hummersknott School . |
| 11 | Expressing thanks for the gift said , ‘ Our success is due to the close co-operation between so many people — shipping agents , hauliers , the Port Authority , to name just a few , with whom we have formed great friendships and partnerships over the years . |
| 12 | A shopkeeper has made a poster out of a letter he received from the Prime Minister 's office expressing optimism about the state of the economy . |
| 13 | A shopkeeper has made a poster out of a letter he received from the Prime Minister 's office expressing optimism about the state of the economy . |
| 14 | We urge you to make immediate representations to him , and to the Secretary of State for the Environment , expressing opposition to the impact their plans will have on your constituents and the environment . |
| 15 | We urge you to make immediate representations to him , and to the Secretary of State for the Environment , expressing opposition to the impact their plans will have on your constituents and the environment . |
| 16 | Right , it it 's really just expressing disapproval of the idea on this sort of testing is n't it . |
| 17 | For here we find the head of the common law courts , echoing the spirit of Coke , Hale , and Mansfield and working largely within Dicey 's framework , expressing anxiety about the challenge to the supremacy of the ‘ ordinary law ’ posed by statutory developments . |
| 18 | Thirty of Germany 's best-known film-makers , including Wenders , Schlöndorff and Werner Herzog , put their names to an advertisement in Variety expressing regret at the decision , writing of ‘ the special responsibility the past imposes on us ’ . |
| 19 | The England management later issued a statement expressing regret at the incident |
| 20 | In the week leading up to the anniversary pro-US legislators made plans to pass a Diet resolution expressing regret for the action . |
| 21 | EC Foreign Ministers meeting on Dec. 7 said that the EEA should go ahead without Switzerland , while expressing regret over the outcome of the Swiss referendum . |
| 22 | The " over-cohesiveness ' in adjacent sentences ( c ) and ( g ) was commented on particularly , with workshop particpants expressing dissatisfaction at the repetitiveness of the " there were … " construction and the similarity of the phrases " in the courtyard " and " of the courtyard " . |
| 23 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 24 | Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity to join me in expressing joy at the release of Terry Waite and Tom Sutherland from their long and terrible captivity ? |
| 25 | As environmentalists pointed out at the time of the Shetlands disaster , there is a degree of hypocrisy in expressing outrage at the spillage when such accidents are the price we seem prepared to pay for access to oil . |
| 26 | Local and international conservationists joined many Namibians in expressing outrage at the suggestion . |
| 27 | The demonstrators were protesting at the imminent loss of 5,000 jobs in the region in the mining , steel , shipbuilding and fertilizer industries , and expressing fears for the future of at least half of Cartagana 's active workforce of 60,000 . |
| 28 | The proportion of γ-interferon expressing lymphocytes in the lamina propria of coeliac patients showed an identical pattern , with reduced levels ( 33%-43% of control values ) in all groups of patients with abnormal histology and a return towards normal during a successful gluten free diet ( Table , Fig 4 ) . |
| 29 | The vote for presidential reform was seen as expressing impatience on the part of Walesa at the speed of political change in Poland . |
| 30 | In November the human rights organization Amnesty International called on Kenya to investigate its human rights record , claiming that hundreds of government opponents had been arrested and some tortured ; several aid donors , including the United States and Denmark , withheld or froze aid disbursements , expressing concern about the government 's treatment of its opponents . |