Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians refer to ‘ buka ’ , the Welsh ‘ barog ’ means spiteful , while the Scots usher forward ‘ boggle-bos ’ , ‘ bucca-bos ’ , ‘ bodachs ’ and ‘ bugbears ’ as the solution for misbehaviour in very small children , especially if they refuse to go to sleep when they should . |
| 2 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 3 | In 1943 , the annual conference carried a motion suggesting all local branches put forward their own candidates for municipal elections . |
| 4 | He replied that since the words put forward related to the past the later debts ought not to be considered to be in the legacy . |
| 5 | I understand that , but the substance of what is at stake in this election is the policies that the parties put forward … ’ |
| 6 | The advantage of the group system is that it ensures that members of the respective parties put forward clear cut views at the meetings of the council . |
| 7 | Can you or any of your readers put forward ideas that would account for these oddities ? |
| 8 | Does he further agree that the report condemns the trendy , discredited methods put forward by Labour and calls for a return to traditional teaching ? |
| 9 | This had been one of the demands put forward by the Eco-glasnost group at public protests in Sofia in October 1989 . |
| 10 | Also , although some of the demands which had been made in 1381 were echoed in the later risings , in none of them was there anything so clear-cut in the way of a social programme as the demands put forward at Mile End and Smithfield . |
| 11 | The National Executive had recognized , temporarily , most of the organizational demands put forward in the paper since its foundation . |
| 12 | Though fascist candidates put forward a strong campaign in the London County Council elections of March 1937 , their six candidates for the three two-member divisions of Bethnal Green North East , Shoreditch and Limehouse were defeated and they received less than 20 per cent of the vote . |
| 13 | The amendment also provided for the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and allowed for the recreation of the post of Prime Minister ( the functions of this post having been taken over by the President in 1979 ) . |
| 14 | Juvénal Habyarimana ) and the 70-member National Development Council ( CND ) , whose members are also directly elected for five years from a list of candidates put forward by the sole legal party , the National Revolutionary Movement for Development ( Mouvement révolutionnaire national pour le développement — MRND ) . |
| 15 | The President 's term of office is five years , as is that of the 83-member Assembly , elected by universal suffrage ( most recently in December 1985 ) from a single list of candidates put forward by the sole party , the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde ( Partido Africano da Independência de Cabo Verde — PAICV , founded in January 1981 , when it broke away from the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau , whose rule in Guinea-Bissau was overthrown in 1980 ) . |
| 16 | Prior to February 1990 a National Revolutionary Assembly comprising 206 People 's Commissioners representing socio-professional classes was elected every five years by universal suffrage from a list of candidates put forward by the ruling party , the Benin People 's Revolutionary Party ( Parti de la révolution populaire du Bénin — PRPB ) . |
| 17 | Until 1990 , the President 's term of office was five years , as was that of the legislature , which was elected from a single list of candidates put forward by the ruling party , the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde ( PAICV ) . |
| 18 | As part of a process of " democratization " the Constitution was amended in 1987 to provide for direct election of the President and the National Assembly deputies , the election to public office of independents and candidates put forward by " organizations with recognized representation " , and the re-creation of the post of Prime Minister . |
| 19 | Legislative power is exercised jointly by the President and the 70-member National Development Council , whose members are also directly elected for five years from a list of candidates put forward by the sole legal party , the National Revolutionary Movement for Development ( MRND ) . |
| 20 | Gallus himself died in 551 , and at his death the local clergy put forward the name of the priest Cato ; the bishops officiating at the burial of Gallus offered to consecrate Cato there and then , and to square the appointment with the king , who was only a minor , subsequently . |
| 21 | The followers of Eufrasius resorted to simony , backed by the financial support of the Jews , but the clergy put forward the name of Avitus . |
| 22 | It is worth quoting in full the considerations put forward by Falk that must underlie a ‘ beneficial international law regime for nuclear weapons ’ : |
| 23 | In this respect , therefore , the outer-city studies lay the basis for the arguments about weak ties put forward in J. Milroy and L. Milroy ( 1985b ) and further discussed in later chapters . |
| 24 | The Magistrates ' Association put forward day imprisonment . |
| 25 | After a few touch-and-goes I was able to clean-up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main-wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose-wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed-up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too-obtrusive up-and-down flap-shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again . |
| 26 | Shapes move forward in the fading light to collect their pile of puris , the due from their offerings of flour and oil , and a few small pieces of meat , prasād . |
| 27 | By the time we landed at a rickety jetty , a number of inhabitants had gathered , standing cautiously back to observe us with their heads thrust forward as if they were short-sighted . |
| 28 | If you are interested in helping to guide the society through committee-work or know someone else who is ‘ good ’ on committees , please let the Office have that nomination ( with the nominee 's permission , of course ! ) by 19 February 1988 , so that if more than three candidates come forward , ballot forms can be sent out in good time . |
| 29 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 30 | The specific route being investigated by the County Council is a modification of the blue route put forward in a consultation exercise at the beginning of nineteen seventy nine . |