Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked the offworlder well enough , but it was ridiculous for Zurachina even to consider the suggestion . |
| 2 | PROFESSOR Ron Roberts , head of the Institute of Aquaculture , was invited by the Emir of Kuwait recently to observe the progress being made in regenerating the scientific programme of the Kuwait Institute of Science and Technology ( KISR ) after the devastation of the illegal occupation of Iraq during the Gulf War . |
| 3 | But it was a bitter-sweet day for the striker who lives on the road — training with his old Dons ' mates , staying at his mum and dad 's in Derby and arriving in Sheffield just to do the business . |
| 4 | Good afternoon , Celtic say that Lou Macari is expected in Scotland tomorrow to finalise the deal that will confirm him as their new manager . |
| 5 | ‘ We only have a four-gallon tank , ’ explained Mr Simon , an independent financial advisor , of Eglinton Avenue , who bought the car in November specially to enter the challenge . |
| 6 | However , Gen. Lewis MacKenzie , commander of UN operations in Sarajevo said on July 21 that 40,000 UN troops were needed in Sarajevo alone to keep the peace and that all sides were breaking " the international rules of war " . |
| 7 | THOUSANDS of Blackmen paraded to six demonstrations in Ulster yesterday to herald the end of the Ulster marching season . |
| 8 | EMINENT psychiatrist Professor Anthony Clare was due in Londonderry today to open the Area Mental Health Unit 's new Mental Health Awareness programme . |
| 9 | I shall give a quotation from Sayre simply to show the difference between the approaches to such issues as consciousness in the AI tradition and in the cybernetics tradition ; both , after all , are concerned with the implications of intelligent machines for consciousness , etc . |
| 10 | , the former NIH official who set up the $ 70 million Institute for Genomic Research in Maryland specifically to pursue the project , told a Nature Genetics conference in Washington last week that he hopes to have ‘ a nearly complete description of the human genome , in the freezer and on computer , within twelve to eighteen months ’ . |
| 11 | A FAMILY fought off competition from Europe yesterday to keep the world 's last flying Vulcan bomber in Britain . |
| 12 | Nigel Graham , an RAF technician , preparing a Red Arrow aerobatic display aircraft for a flight at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire yesterday to mark the end of the team 's 25th anniversary |
| 13 | Laura 's twin brother , Sunday Times journalist Geordie Greig , flew back from America yesterday to comfort the family and handle inquiries . |
| 14 | They agreed at a meeting in Edinburgh yesterday to urge the Government to seek changes in legislation so that tenants who have bought their homes with the benefit of a discount are debarred from buying council houses with similar concessions on a second or more occasions . |
| 15 | AS Sir Patrick Mayhew and Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring met in Dublin today to discuss the way ahead , following the local election results , there was no clear path for them to follow . |
| 16 | He will meet the Irish Foreign Minister , Dick Spring , in Dublin tomorrow to discuss the future of the talks , in the light of the election and his own proposals to give them ‘ focus and direction ’ . |
| 17 | The leading groups meet in Vienna periodically to bring the work together . |
| 18 | Resignations are expected when the DLV meet in Frankfurt today to discuss the aftermath of the Krabbe affair . |
| 19 | While George is er doing the marks , I might call on Gerald please to give the vote of thanks . |
| 20 | Glen Kirton , the FA 's assistant secretary , said that Les Walker , in charge of England security , and his Dutch opposite , Robert de Bakker , would be going to Sardinia soon to examine the situation . |
| 21 | You do n't need a line to God now to see the way things are going . |
| 22 | ENGLAND boss Graham Taylor travelled to Italy yesterday to determine the availability of star exiles Paul Gascoigne , David Platt and Des Walker . |
| 23 | Mrs Cross flew back to Manchester yesterday to break the news to her sons Andrew , 11 , and Richard , 12 , who attend a boarding school in North Wales . |
| 24 | The opinion poll , carried out by The Northern shows that 15.3pc of the town 's electorate are still unsure how they will vote on Thursday enough to swing the result to either Conservative or Labour . |
| 25 | Francis and I — ’ Werewolf looked at his fingernails ; anything to avoid my smug look — ‘ are going down to Kent tomorrow to do the Exhilarator . |
| 26 | Some of the remainder must still be at the Institute in Rome ; a delegation from the Venice Soprintendenza and Padua 's Eremitani Church , which owns the fragments , is due to travel to Rome shortly to resolve the problem . |
| 27 | Up to a hundred thousand Orangemen are due to march through Belfast today to mark the Battle of the Boyne anniversary . |