Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to encourage otters to come back to the River Thames are being aided by the building of a man-made home for them . |
| 2 | In December the United Nations urged governments to get on with setting up a satellite system . |
| 3 | Erm what we were doing was filling in these these postcards asking MPs to turn up on February the fourth to support the energy conservation bill when it has its er second reading in Parliament . |
| 4 | This provided a package of financial incentives and exemptions from various laws and regulations to encourage businesses to set up in the zones . |
| 5 | ‘ These things take time to trickle down to the buyer but we are looking towards the Spring to see a recovery in our trade . ’ |
| 6 | Pursuant to Falkenhayn 's scheme of grinding the French Army to pieces by sheer weight of artillery , the Fifth Army 's guns had orders to move up to new positions as soon as the enemy first line had been overrun . |
| 7 | ‘ But the writers wanted Boon to tear around with buildings blowing up , like something out of The Sweeney . |
| 8 | But costly turnovers allowed Washington to creep back into the game , despite the dominance of the Cowboys defence . |
| 9 | Peace within the new boundaries allowed Milan to make up for the time lost during the bloody years of Napoleon 's campaigns and the Risorgimento . |
| 10 | The government has failed to provide adequate day-care facilities for children to enable women to go out to work . |
| 11 | Generals , officers , non-commissioned officers , and men fought shoulder to shoulder down to the last shot . |
| 12 | Eight options were presented ; the government was known to favour " amending the treaty without changing it " as stated by Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen on Oct. 7 after talks with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl , with clauses to allow Denmark to opt out of currency union and common defence arrangements , and to protect Denmark 's high standards on social and environmental policy . |