Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each , it is true , has her own perspective : for France , it is about cocking a snook at the Americans , for Germany about playing the leading role in a superstate , for Italy about compensating for her chronic democratic weaknesses ; for others it is to be able to benefit from German largesse . |
| 2 | Both declarations also called for negotiations on the restoration of their republics ' independence , although the Latvian Supreme Soviet foresaw " a free and independent State of Latvia " being part of a reformed Soviet Union ( the formula favoured by President Gorbachev for restructuring the Soviet Union as a confederation of sovereign states — see pp. 36883 ; 37168 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Andy used to tell me that he ought to be called ‘ Boo Linighan ’ because boos were all he seemed to get from our fans — but he 'll deservedly be a hero now , ’ beamed captain Tony Adams after becoming the first man ever to lift both the League and FA Cups in the same season . |
| 4 | Midfielder David Batty is battling to be fit for tomorrow 's trip to Aston Villa after missing the second half of Saturday 's win with a damaged calf . |
| 5 | The partially successful operation , during the closing months of the Great War , was an attempt to stop German destroyers and U-boats based at Bruges from reaching the open sea via the eight mile ship canal connecting the city with Zeebrugge . |
| 6 | Also to assist Edward in capturing the great castle at Berwick-on-Tweed . |
| 7 | Arafat committed the PLO to supporting the Iraqi invasion of Aug. 2 , 1990 , despite objections from Egypt that this would undermine the PLO 's long-standing opposition to the acquisition of territories by force , and would also rule out any immediate prospect of resuming the US-PLO dialogue [ see also p. 37637 ] . |
| 8 | The USA responded to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait by mobilizing the largest demonstration of US overseas military power since the Vietnam war . |
| 9 | So far , Germany of footing the entire bill . |
| 10 | Had we but known that money was so scarce , RW&P would willingly have sent round the collection box to gather money to compensate the RFU in return for keeping the England jersey white ( or , for that matter , the WRU for keeping the Welsh jersey red ) . |
| 11 | Stewards were appointed to bear the cost of the entertainment and on one occasion Petiver wrote to Dr Sloane about fixing the next Herborising , ‘ and Putney Heath being a place not this year visited , I have determined ye Bowling Green there for ye lecture of Botany , where we shall dine on Tuesday next . ’ |
| 12 | Water experts are blaming a decade of extensive development in the south of England for worsening the current drought . |
| 13 | ‘ I played pretty well for so early in the tournament , ’ said Seles after handing the French girl her third successive first round defeat here . |
| 14 | Said Ruth after comparing the authenticated letter with the letter to ‘ Liz ’ : ‘ The essential characteristics are identical . |
| 15 | The first accused Washington of backing the failed coup ; the second , complaining of the Bush ‘ wimp factor ’ , said the United States had not done enough . |
| 16 | On May 31 , 1990 , the African Liberation Forces of Mauritania ( Forces de libération africaine de Mauritanie — FLAM ) , a black Mauritanian opposition movement committed to armed struggle against the ruling CMSN , accused Mali of assisting the Mauritanian government in what it called " genocidal racism " against blacks . |
| 17 | It had been easy , for instance , for Auden to persuade Ebert into launching the premature attack on the Ping Tiao cell ; an attack which had prevented Karr from discovering the links between the terrorists and himself . |
| 18 | , and , accompanied by 14 children , went for a fish and chip supper in January before attending the local theatre groups ' production of ‘ Sleeping Beauty ’ . |
| 19 | The principal objective of the Bank of England in restructuring the gilt-edged market was to minimize the cost of raising debt finance for the Government . |
| 20 | The play opens with two nights at the Arts Centre , Darlington , on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 February before touring the Northern region , Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire . |
| 21 | It was claimed that the Ptolemaic builders at Edfu in constructing the great girdle wall had followed a design written down by Imhotep . |
| 22 | Meri had been criticized for his management of the Foreign Ministry , especially for having dismissed two deputies in February without consulting the Prime Minister . |
| 23 | Candidates with the revised HNC will thus be able to progress to the new HND on taking the necessary number of extra units . |
| 24 | And in 1949 Commander Kerans on bringing the damaged Amethyst , bottled up the Yangtse for two months by the communists , to the safety of the open sea : ‘ Have rejoined the fleet south of Woosung . |
| 25 | More significantly , the State Department evinced the first sign of active hostility to Cuba by pressurising the British government into rejecting a Cuban order for military helicopters . |
| 26 | Despite calls to the party to maintain " balanced ties with North and South Korea " , Doi gave no indication that the party 's existing policy of normalizing relations with South Korea by recognizing the 1965 treaty ( under which Japan established diplomatic relations with South Korea ) would change . |
| 27 | He urged that Soviet diplomats should improve their understanding of the foreign policy problems of a communist Russia by studying the diplomatic history and traditions of the tsarist empire . |
| 28 | The committee also approved the temporary enhancement of services to Kesgrave , Martlesham and The Trimleys by using the mobile library in these areas . |
| 29 | In the midst of a world crisis of such magnitude and given the ‘ dangerous potentialities ’ of the USSR for weakening the relative world position of the US , ‘ sufficient resistance ’ that was required from the US and other non-communist countries might be presumed to extend to Indo-China . |
| 30 | No-one could blame Wilkinson for wanting the new body to play an important part in the future development of the game . |