Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Flanagan said : ‘ I had no hesitation in advising the board to promote Nigel to the job — and his results have proved me right . |
| 2 | A special international award was given to Alexey Yablokov , Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's special environmental adviser , for his willingness to alert Yeltsin to the extent of Russia 's ecological problems . |
| 3 | Currently the course covers PostScript as the de facto standard for page description languages , and introduces ODA and SGML as examples of standards for structured documents and as a vehicle for illustrating how to derive multiple views of a document from a single logical description . |
| 4 | RUGBY LEAGUE chief executive Maurice Lindsay has defended the International Board 's decision to exclude Wales from the 1995 World Cup . |
| 5 | RUGBY LEAGUE chief executive Maurice Lindsay has defended the International Board 's decision to exclude Wales from the 1995 World Cup . |
| 6 | Based on David Stuart Leslie 's novel In My Solitude , the story cast Crawford in the clumsy ‘ two left feet ’ role for which he soon became familiar . |
| 7 | The other structures were dispersed to linger only in the imagination of designers ; in its place Conservative freedom provided London with the first of the giant company headquarters built in the style of Orwell 's Ministry of Truth — the Shell building ( 1958 ) . |
| 8 | This surprise offer of a legitimate job with a very famous star , a very famous director and a lot of money caught Jack on the hop . |
| 9 | A delegation from IT Division visited Japan for the annual DTI/MTI Talks held on 25th–26th March , which included an Expert Session on IT . |
| 10 | The spaciousness and grandeur of the interior of the high domed building stopped Duncan inside the door , its beauty awe-inspiring to the young Englishman . |
| 11 | Loretta decided she would have to abandon her attempt to see Veronica for the rest of the day . |
| 12 | ‘ Did your grandfather have any favourite hymns ? ’ the priest asked William before the service . |
| 13 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 14 | Dot asked Gloria for the powder compact she kept in her bag . |
| 15 | The bill was reportedly designed to restore the government 's Islamic credentials which its critics maintained had been undermined by Pakistan 's participation in the Western-dominated multinational force opposing Iraq in the Gulf [ see pp. 37639 ; 37641 ; 37694 ] . |
| 16 | In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre . |
| 17 | In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time . |
| 18 | At this point the hard work began , Anne-Marie Brogan , Lay Chaplain at Lancaster University and Rev. Paul Marley , Vice Principal at Lancaster and Morecambe College helped Anne-Marie with the organisation of this event . |
| 19 | This deal provided GM with the entry to the luxury car market that it had sought — Saab was promised access to GM 's resources and dealership network . |
| 20 | French league president Noel Le Graet had urged Tapie to withdraw his civil court action to reinstate Marseille in the competition after world soccer 's governing body FIFA threatened to suspend France from international competition . |
| 21 | A single horseman approached Charleroi from the west . |
| 22 | Shearer , still the Premier League 's leading scorer with 22 goals , will miss Blackburn 's bid to reach Wembley in the FA Cup — they are at home to Sheffield United in the quarter-finals — and also the bulk of England 's qualifying programme . |
| 23 | It is not yet possible to expect any therapy to eliminate HIV from the body and anti-viral therapies will have to be taken for long periods , maybe for life . |
| 24 | In the days when Romanians were still in a mood to tell jokes , they used to ask a rhetorical question : how long would it take for a Soviet expeditionary force to reach Bucharest from the Soviet border ? |
| 25 | ( According to some accounts , a journalist told Eddington in the early 1920s that he had heard there were only three people in the world who understood general relativity . |
| 26 | During the long drawn out hostage crisis the American people had watched impotently , wondering how it was that a nation with the supposed military capability to wipe Russia off the map at the push of a button could do nothing . |
| 27 | I can announce today , a new scheme of the Know How Fund on top of the ordinary British Council programme to help Poland on the ambitious Polish aim of achieving 20,000 new English language teachers by the year 2,000 , and as a contribution ; as a help , an immediate help to that scheme er we ; the Know How Fund will provide on top of the British Council programme £400,000 for the teacher training colleges in Poland . |
| 28 | CARDIFF coaching organiser Alex Evans will be keeping his cards close to his chest today ( Sat ) when his side meet Pontypridd in the annual Boxing Day clash at the Arms Park . |
| 29 | EDUCATION minister Michael Fallon last night revealed the five major issues at the centre of his bid to retain Darlington for the Tories . |
| 30 | French successes faltered , however , when the maid of Orleans , failing in her attempt to wrest Paris from the English in 1430 , was captured and burned at the stake in Rouen on 30 May 1431 . |