Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun prp] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In early October a UNP working party proposed fresh elections as a way of restoring Parliament 's credibility and of allowing the JVP to participate in the political process .
2 Tariffs and trade restrictions were to be reduced only gradually , so allowing the EEC to concur with the world organisation , GATT , to which the OEEC states belonged .
3 After the election , opposition groups again protested against allowing the MRF to operate as a political party .
4 In London , Eden fell sick and Churchill took over the Foreign Officer , He gave final permission for what the British called Operation Boot to proceed , ( To the CIA it was Operation Ajax ) Churchill sent an even stronger message encouraging the Shah to act against Mossadeq .
5 However , it was linked by Mrs Thatcher , who suggested that it signified that the Irish Republic was less committed than Britain in bringing the IRA to account for their crimes : ‘ You take these murders of these four people today alongside the decisions in the Supreme Court not to extradite those accused of violent crime — and one is very , very depressed ’ .
6 Mr Biffen 's plea at the monthly meeting of Aberdeen and Kincardine NFU area executive followed on from an Ellon branch resolution urging the NFU to detail on a regular basis .
7 Spencer Chapman , designing for ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , managed to bring back the tricycle idea for getting the Daleks to move on rough terrain .
8 ‘ We have identified a site for them at Middlesbrough , on the riverside , which we asking the TDC to look at , ’ said the MP .
9 Despite Eric 's move to Manchester , Isabelle says they will not be crossing the Pennines to look for a new home .
10 In the car park between the Questura and the prison Palottino had taken a break from polishing the Alfetta to chat to a pair of patrolmen .
11 In 1978 Moscow 's imports from the area outweighed exports by a ratio of four to one , obliging the USSR to pay in hard currency for most of its Latin American purchases .
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