Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [conj] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 12 August 1746 the Disarming Act became law , making it illegal for anyone in the Highlands to own or carry specified types of weapon , including broadswords , or to wear Highland costume . |
| 2 | The talks resulted in Habyarimana agreeing to observe an immediate ceasefire in the fighting against the Uganda-based rebel forces of the Rwandan Patriotic Front ( FPR ) , in return for Museveni 's promise that he would undertake to " persuade " the FPR to reciprocate and respect a ceasefire . |
| 3 | Seconds later they heard the Armstrong start and move away with a screech of tyres . |
| 4 | Tied in with this , the Centre is carrying out work funded by the DoE to monitor and evaluate trends in housing management in both local authorities and housing associations in an attempt to assess the cost-effectiveness of management practices and identify ‘ good practice ’ . |
| 5 | A breakthrough to end the 11-year civil war in El Salvador seemed unlikely , as representatives of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) guerrillas and the government failed to agree on a common plan covering reform of the US-backed armed forces , arrangements for a ceasefire , and constitutional changes to enable the FMLN to disarm and participate in democratic politics [ see p. 38231 ; for 1990 peace talks see pp. 37372 ; 37449 ; 37770-71 ; 37850 ] . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I went to the States to record and tour with another band and , when I returned , a bassist friend had left Cozy Powell 's ‘ Hammer ’ band when Cozy was charting regularly , and so I took over from him . |
| 7 | Mark Saunders admits that car receivers should not rely exclusively on reception of the CT ( clock ) and date information but use the RDS to set and correct the displayed time . |
| 8 | Athelstan vaguely remembered rumours about how , in the spring , the French might attack the Channel ports and even force their way up the Thames to plunder and burn the city . |
| 9 | To others , however , Gorbachev 's policies marked a skil-ful attempt to gain the initiative in the international field , to end Reagan 's massive rearmament effort , and allow the USSR to reform and strengthen itself for continued competition with the West . |
| 10 | BILLY BRAGG , who has also offered his support to the MAS campaign , gave this response : ‘ This is typical of the BBC to try and wriggle out of it . |
| 11 | The Maggot , who had lived long enough in the Bahamas to learn and relish all the important gossip , growled the verdict . |
| 12 | Lindsey was the first of the warbird operators in the UK to own and fly a Corsair , several more examples of the best wing bird have arrived from the USA since , with Britain 's population of this impressive World War Two fighter currently standing ( including Lindsey 's and the static KD431 at Yeovilton ) at five . |
| 13 | The opportunities for bureaucrats in the UK to subvert or negate the wishes of elected officials are far fewer and more limited in scope than is the case in the diffused , more open and non-hierarchical structures of the federal administration in the United States . |
| 14 | In February 1935 , and unknown to the district , the Cambridge Board had proposed the formation of a joint committee with the LEA to explore and promote new developments in adult education in Northamptonshire on the assumption of increased financial aid from the LEA . |
| 15 | In 1846 he went to the USA to study and lecture , and in the following year was appointed to a chair at Harvard . |
| 16 | From here , along with many other tributaries from the north-eastern corner of the Ochil Hills , the waters thrust into the Earn and thence , between Rhynd and Newburgh , into the slower-moving waters of the Tay to merge and circulate , ever-so-slowly , in the world sea . |
| 17 | Brameur is one of a consortium of European companies which have been funded by the EC to advise and participate in the development of visual information systems for institutions including the Louvre and the National Gallery . |
| 18 | It recommended that the honours course for full-time students should be four years in length , and it called on the DES to explore and resource such a departure — which was eventually to prove to be the pattern adopted . |