Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was allowing the Defence Forces to expand at last . |
| 2 | I think he was employed by the park authorities to scare away all but the most committed . |
| 3 | The system operated by the park authorities to limit numbers into the Canyon can be tiresome and bureaucratic , although it helps to retain the essential peace , solitude and ecology of the area . |
| 4 | It took a three-minute phone call to the boiler manufacturers to discover that chimneys with cross sections larger than 100sq in needed metal liners , otherwise flue gases would condense on the sides and penetrate the walls . |
| 5 | The Australian professional took 7–103 , bringing his tally of league wickets to 35 and , although the home side made 187–8 , there was plenty of time for the Middlesbrough batsmen to knock off the runs . |
| 6 | been long used by the Seneka Indians to cure the bite of the rattle-snake which , if taken in time , is an infallible remedy . |
| 7 | At the meeting of the Lothian Management Group on Thursday , 4 November 1992 , a number of important matters were raised which makes it necessary for all the funding partners to meet . |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend firmly rebut the criticisms made by those who continue to argue that although the aims of that Act are excellent , the funding arrangements to support it are not ? |
| 9 | If the screen looks full of files use the direction keys to view any files that may be offscreen . |
| 10 | If you select the wrong block of text , tap one of the direction keys to clear the selection and start again . |
| 11 | Program the sensor pods to search for any sign of ancient habitations within a twelve thousand mile radius of the pole . ’ |
| 12 | It was also agreed that the options for storage/retrieval of information in the long-term would be examined , based on the FAOR proposals to move towards a filly computerised storage system . |
| 13 | I gave the solicitors instructions to pursue C.T . |
| 14 | It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them . |
| 15 | The writer ventures to think , for instance , that the final chord of the 1st movement of Tchaikovsky 's ‘ Pathetic Symphony ’ would be more satisfactory if arranged than thus |
| 16 | It was a series of financial penalties imposed by Washington for manifold breaches of the 1977 Clean Air Act which forced the LA authorities to formulate such an epic approach in the first place . |
| 17 | The hunger strike was interpreted in some quarters as an attempt by the RAF prisoners to increase their influence on the command structure outside prison . |
| 18 | Feeling sheepish about his ineligibility for active servIce , Lewis had accepted an invitation from the RAF chaplains to tramp around the country and give talks to the men in various RAF stations . |
| 19 | He shut the engine off and opened the saloon doors to clear the fumes . |
| 20 | That means looking up the tide tables to see the times of high and low water and the tidal stream list to find the maximum rates . |
| 21 | The technique attempts to separate the data structure from the functions for which the data may be used . |
| 22 | Despite that , the Dairy Crest sell-off is just about the only part of the MMB proposals to have been met with enthusiasm by the rest of the industry . |
| 23 | Having once negotiated the hurdle of the initial course it was not so difficult to persuade those who held the money bags to allow me to fly the aircraft every six months or so to maintain some sort of standard in flying up-to-date jet transports . |
| 24 | He provides the feast for rejoicing , as well as the fine clothes for the banquet guests to sit before him . |
| 25 | To his great credit , he persuaded the brewery companies to accept the principle of independent arbitration . |
| 26 | A record number of Guinness pensioners turned out for the annual pensioners ' party at Park Royal this month — almost 1,000 descended on the brewery grounds to remenisce about their lives in the brewery . |
| 27 | Having pressed all the component parts to make up a wedding picture for the bride , there may be some pieces left over ( if you have followed my advice and pressed additional flowers and foliage in case of accident ) . |
| 28 | ‘ Foureyes ’ is recruited by the Victoria Victors to improve its design , but the car is eventually discovered and wins the race for the Bats . |
| 29 | An interesting subsidiary finding was the head-office attitudes to risk assessment described by one interviewee : |
| 30 | Thus it is important for the computer experts to adapt if they are to maintain some grasp , albeit a tenuous one , on the computers in their organisations . |