Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 32 | Now reference was made to the police finance working party which met for a long period of time , and unfortunately made no progress whatsoever in zero base budgeting . |
| 33 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 34 | As the Cabinet met for an unprecedented late-night session , Mr Major was searching for a way out of the deadlock that would help Chancellor Norman Lamont unveil a mini-Budget for recovery next week . |
| 35 | As the Cabinet met for an unprecedented late-night session , Mr Major was searching for a way out of the deadlock that would help Chancellor Norman Lamont unveil a mini-Budget for recovery next week . |
| 36 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 37 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 38 | In one game , against Nottingham Forest , Stephenson was joined by another player who was to take a leading role in Chapman 's future — Grenadier Guardsman Charlie Buchan of Sunderland , whom Chapman met for the first time . |
| 39 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 40 | It met for the first time on 25 February 1986 and includes representatives from the Departments of Transport , Environment , Employment , and Trade and Industry ; Kent County Council ; the district councils of ; elected members of Kent local authorities and Parliamentary constituencies ; Eurotunnel ; Transmanche Link ; and British Rail . |
| 41 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |
| 42 | Such is the force of tradition that when the newly instituted Parliament of Northern Ireland met for the first time in 1921 , its first act was to claim these ‘ undoubted and ancient privileges ’ . |
| 43 | They met for the first time at the weekend as their two-week-old girls were swopped and handed back to the right mothers . |
| 44 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 45 | They all met for the first time on the show . |
| 46 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 47 | They met for the first time on May 13th 1794 , a date which had been specified in the statute . |
| 48 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 49 | They all met for the international meeting at Salzburg in 1908 , having corresponded from 1906 onwards . |
| 50 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 51 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 52 | They met for the first time at the Liverpool Adult Deaf and Dumb Society in Princes Avenue on the 25 April 1890 . |
| 53 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |
| 54 | Delegates representing the 167 member states of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) met for the 43rd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 7-18 to consider the biennial report of the Director-General , Hiroshi Nakajima . |
| 55 | Delegates representing 166 member states of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) met for the 44th World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 6-16 . |
| 56 | Earlier , the new Conflict Prevention Centre of the CSCE met for the first time in Vienna on July 1-2 , as requested by Austria , and called for an immediate ceasefire and the return of the JNA to barracks , but failed to reach the necessary unanimity on sending a CSCE observer mission . |
| 57 | On Dec. 29 the HCR met for the first time since the attempted coup and approved the new Cabinet , whose membership was announced the following day . |
| 58 | While in Cartagena , Colombia , on Dec. 2-3 for the " Group of Rio " summit [ see p. 38675 ] , President Fujimori of Peru and President Borja of Ecuador met for the first time to discuss their longstanding border dispute [ see p. 38526 ] . |
| 59 | Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , in January [ see p. 38710 ] was formed on Feb. 13 under the chairmanship of Col. Mohammed al-Amin Khalifah ; it met for the first time on Feb. 24 in the building which formerly housed the National Assembly — the elected parliament overthrown by Bashir in June 1989 [ see p. 36728 ] . |
| 60 | His remarks , in a Daily Telegraph interview , triggered protests from right-wing Tory MPs and pitched the Cabinet into more controversy as it met for the first time since the summer break . |