Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 2 | Freight delivery times to the Continent could be reduced substantially by using rail transport through the Tunnel rather than road haulage to one of the North Sea ports although the degree of benefit is dependent on British Rail 's as yet unannounced charges for its new Continental freight services . |
| 3 | The government is formed by the political party enjoying majority support in the House of Commons ; while most ministers are members of the Commons , a number are drawn from the House of Lords , and legislation requires approval by both houses before enactment . |
| 4 | I joined one of the work-parties and helped rebuild cleits and repair storm damage around the cottages . |
| 5 | The problem is that the company has only limited ISDN capacity at the moment because of the way that it is implemented at telephone exchanges . |
| 6 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 7 | The prevalence of cimetidine use around 1979 — that is , the proportion of the population using cimetidine anytime in the period 1977–81 — was calculated in 10 year age groups using population data of 1 January 1980 , and the prevalence of use of ulcer drugs around 1989 was similarly calculated using population data of 1 January 1990 . |
| 8 | The Commission 's role was understood to include supervising implementation of the peace accord , and organizing national legislative and presidential elections to be held in 1992 . |
| 9 | In the case of Xenopus oocytes , there is indirect evidence that InsP 3 generated in the surrounding follicle cells in response to angiotensin II diffuses across gap junctions to stimulate calcium release in the oocyte . |
| 10 | Japanese car makers have mostly played an altogether less prominent part in bringing car safety to the forefront of public attention . |
| 11 | The little ship had given remarkably good results and was immediately put into service to carry bulk cargo across the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea . |
| 12 | Studies at King 's College School of Medicine show that even a short period of hard pedalling on an exercise bike diverts blood flow from the uterus to the legs , ‘ stealing ’ oxygen from the foetus . |
| 13 | The Board to see shareholder approval for the creation of preference shares at a special egm on August 27 |
| 14 | Some argued that the shock made industry return in the end to competitiveness , but other economists argued that subsequent growth owed more to spending North Sea oil profits on a consumer boom . |
| 15 | The Mirror 's pictures made headline news around the world . |
| 16 | The Government provide grant in aid for the British Academy to support postgraduate research in the humanities and social sciences . |
| 17 | The issue , ‘ Who rules Britain ? ’ , began to lose momentum part-way through the campaign and the prospects of Labour correspondingly picked up . |
| 18 | Body brushes should be used on dry skin and can help stimulate the circulation , bringing blood flow to the surface and stimulating the lymph system which rids the body of toxins . |
| 19 | In addition , studies in children and in adults with acute diarrhoea have reported a shift to comparatively more aerobic faecal flora , which could influence SCFA growth in the colon . |
| 20 | There seems little point in wasting research time on the incidence of old age abuse ; as with child abuse , it can lead to a kind of spurious precision , in which figures are cited which will not bear scrutiny for three main reasons . |
| 21 | COOKING DOCK PUDDING IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MYTHOLMROYD ( Page 9 ) |
| 22 | It was previously thought that the tiny plants leached carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in creating their skeletons , taking it with them to the sea bed when they died . |
| 23 | If these European institutions wish to conduct investment business in the UK outside the scope of their passport under the Directive , they will have to obtain authorisation . |
| 24 | After Nixon 's resignation , he reverted to his other persona , and became command surgeon for the Air Force Systems Command at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington DC , retiring in 1979. — W.J.W. |
| 25 | As you are no doubt aware , 1986 has been designated Industry Year by the Government . |
| 26 | In the East Grampian project , a considerable amount of time has been devoted to map compilation , incorporating university work with the results of the field surveys . |
| 27 | Virtually unexplored and uncharted until the mid-nineteenth century , this area was the inspiration of artists , musicians and writers — composer Edvard Grieg spent his summers here and playwright Henrik Ibsen was inspired to write Peer Gynt by the legends and folklore of this part of Norway . |
| 28 | Over the past 20 years , more and more food producers and retailers have included nutrition information on the food label , although there is no legal requirement for them to do so . |
| 29 | It has negotiated an agreement with the Transport & General Workers ' Union which places Driver Hire on the union 's fair agency list . |
| 30 | A policy of Keynesian expansion , for example , whatever its merits , had no chance whatever of gaining majority support in the conditions of August 1931 . |