Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Yeltsin stressed , however , that he would fight any attempts to cancel the emergency powers granted to him by the last Congress in October . |
| 2 | France had also opposed the imposition of tighter controls on the ownership of guns , on the grounds that the right to bear arms had been incorporated into the Constitution drawn up after the 1789 revolution-although it had also demanded the right to suspend the travel rights enshrined in the Schengen agreement in cases of emergency ( for earlier disagreements see p. 36154 ) . |
| 3 | We looked up to see the tree limbs rippling with leather and fur . |
| 4 | Most importantly , the Americans were keen to see the sterling balances settled on an economically sound basis [ Van Dormael , 1978 ; Strange , 1971 ] . |
| 5 | Instead , the vendor will prefer to see the retention monies placed into an escrow account out of the purchaser 's control . |
| 6 | Perhaps now , now she had finally written it down , could stare at the irretrievable words , written in black and white , she would be able to accept the way things had to be , she would have the strength to return . |
| 7 | Gradually , however , she had grown into her role as wisewoman and witch , and come to accept the powers others attributed to her , and agree that she might be the special source and cause . |
| 8 | To enable the Chief Executive to meet the performance requirements contained in this Agreement , a gross total of £1,392.8 million will be made available to the Agency , being the sum for which the Secretary of State has gained the approval of Parliament under Vote 2 of the 1993–94 Supply Estimates for the Employment Department Group . |
| 9 | One problem is whether companies will be able to bear the debt burdens heaped on them by leveraged buy-outs , particularly in the United States . |
| 10 | And there is a reputation among world stamp-collectors : since the cliffs of Niuafo'ou are almost wholly steep-to and landings are fatally difficult , mail is — or was until very recently — transferred to and from passing ships by swimmers , who carried the outbound post in oilcloth bags and used bamboo poles to retrieve the inbound letters sealed in tin cans . |
| 11 | When I reached my office , cross and flustered , it was to find the office girls clustered round Mavis 's desk and Geoff Tulloch in the middle of them . |
| 12 | It is clear that the basic text file has been increased by around 150 per cent in order to provide the retrieval capabilities offered by the package . |
| 13 | Because one can not simply enlarge the golgi picture to electron microscope size and follow any individual cell and its connections from beginning to end , it is hard to relate the spine changes seen in the golgi pictures directly to particular synapses seen in the electron microscope . |
| 14 | Britain 's Liberal Democrats have called for urgent measures to tackle the health risks posed by air pollution , including more investment in public transport to cut down on exhaust emissions , the acceptance of World Health Organisation ( WHO ) monitoring guidelines , and an increase in air pollution monitoring stations . |
| 15 | She said it left the council no choice but to activate the distress warrants granted by the courts . |
| 16 | Ambitious social workers will be pouring into Manchester later this month to explore the job opportunities provided at New Century Hall , Corporation Street . |
| 17 | A union spokesman said a two and a half per cent pay offer failed to reflect the record profits made by and the huge improvements in productivity at the plant . |
| 18 | This page allows you to inspect the mail messages marked on the previous page . |
| 19 | You will need to visit the Council offices to check with the building inspector and planning officer whether there is any general problem of drainage or flooding . |
| 20 | In order to install the FMS Drivers shipped with LIFESPAN , you need to copy the driver files to the relevant VMS directories , as follows : |
| 21 | Only a few manometric studies have attempted to characterise the motility patterns associated with mass movements . |
| 22 | Remember to replace the metal ties provided with elastic band |
| 23 | The Court did not allow representatives elected at the " 29th Congress of the CPSU " ( held on July 4 outside Moscow by minority communist parties ) to replace the CPSU officials called as witnesses . |
| 24 | The inspector of nursing homes , together with staff development officers and the nurse general manager ( elderly ) , met to discuss the training needs identified following the inspection of the nursing homes in their area . |
| 25 | This proposition builds on the considerable advances in industrial organization of the past 15 years , which have enabled theorists to identify the policy issues raised by a wide range of market phenomena . |
| 26 | Fuji has introduced a range of new courses in the Fuji Professional School of Photography , and has adapted the traditional courses to challenge the way photographers look at portraiture . |
| 27 | Fuji has introduced a range of new courses in the Fuji Professional School of Photography , and has adapted the traditional courses to challenge the way photographers look at portraiture . |
| 28 | It was possible to group the farm types surveyed in Britain to match the farming of the parts of the European countries visited . |
| 29 | Brian Chievely Phillips , M.C. , who has died aged 76 , was a well-known and popular figure on the Kentish sporting scene and beyond , a robust striker of the cricket ball and lethal coverpoint , a good enough lawn tennis player to win the Kent singles title in 1948 and , most notably , for many years a leading squash exponent who played seven years for England , in 1948 as captain , and over 20 years for Kent . |
| 30 | Alternatively , an independent trustee may be appointed to apply the trust rules negotiated by the parties . |