Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In July 1897 , having already purchased the Union Canals in 1894 and just completed options to purchase the Leicester Navigation , and the Loughborough and Erewash Canals , the committee resolved to purchase the necessary land at Foxton and instructed that tenders for the lift machinery be obtained .
2 The Kujawiak and Obertass Mazurkas again reflect Wieniawski 's heritage , and are played with more devil- may-care abandon than the Polonaises .
3 So all Mr Evans had to do , to get rid of her , was take the Will and destroy it ! ’
4 Nevertheless , having called Rosen , knowing that Kennedy was aware of the Will and having had no word from him , was annoying .
5 Patrese , having resisted a strong attack from Berger , was now in front with Schumacher third , a few seconds behind the McLaren but pulling slowly away from Brundle , who , despite suffering from increasing oversteer as the fuel load lightened , was comfortably ahead of Jean Alesi 's Ferrari .
6 The pubic or ‘ crab ’ louse is one of three members of the family Pediculidae , a sub-group of the Anoplura or sucking lice , to be of clinical interest to men .
7 In 1935 they were summoned to Moscow by the Comintern and in April 1937 Neumann was arrested by the NKVD and disappeared for ever .
8 Occasionally , it 's the image broadcast first from the cover of the NME that defines a band , that sticks with them forever .
9 He sent reviews to Record Mirror ( occasionally under the nom-de-plume Sheridan Whitehead ) and the NME but achieved little success .
10 ‘ I will never speak to the NME or Sounds ever again . ’
11 4 Did you use the VCR and monitor after it was borrowed last Thursday ?
12 BGS is collaborating with the Leicestershire Archaeological Unit in a long-term study to investigate the utility of NERC airborne multispectral scanner data ( including thermal infra-red linescanner data ) in locating new archaeological sites and the complex changes in the course of the Trent that have influenced the distribution of settlements since the Bronze Age .
13 [ The British ] had pressed for some time for a continuation of a combined staff relationship and had only been convinced that we were serious in rejecting this when we moved their combined staff people out of the Pentagon and moved the standing group [ of Nato ] in .
14 But I shall call first at the Manor and present my card .
15 In fact I 'm sure they 'll beat them at the Manor and go through to the next round where hopefully we can probably play one of the big teams like — Oh , Manchester United , Newcastle or probably — Oh , I do n't know
16 The only street fell steeply down towards the secondary gateway to the Manor and had about fifteen cottages on the east side of the road .
17 She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house .
18 Around 1382 it was bought from the Lord of the Manor and made an endowment of the Trinity Chapel in the impressive Parish Church of Cirencester .
19 The intention is that consumers ( who generally are unfamiliar with the law in other member states ) should be able to buy goods and services as consumers throughout the EEC while feeling confident that whatever laws govern those contracts , the relevant member state will have ensured that such contracts do not contain unfair terms .
20 The most important indicator was the role of the Commission which under the guidance of Walter Hallstein had played the active role hoped for by ardent Europeanists , overcoming the diminution of the supranational element in the EEC as compared to the ECSC .
21 When the Soviet Union intervened militarily in Afghanistan the British Foreign Secretary , Lord Carrington , rapidly proposed a plan for Afghanistan which was approved by the Council of Ministers of the EEC and adopted as a joint EEC declaration on 15 January 1980 .
22 That this House urges Her Majesty 's Government to use the decision to postpone the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill as an opportunity to make a fresh start with the future development of the EEC and in particular concentrate its efforts on the chosen agenda of the British presidency which is to extend the borders of the EEC and to create a fully competitive Common Market .
23 Britain has proved to be one of the least ‘ community-minded ’ members of the EEC and has for long been at odds with other states about the level of British contributions to the EEC budget .
24 The European Commission wants to change the 1958 Euratom Treaty to end trade barriers within the EEC and to establish itself as a watchdog on deals between member countries and outsiders .
25 Marx 's theory is an attempt to accept both types of accounts of the Orient and to explain the apparent unity of states often made up of previously independent units which nevertheless co-operated in great communal works such as road building ( among the Inca ) and large-scale irrigation ( in Asia ) .
26 It is , unfortunately , impossible to give definitive information about the EEIGs that have been formed .
27 Ellwood watched them get into the VW and drive towards the slip-road .
28 The structure of land ownership in the Highlands that allowed the infamous Clearances , and the extractive economy that was subsequently imposed on the area , are still largely in place today , and have reduced it to semi-desert .
29 I asked him about going to the Highlands and seeing the wonderful colours there and he just looked at me and said ‘ too amorphous ’ .
30 He will be badly injured but will return to the Highlands and live for many years . ’
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