Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Congress approved a bill on March 22 cutting off the US aid programme to Jordan , which had been placed under review in early February following King Hussein 's pro-Iraqi and anti-US speech [ see above ; p. 38024 ] . |
| 2 | The Inland Revenue Budget Press Release of 16 March 1993 dealing with the taxation of dividends , paras 24 – 29 , reads thus : 24 Where trustees of trusts in which a beneficiary has an interest in possession receive income , they pass it on to the beneficiary with a credit at the basic rate . |
| 3 | PART 2 WORKING IN THE ES |
| 4 | This regulation was exploited by over 1,000 pro-Indian individuals and organizations each applying for the opportunity to participate in the hearings and thereby assist Harper in delaying a vote . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the margins wo n't sustain the level of investment that staying in the game demands . |
| 6 | Led by John Mason they visited , among other places , New York , Washington , Niagara , Chicago , the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky and , rather gruesomely , the recently deserted battlefields of Virginia where they saw ‘ skulls , arms and legs all bleaching in the sun ’ . |
| 7 | But now a new pattern emerged as the red and brown shapes blocked together to form overlapping triangles all pointing across the room at the double doors opposite . |
| 8 | But in world judo at present , there is a group of young fighters all jockeying for the top positions — and in the first day of the World Championships here yesterday , they began to sort themselves out . |
| 9 | Lion-hearted Nigel does n't worry about the high-speed horrors of blasting around a concrete oval , six inches from a wall at up to 240 mph with 30 other drivers all battling for the same space — and no runoffs if you crash . |
| 10 | ‘ There have been occasions when there were three different speakers all preaching at the same time , attempting to drown each other out . |
| 11 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 12 | Taken as a whole the Turneys formed a not unimportant family of landed peasants and yeomen all living in the neighbourhood of Leighton Buzzard . |
| 13 | Further discussion about AIDS and how it affects the individual is included in Chapter 15 dealing with the AL of expressing sexuality . |
| 14 | The bride-to-be and her groom were wearing oilskins and there was a Force Four blowing across the Solent . |
| 15 | . We believe that for a structure plan to go forward now in the present state of policy guidance , bearing in mind that 's on the basis of P P G twelve and with P P G thirteen lying in the wings . |
| 16 | section manager bakery at Bletchley , spent March 7 sitting on the edge of the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes fishing for Tommy . |
| 17 | Prima facie , this raised a liability to stamp duty under s57 of the Stamp Act 1891 according to the value of the debt assumed by the transferee . |
| 18 | The decision came after an appeal by the government on May 2 calling upon the sanctions committee to end the ban on food and medicines paid for before Aug. 2 . |
| 19 | Cetia stated that the Power Engine product will have a phased entry , from September to December 1993 depending on the model , and its hardware , operating system , and extras . |
| 20 | The decision was followed by an accord between the government and allied forces on May 22 providing for the withdrawal of all Iraqi military personnel from Dahuk and the restoration of essential services by non-combat allied troops . |
| 21 | He further ordered the original bills of lading dated 29 January 1991 relating to the cargo to be deposited with the court . |
| 22 | Six United Kingdom aid agencies issued an urgent appeal on Sept. 21 calling for the ceiling of Iraqi oil exports to be raised to US$2,500 million , claiming that the country 's food and medical situation was " near collapse " . |
| 23 | The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) issued a memorandum on May 21 calling on the United States to " take a firm , practical and urgent stand to prevent more brutal and shameful barbarous crimes " . |
| 24 | However , it was greeted by Conservative backbenchers as an " ingenious fudge " and 105 Conservative MPs , led by members of the anti-federalist Bruges Group , signed a motion on May 21 calling on the Prime Minister to reject moves towards EMU . |
| 25 | Usually it is at the end of a long day 's racing , with a number of stressful periods all adding to the pilot 's fatigue . |
| 26 | A group of four parties — the People 's Party , the Socialist Party , Social Democracy and the Democratic Party of Slovakia — issued a statement on May 18 calling on the CPCz to withdraw voluntarily from the general election in June as an admission of the party 's responsibility for the country 's condition after 41 years of communist rule and of the party 's continued totalitarian tendencies . |
| 27 | On Oct. 2 , 128 people including 37 foreigners died when a Boeing 737 belonging to the Civil Aviation Administration hit two other aircraft on the runway during an emergency landing at Baiyun airport in Guangdong after two hijackers had ordered the crew to fly to Taiwan . |
| 28 | A letter by 200 US members of Congress on Sept. 5 calling for the Bush administration to abandon hopes for a moderate leadership in Iran and instead to recognize the country 's resistance groups , was condemned by the Majlis Speaker , Ayatollah Mehdi Karrubi , who said that the US administration would " take the wish of overthrowing the Islamic Republic to their graves " . |
| 29 | Observe the slight modification rendered necessary in bar 6 owing to the lack of the low B on the viola , and how in the same bar , the doubling of the 7th in the dominant 7th is avoided by the return of the viola to D ♯ on the third beat . |
| 30 | Ten newly elected legislative councillors of the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong ( UDHK ) led a procession of 1,300 people on Sept. 29 calling for the release of political prisoners in China and commemorating the 1989 crackdown in Beijing on pro-democracy demonstrators . |