Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are already several institutions of which we can be proud , and I understand that Cardiff may have a centre for the performing arts in the form of a new opera house . |
| 2 | Ross Ferguson should buy a house in Southern Italy up a mountain . |
| 3 | His move to IMMA should breed a confidence amongst critics as to the innovative nature of work to be shown there . |
| 4 | Forest of Dean council say the ramps were too steep , it 'll cost more than £3,000 to build a better ramp across the Palmers garden and regulations insist the Palmers must make a contribution . |
| 5 | Ms Salvage should take a look at what real country living involves before assuming such an image would be dated ! |
| 6 | With leading scorer Chris Armstrong Cup-tied , Coppell must field a patchwork attack because Paul Williams and Chris Coleman are definitely out and youngster George Ndah is struggling for fitness . |
| 7 | He indicated that Maria should take a bow . |
| 8 | The French also insisted that , until the treaty was ratified by all the member states , West Germany should remain a state under Allied occupation . |
| 9 | So far he and his foreign minister , Mr Hans-Dietrich Genscher , have stuck nobly to the view that Germany should remain a member of NATO , with some ( no doubt far fewer ) NATO troops staying on in what is now West Germany and with enough Soviet troops staying on in eastern Germany for a while to make the Russians feel better about it . |
| 10 | Those in authority had decided that Marcus should intermit a year of his education , in order to recuperate , and that he should not live with his father , a man of uncertain temper , of whom he had expressed extreme and unreasoning terror . |
| 11 | CPRW must urge a return to responsible planning to provide for the really needy while protecting the open countryside . |
| 12 | Local adjudication offices could not assess individuals and it would be difficult to decide why Mrs. Y should get a top-up but Mrs. X should not . |
| 13 | ‘ Every.convent should have a child . |
| 14 | A Mob of Netters may have a Boss armed with a club , they may not have a Boss armed with a net . |
| 15 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 16 | The Pakistani Prime Minister , Mohammad Khan Junejo , and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain agreed in April 1987 that a peace settlement for Afghanistan should include a commitment to establish ‘ a neutral non-aligned ’ regime in Kabul . |
| 17 | When a Jakarta bureaucrat decided in the early 1980s that Indonesia should develop a steel industry , Mr Liem was ‘ encouraged ’ to put up 40% of the $800m cost of the Krakatau Steel project . |
| 18 | This must put the Canadian health minister in a similar position to Britain 's Kenneth Clarke , when his advisory committee recommended that last year Depo-Provera should get a licence . |
| 19 | Perhaps we shall be saying that Brussels should operate a scrapping scheme , with Her Majesty 's Government as local agents . |
| 20 | He found it incredible that Mr Adams should issue a statement within hours of the hospital bombing expressing his concern for patients in the granting of trust status to the Royal Victoria Hospital . |
| 21 | Once the prickly and nationalistic de Gaulle had retired from French politics , France suggested in the early 1970s that WEU might provide a link between it and NATO . |
| 22 | At other times , the Sheldons might enjoy a debate such as this . |
| 23 | With a bit of luck Eleanor might lend a hand . |
| 24 | Then Marie 'll put a record on , or sometimes the radio , and we just sit about chatting . |
| 25 | Les Robinson is getting a recall … and Jon Narbett might find a place too … |
| 26 | ‘ Be assured , sirrah , that the constable was never guilty of that mistake in my hearing , ’ Edward said quietly — before Richard could muster a retort . |
| 27 | It seemed all over in the 63rd minute when Clough , a few yards outside the penalty area , volleyed a headed clearance instantly into the roof of the net before Hardwick could move a muscle . |
| 28 | General gloom means that GRE could face a total 1990 loss of £100m . |
| 29 | But the reason that US business was investing so much in Europe and elsewhere was not that the United States could run a balance of payments deficit financed by borrowing from central banks overseas . |
| 30 | Only Edward could have a row about evolution . ’ |