Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 This is not surprising as the algorithm to assign risk is weighted in favour of such cases .
2 Extend the algorithm to deal with a general dividend and divisor , and include a test for overflow ( i.e. when the quotient can not be represented in n bits ) .
3 Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief .
4 There was a minute cabin on the barge , no more than a place for the bargee to take shelter .
5 Hence rather than simply investigate the ability of a tag to follow other tags , it also incorporates the ability of the tag to precede it 's successors .
6 The following may also appear beside the tag to indicate the current state of the media unit in the Offline cycle :
7 Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready .
8 He put a thousand-franc note on his bedside table and told the porter to let Modigliani in whenever he wanted .
9 Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms .
10 The prioress instructed the porter to take the body into the nearby infirmary , ordered the crowd to disperse and asked one of the sisters to extend hospitality to the pedlar .
11 Mr. Bailey requested the porter to call Mr. George Burnham to attend for him and so he did , but not until the child was born .
12 All that was necessary was for the porter to replace it on the wrong nail before going to Compline , and leave her its ineffective twin .
13 The coroner bawled at the porter to follow them and , for the second time that day , Athelstan heard the confession of a man about to meet Death .
14 Ranulf sighed , pocketed the leather strap , waited for the porter to re-bury the bones and half-carried him back to the priory , listening to the fellow 's litany of self-congratulation .
15 In a mild voice he had just asked the porter to come up , with some story about a tap dripping in the kitchen .
16 Corbett filled the wine cup , drank some himself and then forced the goblet between his servant 's lips , snarling at the porter to bring a blanket .
17 Yes , she said that she opened the door of the cab , to enable the porter to place her luggage within , before entering herself .
18 He got the porter to buy him aftershave , but they did n't sell his musky expensive brand in Perth so he had to make do with a cheaper one from the tourist shop .
19 Corbett turned and angrily waved at the porter to stay where he was .
20 The prosecution and its supporting witnesses made such a poor showing that , at the end of their evidence , Sir Patrick Hastings submitted there was no case for the defence to answer .
21 It was the home side who took the lead in the twenty sixth minute when Doug Taylor beat Brian House on the right wing , put in a low cross and Pedro Herbert crept in behind the defence to score .
22 She also questioned the defendant 's right to silence : Mrs Mills wants the defence to disclose its case before trial .
23 The court also granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks after it delivers its written judgment , in a few days , for the defence to decide whether to take its appeal to the Privy Council , the highest court to which the case can go .
24 Finally , the wording of the sub-section seems to invite the defence to argue that the complainant 's submission did not occur by reason of the factors mentioned .
25 The Commission 's other research findings — that much of forensic science is far from certain , capable of misinterpretation and relies upon the defence to draw out its limitations — only add to the need for the defence to have already access to real defence experts .
26 The interests of the prosecution to secure a conviction and the interests of the defence to ensure that the verdict is one of manslaughter rather than murder may on occasion coalesce , so that it often appears — in reading the newspapers that consensus rather than conflict between prosecution and defence is the general order of the day .
27 This will leave the defence to raise the issue of consent , which will then be left to the jury .
28 But the lead lasted only eight minutes before Sterling 's right wing cross reached the far post , where David Robinson outjumped the defence to head the equaliser .
29 We regret though that it will not allow the defence to make an early submission of no case to answer in the magistrates ' court .
30 This would provide the basis for the defence to seek to prove during the trial that the US either knowingly tolerated or was complicit in Noriega 's illegal activities .
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