Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 2 | He had obviously not allowed his degree course to affect his view of what was and was not possible in the physical world . |
| 3 | However , while the growth of the international financial system would seem to imply the need for increasingly centralised decision-making , individual countries were unlikely to be willing to relinquish the freedom to conduct their own economic affairs for the sake of the greater international good . |
| 4 | In the end there was a tremendous battle because , although Mrs Christie expressed a wish in her will for the island to become a nature reserve , she left no money to carry it out . |
| 5 | I 'm not against the principle as I said when I came , when I was on the Council previously , when this was first hanging about , that there 's little doubt about it as , it 's a good policy , but will we get the money to carry it out . |
| 6 | Because her social isolation was made worse by her inability to drive she agreed , before the next session , to take the therapist 's advice to arrange driving lessons . |
| 7 | In fact no recent government has reduced local authorities ' statutory duties , only the money to perform them . |
| 8 | Legislators and civil servants in the US enjoy a degree of independence and freedom to go their own way that is unheard of in the UK . |
| 9 | And if somehow or other the , the , the whole of that er , erm , number nine , including the can be deferred , and I believe it should be , then that is what I would wish to happen , I would wish Mr to continue to have the freedom to see what the options are for this county council . |
| 10 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 11 | just so can we get back to research about beginners because I 'm worried about how much there is on the tape and you 're about to drive to Pitlochrie erm basically you have to define a beginner to see what they want to do |
| 12 | Current EC research workplans in biotechnology ( See below ) offer the possibility of collaborative training and research programmes between institutions , and this would offer our own staff the opportunity of acquiring the necessary information and expertise to plan our own future requirements in this field . |
| 13 | They were therefore leaving it exposed to the elements until it reached the point where ministers decided it was a waste of time and money to restore it . |
| 14 | undertakes case studies at firm and plant level to see what happens in practice , paying special attention to administrative rules , technology , negotiations ; |
| 15 | And skin to skin we cling once more Then you shower love away , |
| 16 | Previous nudes , even when taking the form of courtisanes , never allowed the odour of money to tarnish their classical form ; in Olympia , money is clearly at issue , sex becomes a commodity . |
| 17 | This gives us the opportunity to compare their results with MLC targets and actual results from recorded farms , before suggesting general advice on the options available for improvement . ’ |
| 18 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 19 | Once the fear of unwanted pregnancy is past there is greater freedom to enjoy it . |
| 20 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 21 | A struggle to realize what in some sense already exists . |
| 22 | A fairly high level and we 've got a bit to go ourselves I think . |
| 23 | WILLIAMS , formally ] I am very glad to see you well and I am very glad of an opportunity to acknowledge your good intentions when you believed me in distress . |
| 24 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 25 | Accordingly on behalf of Department of Water and Drainage , as owners of the land , I can confirm that you have permission to erect your portable bird hide at Gladhouse subject to the following conditions : |
| 26 | The problem this poses for the educationalist is formidable because , as well as designing curricula that will help the surveyor cope with future changes , he has also to provide the basis of a training experience to enable him to cope with contemporary practice . |
| 27 | It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward . |
| 28 | We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh . |
| 29 | We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh . |
| 30 | The woman had earlier been refused permission to see her lover , a ’ life partner ’ , as the catholic hospital refused to recognise their relationship as having ’ family status ’ . |