Example sentences of "[adv] object to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do rather object to the sort of chap who farts in public and then says ‘ Better out than in . ’ ’ |
| 2 | Your husband or wife must not object to the divorce for any reason . |
| 3 | ‘ A clergyman of the neighbourhood , who was so obliging as to accompany me in this and several other rambles amongst these mountains , formed the wild idea of attempting to climb apparently up the face of the precipice , and I , eager in my pursuit , did not object to the adventure . |
| 4 | While in normal circumstances , German players may not object to the sight of nubile South American beauties parading in striking bikinis which left little to the imagination , they can be a bit off-putting when they leap up and down , attracting attention to themselves just when you are about to serve . |
| 5 | I can not recall a single one making any objection — except , of course , that great , noble figure , the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) , and even he did not object to the poll tax in Scotland . |
| 6 | Tommy Graham , Carlisle AA secretary , said : ‘ We do not object to the company , it is the location that is going to cause problems . |
| 7 | ‘ We do not object to the development , but why is it not on a derelict piece of industrial land ? ’ |
| 8 | Li also told reporters that China would not object to the participation of the Taiwan and Hong Kong " economies " in the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation ( APEC ) forum , although it was not prepared to join APEC as one of " three Chinas " [ see p. 37613 ] . |
| 9 | Mr Ron Birkett , representing the two Kinsellas , made no application for bail and did not object to the remand date . |
| 10 | Furthermore , Leapor herself does not object to the amount of work |
| 11 | The Congress announced after 10 days of debate that " while emphasizing its adherence to Libyan penal and procedural laws the General People 's Committee [ equivalent to a Council of Ministers ] do not object to the investigation and trial being carried out through the committee of seven constituted by the Arab League [ see p. 38883 ] or through the United Nations before a just and fair court to be agreed on " . |
| 12 | The British attitude had long been clear : the 1951 Conservative government had continued to follow the line laid down by the previous Labour foreign minister , Ernest Bevin , who said in the House of Commons in November 1950 that Britain preferred an expansion of the Treaty of Brussels to serve as the basis of military cooperation within NATO , but would not object to the EDC were it to be established . |
| 13 | This was enough to show that he did not object to the aid in principle ; but it was not enough to satisfy the king , who refused his offer and demanded £1000 . |
| 14 | We would not object to the guide my Lord but what we would object to do n't object to the guide my Lord but what we do object to is is what this er solicitor would have done in relation to it |
| 15 | The IDA once again flew in another independent medical expert , Dr Muriel Newhouse of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , who assured the planning inquiry that she would not object to an asbestos dump , such as the one proposed , being sited ‘ at the bottom of her garden ’ . |
| 16 | Apart from the Quakers , and sometimes the Roman Catholics , the Old Dissenting sects did not usually object to the baptism , marriage and burial services of the Established Church and therefore Dissenters appear in Church of England registers like anyone else . |
| 17 | Yet in the next sentence he says , " I should strongly object to a bar being placed on the employment of women " . " |
| 18 | She says ’ I do n't object to the festival . |
| 19 | They did n't object to the torture and the shooting . |
| 20 | Clark 's introduction of death is even less convincing and here , I think , we might even object to the use of the same form of words for animals and human beings . |
| 21 | Thus , according to Bork ( 1978 , p. 245 ) ‘ in the absence of a most unlikely proved predatory power and purpose , antitrust should never object to the verticality of any merger ’ and , much more straightforward , ‘ every vertical restraint should be completely lawful ’ ( p. 288 ) . |