Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is that industry itself has come to hold a position of exclusive predominance among human interests , which no single interest , and least of all the provision of the material means of existence , is fit to occupy . |
| 2 | KENNY DALGLISH has come to see a side of Alan Shearer that he never knew existed when he shelled out £3.3 million on the England striker . |
| 3 | In her catalogue introduction Alexandra Noble notes the extent to which installation art , using hybrid forms , has come to represent a challenge to the modernist emphasis on the purity of the particular medium . |
| 4 | Since he walked out of the cabinet in 1986 , Michael Heseltine has come to occupy a role in British politics that has few precedents . |
| 5 | Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to high-rise blocks miles away . |
| 6 | Football since the 1950s has come to provide a kind of surrogate community for the young ; the club defines their identity and the ‘ end ’ is their territory , even if they have moved out to the high-rise blocks miles away . |
| 7 | ICL Plc has applied to register a subsidiary in Slovenia , a formality that should be completed in the next few weeks , and despite renewed conflict in Croatia , the company says it is still ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Ace , Benny , ’ Petion called out as he entered , ‘ the Colonel has decided to take a force to the cemetery . |
| 9 | Paul Merton has decided to hold a party for some of his friends . |
| 10 | As part of its expanding programme of cultural tourism , the Val d'Oise region has decided to exploit a theme with immense popular appeal : Impressionism . |
| 11 | JAPAN has decided to remain a member of the International Whaling Commission to lobby against the creation of a whale sanctuary in the Antarctic , Farm Minister Masami Tanabu said last night . |
| 12 | I sha n't be coming to New York this spring as I 'd hoped because Monsieur Félix has decided to open a branch of the Maison de Verveine in London instead of New York ! |
| 13 | Ingmar Bergman , who for some years now has been insistent that Fanny and Alexander was his farewell to the moving image , has decided to stage a come-back with a project called The Good Will . |
| 14 | EMBATTLED British Coal chairman Neil Clarke has decided to become a man of the people . |
| 15 | Firstly , it has decided to adopt a system of home country supervision . |
| 16 | In the matter of its lawsuit against Berkeley Software Design Inc for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets , Unix System Laboratories Inc has decided to file a petition for reconsideration with Judge Dickinson Debevoise before it goes over his head to the Circuit Court of Appeals . |
| 17 | In the matter of its lawsuit against Berkeley Software Design Inc for copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets , Unix System Labs has decided to file a petition for reconsideration with Judge Dickinson Debevoise before it goes over his head to the Circuit Court of Appeals ( UX No 427 ) . |
| 18 | Rarely do I see a parent who has decided to buy a book as a present . |
| 19 | Erm for example if you hear , an and defence matters as well , if we hear for example that Saudi Arabia has decided to buy a series of British tanks , that is a foreign policy decision whether or not to allow those tanks erm to be sold to Saudi Arabia and we know from the Iraq arms business the way in which erm it is a de a conscious decision of government whether or not to do these things . |
| 20 | Digging into its collection of old photographs , mounted in the 5000 albums which constitute the Maciet archive , it has decided to elevate a selection of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century topographical photographs to the level of art and exhibit them as ‘ Le Passé recomposé ’ . |
| 21 | ( 161 ) Ford has decided to make a change in marketing approach this year . |
| 22 | The legislature has sought to steer a course between these conflicting considerations by building public order elements into the definitions of the offences in the requirement that the conduct be threatening , abusive or insulting , and in the requirement that ‘ hatred ’ should be an intended or likely outcome of the expression impugned . |
| 23 | In such cases the law has sought to strike a compromise between the competing principles that ownership of property must be protected and that speedy commerce in goods should be facilitated . |
| 24 | Since graduation this particular environmental scientist has spent an admittedly enjoyable spell as a porter in a Newfoundland hospital , and has helped to ferry a yacht to the Canaries , and is now washing dishes in the basement of a famous and expensive London hotel . |
| 25 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |
| 26 | As we shall see in the next chapter , the consequence of this stiffness is that timber has had to evolve a work of fracture mechanism which is quite different and a good deal more ingenious . |
| 27 | The company announced the scheme in August , and has had to weather a storm of objections from shareholders and managers . |
| 28 | Paul Baker has had to do a lot of work on his own up front and he will benefit more than most from Lenny 's arrival . |
| 29 | Together they number some 500 , though the social club has had to call a halt on membership at 2,000 and has a turnover of £2 ½ million . |
| 30 | Together they number some 500 , though the social club has had to call a halt on membership at 2,000 and has a turnover of £2 ½ million . |