Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bebington Council of Churches , which comprises 18 member churches of all denominations , has decided to work with experts on the problem . |
| 2 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 3 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 4 | France has decided to cut off aid to the Comoros Islands until the French mercenary , Mr Bob Denard , and his men , who seized control 10 days ago , leave the archipelago , government sources said yesterday . |
| 5 | In contrast , no government has sought to remain in office after losing a parliamentary vote of confidence . |
| 6 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 7 | In school she has had to contend with discussions about ‘ Pakis ’ in the staff room . |
| 8 | In making manifest to a waiting public the final accomplishment of that ambitious design , Sheriff Irvine Smith has had to contend with vicissitudes of health to which he refers in his Introduction and from which all his many friends are rejoiced to see him recovered . |
| 9 | At the end of the day , Neil has had to come to terms with the fact that he plays in a certain way … |
| 10 | He has had to come to terms with the tragic loss of friends from the very start of his climbing career , and while he responds politely to my questions on this subject , I do not pierce the necessary shroud of self-protection that surrounds such memories . |
| 11 | There are , of course , other forces at work in the global system , and in some respects global capitalism has had to come to terms with these , particularly when they become opposing forces . |
| 12 | I know that the Society has had to come to terms with the implications of a decline in the support of Local Authorities for Adult Education classes . |
| 13 | For some years now , conveyancers have " exchanged contracts " by telephone ( as in Record v Bell above ) , and the law of contract has had to come to terms with electronic mail in the form of faxes . |
| 14 | Mr Yasser Arafat , a former terrorist , has offered to live in peace with Israel . |
| 15 | As in the past we would like to share the profit with another charity and a member of the Executive Committee has offered to act as Promoter for us if we could donate enough to provide 10 holidays for handicapped and needy children where she works ( £600 ) . |
| 16 | Mr Souness has promised to keep in touch with events at Anfield less than 24 hours after his operation . |
| 17 | Here the Committee has preferred to rely on speculation about hypothetical problems rather than on the unchallenged evidence that employed solicitors have conducted cases for years in the lower courts without complaint . |
| 18 | The French government has agreed to act as guarantor on the insurance of loan collections of works of art worth over FFr300 million ( £31.5 million ; $63 million ) in toto , brought into the country for temporary exhibitions organised by ‘ national public establishments ’ , but not local authorities . |
| 19 | * US President Bush has agreed to travel to Rio for the summit , saying that " the US has a strong environmental record , and I 'd be proud to take that record anywhere " . |
| 20 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 21 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 22 | ‘ We have moved against the trend in opencast mining , which has tended to shrink in response to the general recession and hiatus in the underground coal mining industry . |
| 23 | Volvo has refused to comment on reports of merger talks with Renault . |
| 24 | Another is the international perspective the author has brought to bear with examples from Australia in particular and elsewhere . |
| 25 | The extent to which DHAs and GPs will exercise their new power remains to be seen , although the waiting list initiative ( IACC , 1989 ) demonstrates that the letting of contracts with units , or the threat of taking the funds elsewhere , has led to change in behaviour of secondary care physicians . |
| 26 | Accordingly , to deal with this situation , the Act provides that an ‘ action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor ( that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion , but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished ) . ’ |
| 27 | INVESTORS and the City have watched spellbound as MTM 's share price has continued to fall in value over the past week . |
| 28 | In the United States , the porn industry has started to come to terms with its new responsibilities . |
| 29 | According to Safa , ‘ the ideology that equates female confinement within the home to higher class status has begun to influence working-class women at the same time that its influence has begun to wane among women of the elite ’ . |
| 30 | 5.8.1.3 to give to the Tenant ( or leave upon the Premises ) a notice specifying any repairs cleaning maintenance or painting that the Tenant has failed to execute in breach of the terms of this Lease and to request the Tenant immediately to execute the same including the making good of such opening-up ( if any ) provided that any such opening-up shall be made good by and at the cost of the Landlord where such opening up reveals no breaches of the terms of this Lease |