Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the agent only needs to see a ticket manifest ( a government-stamped document showing how many tickets are printed for the venue ) and a box office statement from the hall ( stating how many tickets were sold ) when checking the promoter 's expenses . |
| 2 | Still , no-one I spoke to in any organisation could name any cases where environmental opposition alone has stopped a course being built . |
| 3 | The critic necessarily has to take a manifesto into account . |
| 4 | The president still has to make a host of key decisions : how generous to make the benefits ; how to pay for the changes ; how much freedom to give the states and , above all , how to sell the package . |
| 5 | Like the RYR , therefore , the IP 3 R also seems to have a CICR mechanism which is of fundamental importance for understanding of how cells generate calcium oscillations and waves . |
| 6 | To help with its endowment fund , the London college also plans to sell a Constable and Gainsborough from the remaining 76 works decorating its walls . |
| 7 | The West will face some difficult decisions if Mr Gorbachev really does make a dash for economic freedom . |
| 8 | The mill still manages to retain an air of tranquillity about it and , despite its continuing commercial use , the area around the mill plays host to many wild birds and animals . |
| 9 | Plans were lodged with Arfon Borough Council in April but the council still has to make a decision . |
| 10 | The Act then defines ‘ offensive conduct ’ to mean ‘ conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’ |
| 12 | Moreover where the issue really does raise a question of esoteric university ‘ lore ’ the courts are unlikely to override the decision of the visitor , informed as he will be by the university authorities . |
| 13 | The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill . |
| 14 | Now I think that the woman lawyer has been foregrounded as if the law actually does have a part to play . |
| 15 | It means the teacher only has to write a word once , in the teacher 's book , instead of thirty-plus times , once in each child 's book . |
| 16 | Mardenborough hardly seems to finish a game . |
| 17 | Giving awards also means holding a ceremony and this too can attract the attention of the media . |
| 18 | GEC-Marconi also hopes to become a force in robots . |
| 19 | Marxist Mr Gill also plans to keep a £46,000 pension boost and wo n't hand over £14,000 for tax dues on his union car . |
| 20 | The group now claims to have a 50% share of the US car manuals market . |
| 21 | Father Martin now hopes to become a member of the Roman Catholic church , but admits that in this economic climate , he ca n't t many of those currently at odds will do likewise . |
| 22 | TELEVISION footage of a youth soccer match at Wembley 18 years ago has prompted a search by a former Merseyside non-league player for a permanent record of the game . |
| 23 | A woman who learnt to dive just three years ago has found a Viking relic which is more than a thousand years old . |
| 24 | Underlying some of these findings , however , is the further complication that the specialist team explicitly seeks to operate a policy of high throughput and speedy processing and closure . |
| 25 | Though the completed screens are beautiful to look at , Mrs Joel also likes to provide a talking point . |
| 26 | Fruitful though this has been in promoting and giving direction to research , its uncritical pursuit only serves to advance a reductionist and therefore an inadequate view of man . |
| 27 | Under the modern law , certiorari normally lies to quash a decision for error of law . |
| 28 | According to Professor Qu Geping , Director of the State Administration of Environment , China also aims to sign an agreement on environmental cooperation with Japan on the 20th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries . |
| 29 | A well-known trade name often helps to sell a product . |
| 30 | Providing conscientious service sometimes means persuading a customer the holiday of their choice is unsuitable , remarks branch manager Barbara Muir . |