Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed in three attempts to secure election to the Trades Union Congress 's parliamentary committee , but he represented the vellum binders at the foundation conference of the labour representation committee in February 1900 , and was elected to its executive . |
| 2 | ‘ As chief executive of a large local authority , I employ solicitors to provide advice to the departments on many matters including child care , planning law , and negotiating with building contractors . |
| 3 | Against this , it was argued that government bodies which use public money to provide information to the public are under a special public law obligation to ensure that the information is accurate ; and this obligation , being a public law one , was properly enforceable by judicial review . |
| 4 | The lesbian and gay communities seized this opportunity to demand access to the airwaves , calling for more positive representation across the broad span of the schedule , and also for specific gay slots — in particular for a magazine-style programme . |
| 5 | RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to grant/deny approval to the package . |
| 6 | Bexfield 's scissors offer a high level of strength , whilst long handles provide all the necessary leverage to transmit power to the points of the blades . |
| 7 | Former mayor Marion Barry , who had recently been convicted of cocaine possession [ see pp. 37647 ; 37769 ] , failed in his attempt to secure election to the city council , winning only 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 8 | The exceptionally hot summer of 1989 resulted in wines of great richness and power , with plenty of ripe tannins to give longevity to the wine . |
| 9 | In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of opinions , the research comprises three parts : a national attitude survey , to determine the structure of attitudes at one point in time ; follow-up interviews with a small number of respondents to the national survey , in which the experience of using various welfare services is being explored in detail ; and the re-analysis of information from previous surveys on similar topics , to see whether attitudes have changed much in recent years . |
| 10 | By taking the mystique out of accounting and finance , we can allow the role of the financial department to add value to the business . ’ |
| 11 | By taking the mystique out of accounting and finance , we can allow the role of the financial department to add value to the business . |
| 12 | Tony Benn , Ken Livingstone and Dennis Skinner , Labour chairman , joined in an attempt to rally opposition to the review at a pre-conference fringe meeting . |
| 13 | However , if you have a mixed bouquet , there may be both small and large flowers that can be used , as well as different shapes to add interest to the picture . |
| 14 | Dictionaries make heavy use of typography to convey information to the reader . |
| 15 | Please make copies of this so that you may use them at your convenience in the future to return information to the Council . |
| 16 | But the logic of punk 's evangelistic drive to change things led to a attempt to take demystification to the people : the pop deconstruction of ABC ( exposing pop 's stage managing , as on the sleeve of The Lexicon of Love ) and Scritti Politti ( affirming and unravelling , simultaneously , the lover 's non-sensical discourse ) . |
| 17 | It provided for nationalization of forests , the sale of some state-owned industries to provide money for agricultural development , some worker participation in prophet sharing , revision of electoral laws ( including significant rights for women ) , the formation of a Literacy Corps in an attempt to take education to the countryside and . |
| 18 | In late 1990 the SLORC initiated a major crackdown against opposition activities in order to force all parties to pledge allegiance to the decree [ see p. 37857 ] . |
| 19 | The meeting agreed to set up a working group on whale-watching but a British proposal to give the IWC a role in monitoring whale-watching and preparing guidelines to minimise disturbance to the animals was opposed by Japan and Norway and their supporters . |
| 20 | He was accorded this title in March at a meeting in Islamabad of nine warring factions called by Pakistan in an attempt to bring peace to the country . |
| 21 | Place a metal strip around borders to prevent damage to the lawn edges |
| 22 | If the Policyholder had been aware of the faulty roof for some time and had taken no action to prevent damage to the home , there may have been a breach of the reasonable care condition . |
| 23 | Ladder and/or steps to gain access to the roof space ( usually the vendor will provide this ) |
| 24 | Harry Enfield 's Guide to the Opera , filming now for next year , is a bid to introduce opera to the masses . |
| 25 | The Labour Party , after some initial ambivalence , had moved by the end of August to outright support of the war effort , accepting an electoral truce and joining with other parties to lend support to the recruiting drive . |
| 26 | Participation in the Diamond Syndicate , set up in 1926 , by Sir Ernst Oppenheimer to bring stability to the diamond industry , secured JCI 's interest in this industry . |
| 27 | By the time the work had finished two internal walls had been completely destroyed and Crook took the decision to set fire to the flat in the hope Langbaurgh Council , which owns the block , might rehouse him . |
| 28 | The University of Edinburgh Staff Club has recently changed its rules to open membership to the graduates of universities other than Edinburgh . |
| 29 | Camdessus also urged the industrialized countries to increase aid to the LDCs and to write off official loans to the poorest countries . |
| 30 | It will be necessary for the management to provide information to the investors , and they will need the consent of the vendor before doing so . |