Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It gives us the opportunity to work on persuading the huge catchment area around us that it is perfectly possible to get the Hamilton habit after work when experiencing a top evening out . ’ |
| 2 | Last in was the train passenger , who took 52 mins ( average speed , 7.5 mph ) ; this , despite the fact that a train was scheduled at exactly the right time for the contestant to catch by cycling the 0.7 miles from the start to the station . |
| 3 | Finally , is it still the Government 's intention to proceed with ordering a large helicopter carrier , known as an aviation support ship ? |
| 4 | Third , the common feature of most routes will be the reliance on a rational reconstruction of a process of bargaining by which the common overriding goal of reaching an agreement leads the parties to compromise by accepting a less than perfect doctrine as the optimally realizable second best . |
| 5 | The elaborate four-track layout completed in 1925 allowed cars to reverse without impeding the through cars . |
| 6 | With a General Election in the offing the Ballot provided a perfect framework for opposition parties to co-operate in setting the foreign policy agenda , without in any way compromising their own independence . |
| 7 | They therefore called on all parties to co-operate in allowing the safe passage of aid [ see p. 39225 for Somalia aid crisis ] . |
| 8 | The Labour government will make itself available to our friends in India and Pakistan to assist in achieving a negotiated solution to the problem of Kashmir that is acceptable to all the people of Kashmir — Moslems , Hindus and Buddhists . |
| 9 | Once an interim order has been made , there may be little for either side to gain from seeking a full hearing on the validity of the covenants . |
| 10 | Zenawi told a press conference in London on the afternoon of May 28 that a temporary administration would before July 1 organize a conference to enable all groups to participate in forming a broad-based provisional government . |
| 11 | While essential if the travelling public are to have reliable information about all services in all parts of the country , Mr Freeman 's reply reveals that ‘ there would be no obligation on operators to participate in producing a single national timetable . ’ |
| 12 | Indigenous peoples from northern Russia are demanding a halt to work on exploiting the Udokan copper deposit until the Russian parliament has passed legislation on the economic status of the region and the rights of indigenous people . |
| 13 | He lacked the skill to talk without revealing the hashed contents of his meal . |
| 14 | The Nord-Pas-de-Calais strategy is clearly designed to pull it in the former camp and has a number of existing advantages to draw upon including a good geographical position and relatively low land prices , wages and corporate taxation rates . |
| 15 | Yeltsin announced that he would mediate in talks between the two sides over Dnestr 's future , and both presidents appealed to Ukraine to co-operate in allowing the Russian troop withdrawals from Moldova through its territory . |
| 16 | It is argued here that the public sector has a crucial part to play in initiating the first moves back to full employment . |
| 17 | Personality and approach have a large part to play in establishing a successful combination and variety will increase the possibilities of finding a good match . |
| 18 | Thus they have a most valuable part to play in reaching a just decision . |
| 19 | Correct breathing , she says , has a part to play in preventing a wide range of illnesses , including cancer . |
| 20 | They identify a failure to concentrate on taking a large market share for one product ; in contrast they describe a preference for entering a new market before the full potential of the current one is reached . |
| 21 | The second consequence of the failure to accord to walking the dominant role in urban transport that its trip share warrants , is that facilities for it are either absent or neglected . |
| 22 | Opinion in Washington therefore moved to the conclusion that on balance it would be best to reduce American involvement in Korea and to request the UN to assist in achieving an acceptable solution . |
| 23 | A rival cheetah that does n't have such big leg muscles may not run quite so fast , but it has resources to spare for making an extra lot of milk and therefore perhaps rearing another cub . |
| 24 | basis for the adjustment and co-ordination of action unsurpassed in its own way … evolution consists in the gradual replacement of instinct by reason and , it is the final goal of reason … to bring all the experience of the race to bear in organising the whole life of the race . |
| 25 | It 's the Department of Transport , who have commissioned consultants to look at building a dual carriageway . |
| 26 | This paper seeks to uncover and resolve confusions which occur in the use of " design " as a term ; to delineate the significance , philosophically , socially , politically , and so on , of the design activity ( considered both as an " ideal " activity and in its empirical reality ) ; and to outline some particular benefits of this in problems to do with understanding the social benefits of design , design evaluation , technological control , education and social futures . |
| 27 | The optional BillLimit feature enables customers to budget by setting a monthly limit . |
| 28 | Sergei Yushenkov , a leading democrat in the Russian parliament , guesses that , for less than $10m , you could bribe enough deputies to resign , making it impossible for parliament to form a quorum and thus forcing a general election : a small price to pay for removing a big obstacle to reform . |
| 29 | This was accepted as a small price to pay for having the wide range of voltage output , and unless a load situation arises which takes a rapidly fluctuating current from some low value up to beyond 3A at the 15V point , the performance of the unit is quite satisfactory . |
| 30 | Winston Churchill repeatedly urged the Russians to cooperate by mounting a local offensive , but they declined . |