Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two earlier attempts to find a solution at Acas failed . |
| 2 | It 'll be fifty years since the ill-fated attempt to secure the bridgehead at Arnhem , which was immortalised in the film , A Bridge Too Far . |
| 3 | The group and anyone who wishes to join meets at 9.45am in Nun 's Close car park , Richmond , on Saturday to catch a train at Ribblehead to Horton-in-Ribbledale before making an eight-mile walk back via Sulber Nick , Alum Pot , Selside and Gauber . |
| 4 | Ian Mikardo approached me to see whether I would assist in raising funds to establish a scholarship at Haifa University in honour of the ( then ) late Dick Crossman , who had indeed been a man of the most friendly associations . |
| 5 | Go east descending a spur on a well used track , with little rock steps to reach the track at Afon Lloer . |
| 6 | LEEDS manager Howard Wilkinson has added Plymouth right-back Gary Poole to his wanted list in a bid to ease the crisis at Elland Road . |
| 7 | She laughed softly in a bid to put the girl at ease . |
| 8 | Despite the grim news , Pilkington has not chopped the dividend as feared but is dipping into reserves to maintain the payout at 2.93p . |
| 9 | On the passage home we retraced our outward course as far as Kyle of Localsh , and from there threaded our way into the Sound of Raasay via Caol Mor to spend the night at Portree . |
| 10 | In an attempt to show the House at work , many types of business have been covered , not just the big occasions when the House is full . |
| 11 | When Toyota , Japan 's largest automotive group , announced in 1989 its intention to construct a plant at Burnaston , near Derby , the reaction to it was far more favourable than that received by Nissan eight years previously . |
| 12 | A PROPOSAL to demolish the bungalow at Wyards Farm , Basingstoke Road , Alton and replace it with a new home has been agreed by district planners . |
| 13 | She was too well-trained in the proprieties to smile a recognition at Aunt Tossie ; and Aunt Tossie did not remember her . |
| 14 | Planning applications have been received by Wear Valley District Council to convert a barn at Stockley Burn , Frosterley , into a house , to use a shop at Maude Terrace , St Helens , Auckland , as a veterinary surgery and to use a shop at Laurel Gardens , Crook , as a hot food take-away . |
| 15 | Fierce opposition to a plan to build the incinerator at Cinderford in the Forest of Dean prompted a public enquiry , which refused permission . |
| 16 | She could readily imagine his feelings of guilt and self-disgust , and his anxiety to lay the blame at Bella 's door . |
| 17 | The shares rose 17p to close the week at 187p soon after the speech . |
| 18 | British Rail 's choice of King 's Cross as the second London terminal in addition to Waterloo has raised a storm of protest not only from Camden Council but also from Newham which has emerged as a kind of British Amiens in its campaign to site the terminal at Stratford . |
| 19 | It is also likely that the investors will not insist on their own presence to constitute a quorum at board meetings . |
| 20 | Then in July 1966 the Welsh Nationalists won a by-election at Carmarthen and in November 1967 the Scottish National Party overturned a 16,000 Labour majority to win a by-election at Hamilton . |
| 21 | It cost nearly £80 to erect the furnace at Worth in 1547 — in the early days at least there was plenty of free money to be put into the new ventures . |
| 22 | Rendcomb ‘ fought ’ the battle in 1940 in terms of the never-ceasing need to feed a population at war . |
| 23 | The Bank of Spain has been selling options that grant the right to sell the peseta at exchange rates as low as 80 to the D-mark , well below the currency 's ERM floor . |
| 24 | He called the meeting to discuss an expedition at silver level . |
| 25 | This is not the place to discuss the report at length , but to mention one or two points that were aired at the press conference to introduce it . |
| 26 | Hereford 's top scorer is Owen Pickard … he 's hit seven this season … the best possibly his first on the opening day … tomorrow he 's off to Gigg Lane to have a crack at Bury … |
| 27 | Since historical entitlement theorists make original acquisition the root of all subsequent entitlements it is essential that they demonstrate that acquisition is an event of sufficient moral significance to bestow on the acquirer all the incidents of private ownership , including the right to transfer the property at will and to confer the same package of rights on all subsequent transferees . |
| 28 | Their churches were simple gathering places to shelter the community at worship . |
| 29 | Is it the teacher 's job to motivate the child at school ? |
| 30 | For the past two years , a cross-party section of politicians , mountaineers , hillwalkers and fishermen has lobbied the Ministry of Defence to retain the unit at Leuchars , which since its inception in 1955 has carried out 2,731 rescues . |