Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do that , on May 18th the prime minister , Leonid Kuchma , asked parliament to grant him a range of extraordinary powers : to rule the economy by decree , control the central bank and the state privatisation body and have jurisdiction over the president 's satraps in the regions . |
| 2 | ‘ It is the agency 's responsibility to find you the type of work you have indicated that you are interested in . |
| 3 | I went with Kathleen to see it a couple of days later . |
| 4 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 5 | We 've picked out a few of the very best places and entertainments for our trips programme to give you a taste of one of the most attractive areas in Spain . |
| 6 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 7 | All you have to do is answer five questions and write a short tie-breaker to give you the opportunity of winning the title and prize of Sainsbury 's Wine Taste Challenge Winner . |
| 8 | Someone , in other words , who is likely to take silk , but likely to take it at a time sufficiently far in the future to give you a chance of stepping into part of his practice as a junior . |
| 9 | Alyssia opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind at this further show of arrogance — in fact , to give him the sack , because his mere presence here implied that he was working for her father , and so , in an indirect manner , for herself — but he did n't allow her the chance . |
| 10 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 11 | Jacqui gurgled something incomprehensible , as Kattina 's tongue shot into her mouth to save her the embarrassment of replying . |
| 12 | Ask your newsagent to deliver you a copy of best every week |
| 13 | Ask your parish priest to show you the scale of charges and to explain the fees to you . |
| 14 | Montag 's speech is a desperate attempt to show her the reality of her life . |
| 15 | We are committed to it and it is our intention to make it the centre of a big programme of tennis in the city . ’ |
| 16 | He admitted that Estella was his housekeeper 's daughter , adopted by Miss Havisham to give her the chance of a better life . |
| 17 | Could I ask er , Rotarian Alan to give us a vote of thanks ? |
| 18 | This attitude to doubt it a part of our Christian shame today . |
| 19 | Kathleen Claar , custodian of the Last Indian Raid Museum in Oberlin , Kansas , took him to a small cemetery to show him the grave of her husband and of Rick Read , the last man lynched in the state . |
| 20 | ‘ Not a play to miss , ’ she said in the interval , while Herman had gone running round Sloane Square to buy her a box of chocolates . |
| 21 | Mind you , I 'm not saying as that 's what she 'll get for the asking , and I 'm not saying there 's not many a man as 'll hand over his pay-packet unopened , but there 's enough of the other sort to give us a bit of a breather Thursdays . ’ |
| 22 | It would only call fur a small diversion from the direct route from Stanley to McMurdo Sound to give him a glimpse of the Ice Shelf and the area where Shackleton 's Endurance was beset and finally sunk . ’ |
| 23 | But then she remembered Tony , and how grateful she would have been to anyone who had had the courage to give her a hint of his real nature … |
| 24 | We also use targets to give us a sense of achievement . |
| 25 | The only reference point to give us a sense of our height was the tiny boat on the beach beneath us , with the two fishermen , who had not only declined to follow us up the crater , but also expressed an urgent desire to avoid even setting foot on shore . |
| 26 | He killed Lily to save her the pain of taking her own life , he had told police . |
| 27 | It is not hyperbole to call it a paralysis of public choice . " |
| 28 | If for any reason we are unable to send you the watches , we reserve the right to offer you an item of equivalent value . |
| 29 | If you want to stock to 100 or 150ml size then ask your local chemist to order you a box of amber glass medicine bottles — they are used all the time in a dispensing chemist and a manufacturer 's box of 50 is relatively cheap . |
| 30 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |