Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , one day at a time : tomorrow I go to Durham and , as Mother said ’ — she pursed her lips now — ‘ it will give me an opportunity to wear some of the clothes I have been spending my money on . |
| 2 | MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers . |
| 3 | A range of objectives for watershed experiments was identified by Ward ( 1971 ) and these extend from specific black box approaches to comprehensive studies in which there is an attempt to monitor many of the processes operating within a small area . |
| 4 | When digits are presented in pairs to left and right ears , there is an almost universal tendency ( Broadbent , 1954 ) for subjects to report all of the items presented to one ear before reporting those items presented to the other ear . |
| 5 | Despite OSF 's attempt to harmonise some of the products based upon its technology , it has come too late to net some of the larger fish . |
| 6 | Because he took over his new duties in the close season Love has not had too many opportunities to meet many of the players , but the squad have had two nets at Moray House College , Edinburgh , the last two Fridays and Love has been impressed by the effort put in by the players at these sessions . |
| 7 | Terry Porter visited John Ambrose in his workshop in Ely to discover some of the secrets of his success |
| 8 | But this booklet is a serious attempt to highlight some of the questions which are most frequently asked about the role which alcohol plays in society . |
| 9 | There are several accounts of the events of this crucial period in the history of British ‘ race relations ’ : what follows is an attempt to highlight some of the features which I feel are pertinent to a discussion of ‘ racial problem ’ films of the era . |
| 10 | It may also be for the benefit of the institution to state that of the patients discharged , cured and remaining in the House three were afflicted with that most excruciating complaint , the stone … the operation has been thrice successfully performed . |
| 11 | There was some attempt by friends of Highlander to purchase some of the books etc. at the auction but the buildings and most of the moveable assets were lost . |
| 12 | The police came to the college to arrest some of the students . |
| 13 | Prime Minister John Major 's Citizen 's Charter initiative , launched in the summer of 1991 , represents an attempt to apply some of the tenets of total quality management to the civil service , transport , health and education . |
| 14 | Edward is a private detective hired by an antiques dealer who asked Edward to list all of the valuables in the house . |
| 15 | This chapter is not a systematic analysis of the areas of women 's invisibility in sociology ; rather , it is an attempt to suggest some of the areas and ways in which it is manifested , some of the reasons why it occurs , and why , from the point of view of sociology ( and women ) it matters . |
| 16 | For example , the Association of Environmental Consultancies was established in 1991 by a group of 20 European environmental consultancies , in an attempt to dispel some of the uncertainties surrounding the professional standards of consulting firms . |
| 17 | During the 1930s the interest in public opinion polling germinated a more academically oriented interest in attitudes , in part as an attempt to resolve some of the problems arising from electoral prediction . |
| 18 | Last season a referee allowed himself to be wired up for a League match at The Den to record some of the things he had to put up with from players . |
| 19 | Members enthusiastically supported the retiring national chairman 's Birthday Scheme to raise funds to give each of the widows and ex-servicemen £5 and a birthday card . |
| 20 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
| 21 | Many organisations in fact are overwhelmed by a superabundance of communications and some are looking to computerisation to solve some of the problems created by information bombardment . |
| 22 | In the evaluators ' view , the county is to be congratulated on undertaking a project of this type in an attempt to overcome some of the inadequacies that characterise school library provision and curriculum planning within and beyond Essex . |
| 23 | The following techniques use randomization prior to the start of the study to remove most of the problems cited earlier . |
| 24 | However , it could provide ammunition for legal action which Ferranti intends to take against advisers and individuals in an attempt to recover some of the losses it has suffered . |
| 25 | Sterling is looking to part with one or more of the aircraft in an attempt to recover some of the costs incurred in bringing the aircraft back to civilisation . |
| 26 | This chapter attempts to highlight some of the ways that policy considerations affect the provision of materials in academic and public libraries . |
| 27 | This section attempts to highlight some of the ambiguities involved in just two of the criteria by which the success of urban policy is commonly measured . |
| 28 | Here , then , was an important area of government intervention , pushing local authorities to tackle some of the problems of their own areas . |
| 29 | yes it says we would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions you might have and then the question comes will the management charges greatly increase ? did you have any part to play in the posing of this question in the brochure ? |
| 30 | That is why the Home Secretary 's proposal to amalgamate many of the forces is to be welcomed . |