Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the cases appear to turn upon a consideration of whether the payment was voluntary or involuntary . |
| 2 | Domestic problems do n't arise when the Rayners want to go to a game — the whole family go along for the ride . |
| 3 | So , if the clients want to invest in a fund , they can do . |
| 4 | The work force want to return to a contract and yet do not want to return to a situation which takes away from their individual freedom and negotiating rights . |
| 5 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 6 | It is the basis for a range of ocean-going ferries and cargo vessels that Japanese shipbuilders hope to sell in a decade 's time . |
| 7 | When such a clear target has been voiced and accepted , ideas for units begin to flow at a rate which the technology and the programmer find difficult to cope with . |
| 8 | But some examinees fail to search for a connection between the book-work question and the rider , thus missing the point intended by the examiner , while other examinees , finding no connection between the two ( in fact there being none ) , avoid the question altogether . |
| 9 | Thank you very much , Sir Leonard for that , in th in the beginning of your address you posed the question , what does a company like I B M have to do with a community and then proceeded to answer your question , I think in a most , er , comprehensive way , and I I speak as someone who lives in a county , Hampshire , where I B M has a strong er , base , and I know from personal experience as a volunteer in that county , how much we value the contacts that we have with I B M and the way in which we work together with them in the way that you have described . |
| 10 | Local Conservatives want to sell to a property developer so he can erect two shops , but lovers of Elgar 's music say the builders would be destroying the peaceful haven where the composer wrote his Enigma Variations . |
| 11 | Lord Wilberforce has insisted that ‘ [ t ] here is no appeal on merits from management decisions to courts of law : nor will the courts of law assume to act as a kind of supervisory board over decisions within the powers of management honestly arrived at ’ . |
| 12 | Millett J commented : ‘ It would not , I think , be unfair to say that the defendants wish to embark on a fishing expedition , and that what they hope to catch is not primary evidence , but material for cross-examination ’ . |
| 13 | The Directors need to work with a team of Project Leaders from Education who support various aspects of Compact delivery , including : — curriculum development , — teacher secondment to industry/employer secondment to school , — Work Experience , — mock interviews . |
| 14 | Generally , builders stand to gain in a number of ways from encouraging self-employment in the construction industry . |
| 15 | Some of the early cases seem to turn upon a consideration of whether or not a payment which it is sought to recover was made voluntarily or not . |
| 16 | Yet , if every state is following its national interest by maximizing power , how can Realists account for situations when states seem to behave in a way that undermines their power ? |
| 17 | The model predicts that as time passes these individuals expect to move into a job with longer duration , ceteris paribus , as one would expect ( see footnote 3 ) . |
| 18 | But there are exceptions which have specialised needs — while all fish seem to benefit from a bit of variety now and then . |
| 19 | However , it can be assumed that the political difficulties experienced within China over recent years continue to act as a barrier to any possible growth . |
| 20 | These sufferers in early recovery continue to live in a group , receiving some counselling and giving each other support and feedback and often going together to meetings of the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 21 | If we 're honest , most of us reviewers prefer to engage in a dialogue with the author and director , addressing concepts of political theatre rather than the actor 's little trick of twitching his left ear . |
| 22 | Any proposals to alter the situation faced by older workers have to work at a number of levels : developing new social roles ; using legislation to change attitudes ; improving work prospects ; raising income levels ; increasing the effectiveness of health and social policies . |
| 23 | On the other hand it means the crocodiles have to live on a farm . |
| 24 | In this regard it can be seen that in order for the catechesis to work effectively the various members of the group have to work as a team — the L.C. is responsible for presenting the symbol well ; having a good story that echoes the goal clearly ; and providing the opportunity for EACH person to share their story . |
| 25 | Perhaps more revealingly , he is also consistently godlike on Radio 4 's Just A Minute programme , where participants have to talk for a minute without repetition or hesitation . |
| 26 | Studies on sea urchin eggs seem to argue against a role for InsP 3 in fertilization . |
| 27 | Oh dear , perhaps this is not the sort of comment investors like to hear concerning a food which has been developed from toadstools . |
| 28 | Governors , teachers , parents and the earlier or later phases of education need to belong to a partnership which is managed directly for the benefit of children and students . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , once the initial silting has taken place , the weathering of the ditch is very slow , and such experiments need to run for a period of over a hundred years to gain the maximum results . |
| 30 | People want to save in a currency that does not depreciate every year as much as the pound has done over many years . |