Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealing between GEMMs plays an important part in the maintenance of an efficient and liquid market . |
| 2 | We had one engineer on duty , so he went out and spent about hour drafting a whole bunch of Z-sections made out of steel . |
| 3 | Packs of tested components are a different matter , and these represent the best way for beginners to obtain a useful stock of components for a modest outlay . |
| 4 | It is also customary for employers to pay an annual bonus of at least one month 's salary and to provide medical benefits . |
| 5 | Pininfarina , just across the aisle from Italdesign , is crying out for Vauxhall to take a similar level of interest in its Lotus Carlton-powered Chronos , making a second show appearance but this time as a fully engineered runner . |
| 6 | He said ‘ It 's good to see a chemical complex such as ICI taking an active interest in protecting and enhancing the environment . |
| 7 | Students at Fourah Bay College and other establishments had demonstrated and gone on strike during March to demand a multiparty system . |
| 8 | Mr Robinson continued : ‘ The Premier League executives now talk to clubs between meetings to get a better understanding . |
| 9 | It took almost an hour for Murray to prepare an 15-word statement saying : ‘ I can confirm the ball was changed at lunch-time but will make no further comment . ’ |
| 10 | Liberty for Hayek has a specific meaning . |
| 11 | Newport look for coaches to turn a falling tide . |
| 12 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 13 | ‘ the clearest and simplest remedy for this evil of litigation about charity , by which so often the kindly intention of a testator is defeated , and still more often a considerable part of the benefaction is wasted in legal costs , would be for Parliament to enact a modern definition or classification of charities on some broad lines . |
| 14 | He began work as a mining engineer in Lanarkshire and applied to Alexander Hamilton Douglas , tenth Duke of Hamilton [ q.v. ] , for permission to open a new mine on his land , but was refused on the grounds that he was too young for such responsibility . |
| 15 | On Sept. 27 Mulroney appealed to Queen Elizabeth II , Canada 's head of state , for permission to use an arcane clause of the 1867 British North America Act to create an extra eight Senate seats , in order to avoid Article 42 of the 1982 Patriation of the Constitution Act [ see p. 31312 ] . |
| 16 | But when the owners later asked for permission to erect a temporary office , they were told the greenhouse itself should have had permission … and it would have to come down . |
| 17 | In our explorations , ostensibly in search of good compositions to sketch , we often came upon the nuns : a solitary sister on her knees in front of a grotto , a nervous magpie secreting days off purgatory , would fly up ; a group of novices , disturbed roller-skating or playing the guitar , would look to their novice-mistress for permission to accept a boiled sweet . |
| 18 | In early August more than 61,000 South Korean citizens , many of whom had relatives in North Korea , applied for permission to make an unprecedented visit to the North . |
| 19 | They are asking Darlington planning committee for permission to build a 36-bedroom extension . |
| 20 | When , in 1150 , the citizens of La Rochelle had asked the Bishop of Saintes for permission to build a new parish church to accommodate the growing number of worshippers , they had met with a refusal . |
| 21 | House extension : Mr Ross , of Bryan Close , Hurworth , has applied to Darlington Borough Council for permission to build a single-storey extension to his house . |
| 22 | One of them , Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , said he was no longer interested in a deal with Knighton , but another , Owen Oyston , a local radio-station owner and property entrepreneur , applied to the Football League for permission to obtain a financial interest in United . |
| 23 | Of course , as the ISC says , if there are no independent directors it is rather more difficult for shareholders to get an independent view of the directors ' offer . |
| 24 | A different attitude was taken when planning permission was refused for proposals to extend an extensive pig breeding unit , causing obnoxious odours . |
| 25 | Westinghouse Electric Corp , Pittsburgh has asked 15 cellular and wireless companies for proposals to build a nationwide wireless data network , the Wall Street Journal reported : the company 's idea is to spur the wireless carriers , individually or as part of a consortium , to develop a network that would make it easier and cheaper for users of laptop and palm-top computers and other devices to send and receive information over the air — and in return , Westinghouse promised to buy a substantial amount of transmission capacity for turn-key communications services that it wants to offer over such a network for various types of companies , such as those that manage large fleets of vehicles and security concerns doing remote monitoring — ‘ We 're trying to get a national packet data network that covers , at a minimum , the 30 largest metropolitan areas , ’ the company declared . |
| 26 | The right hon. Member for Henley made a powerful point when he said that all we were doing was trying to introduce an envy tax . |
| 27 | Donaldson 's for instance became a German prisoner-of-war camp ; the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate was taken over by the Corporation of Margate and used as the Civil Defence Headquarters , Food & Fuel Office , W.V.S. Headquarters , Emergency Police station , among a number of other wartime departments . |
| 28 | ( Then , the dancing craze swept Edinburgh as everywhere else , and Miss Brechin for instance became an enthusiastic ballroom dancer for several years , winning prizes and championships . ) |
| 29 | For institutions offering a substantial programme of advanced work , it would be possible to submit estimates of expenditure through the local authorities for a programme of work three to five years ahead . |
| 30 | For Frances Minhinnick a normal day 's work means dealing with people ‘ who have broken into schools , nicked cars , committed burglaries , robberies and rape . ’ |